Another vote of thanks & support for Jay; the solution
to the essential problem of wasted bandwidth lies with
the rest of us and not him.
And Sellam, if you can't refrain from needlessly adding
to the pile, you could at least try to be a little less
rude & not use profanity.
mike
>14. Apple IIc Scribe User's Manual
Is this the manual for the thermal AppleScribe printer? (sounds like it)
If it is, can you toss it in the mail for me? Priority is fine with me
(so you can get a free envelope or box, or whatever... it isn't a fragile
item so a simple priority mail pouch will work well).
I can mail you cash, or stamps, or send paypal, or whatever you want to
cover postage.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I, too, appreciate the work Jay has done on the list. I use this list as an
example of a large well managed community. Even though there has been a
slight increase of Spam recently it is way, way, way below any other list. We
generate more Spam about the Spam than the originators.
I am not in favor of closing the list just like I am not in favor of closing
the community. Some times moderation is necessary but in IMHO less is best. I
believe in self moderation, something we seem to be falling down on lately.
If we do not reply to or about the Spam it will be hardly noticeable. And
here I am adding to it.
I would rather learn about how to attack Spam at it's source. I am learning
how to decipher the mail headers. I need to figure out how to automate
complaint letters. From what I have seen the direct complaint to the service
provider works best.
Links to any tutorials would be appreciated, as would recommendations on SW.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
PS From what I have seen most of the Spam the list has gotten is very
international in it's source and not traceable back to a single source.
The FBI would like copies of the Nigerian Scam emails. They are starting to
take it more seriously.
On March 16, James B. DiGriz wrote:
> > Further...there are lots of off-topic conversations on this mailing
> > list. I take part in many of them, so I'm as guilty as anyone. But
> > you know what? Humans are social animals, and this list is a social
> > thing. Many of you are my friends. If there's an off-topic
> > discussion here that you don't want to take part in, well, use that
> > magical "delete" key...Every mailer has one.
>
> I am in no way, shape, or form a "people" person, but I can tolerate
> socializing if it doesn't interfere with other things. However, if any
> of the comments about off-topic conversations I'm seeing here by you and
> others intend any reference to my remarks to Sellam about Nigerian
> scams, please note that my initial comment was intended purely as a
> sympathetic nod to allay any possible concerns that I somehow support
> spam just because I don't get bent out of shape about it. I find this to
> be a common misperception, no matter how obviously fallacious.
It was not my intention to single you out, and I apologize if it came
out that way.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man,
St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar
I feel the need to chime in with some support for Jay. This is a
high-traffic list with a lot of recipients, which surely takes a
nontrivial amount of bandwidth and system resources to host...people
shouldn't lose sight of that fact. I run a couple of fairly large
mailing lists myself; something like this isn't a "set it and forget
it" thing...Spam is the least of the problems, most of the time.
People with crappy network connections whose mail gets backed up and
queued, Windows programs that screw up everything in sight when moving
mail around, twenty-line messages turning into 50Kbytes due to rampant
Microsoft HTMLization bogging down the mail server, etc etc etc. It's
a pain in the ass, and it takes a certain amount of babysitting to
keep things running smoothly.
Jay does a fine job. He may not have started this list, but he runs
it now...and that counts for a lot.
I hate spam as much as anyone. Actually, I hate spam a lot MORE than
most for various reasons. But guess what...My mailer has a "delete"
function, and I actually know how to use it! Wow, what a concept.
I know, I know..."but spam slows down my net connection!" If your net
connection sucks so badly that a little (or a lot) of spam bogs it
down, then get something faster. There's no real excuse in this day
and age. Spam blows dog, there's no question about it...but it's a
fact of life on the internet today. Everyone should fight it whenever
and wherever they can, but you WILL get spam if you have an email
address. The sooner people learn to deal with that, the happier
everyone will be.
Further...there are lots of off-topic conversations on this mailing
list. I take part in many of them, so I'm as guilty as anyone. But
you know what? Humans are social animals, and this list is a social
thing. Many of you are my friends. If there's an off-topic
discussion here that you don't want to take part in, well, use that
magical "delete" key...Every mailer has one.
In other words...if anyone here has a life that's so utterly perfect
that spam and off-topic discussions can offset the friendship,
comeradery, education, and other classiccmp benefits, I'll swap lives
with you any day of the week.
Sheesh.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire "Watch those lateral G's man,
St. Petersburg, FL I've got sandwiches in my lap!" -Sridhar
> The best free pcb layout program I have found is easytrax for dos.
I like PADS-PCB, but the free version is(/was?) limited to about 30
integrated components...
-dq
I say OT because some of this applies to newer machines, but I
thought it might me worth sharing.
I was in a tinkering mood yesterday. I had recently pulled the 256 mb
(three dinky DIMMS) from a Pentium II and put in two 256 mb sticks.
My motherboard docs state a max of 512 mb, but now I got a spare memory
socket and could not resist. I stuck another 32 mb in and fired it up.
The BIOS self test ran OK, and it booted to DOS find. But when I brought
Microslop Windoze 95, I learned the true meaning of Windoze. You could
click on the start button, take a drink of coffee, light up a smoke, and
maybe, just maybe, the start menu would appear by the time you did that.
A whole new meaning to the word slow.
Needless to say, I pulled the 32 mb. Windoze returned to its 'normal'
speed.
Not content to stop there, I decided to up the size of the ramdisk from
16 mb to 32 mb. Since I boot to the DOS prompt, it was easy to catch the
error stating invalid ramdisk parameter. So I took it back to 16 mb and
starting incrementing it. I got all the way to 30 mb with no problems,
or so I thought. I had only booted to DOS, and not brought up Win95
during the time. With a 30 mb ramdisk I brought it up. My display settings
were changed and the display adapter was complaining. I returned the
ramdisk to 16 mb and all returned to normal.
I found nothing on a specific limit on a ramdisk in any docs I looked
at. I have used a ramdisk since my XT days. Now it is almost like they
don't want us to know about it.
Any thoughts?
----------------------------------------
I also have been trying to add some memory to an old Gateway 486/33 machine
I use for utility things. It already has 16 mb. I've tried several
combinations of SIMMS all meeting GW requirements (36 bit parity 70 ns).
It comes down to no matter what combination I put in, nor how I set the
memory dip switches, it won't recognize anything beyond 16 mb. I have
the manual of this beast, and it clearly states it is expandable to 64 mb.
----------------------------------------
And finally, I was confused by the recent posting on the DEC 3000/300.
The reason was that someone handed me a bag of DEC SIMMS some time back
and I thought they were for a 3000 but the descriptions in the recent
posting dod not jive with what I had. The ones I have are 100 pin,
10 chip, 70ns and are a 4 mb module with room for another 4 mb on the
back. It would seem that mine are for the 3000/400 and maybe higher.
Mike
I have just been given a Display Writer system complete with CPU,
Keyboard, Monitor, Dual 8" floppy drive and some floppy disks. I have been
told it works but I haven't tested it myself yet. It is surplus to my
requirements so if anybody wants it they can have it. I can test it if
there is interest.
--
Kevan
Collector of old computers: http://www.heydon.org/kevan/collection/
I'm involved with a historical preservation project (that has nothing to
do with my employer). I'm hoping to find Autocoder, Cobol, Fortran, RPG,
Sort 6/7, IOCS, ..., manuals, user-developed applications, the engineering
drawings that CE's used for field maintenance, or any other IBM 1401
memorabilia (including equipment!).
Do you have any of this stuff, or know anybody who might?
Thanks in advance,
Van Snyder
In a message dated 3/16/02 10:03:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, marvin(a)rain.org
writes:
> Jay West wrote:
> >
> > Please read the entire message below from the list admin (who is trying
> very
> > hard not to come out of his skin and choke someone)...
Jay, you're doing a fine job and we all owe you some gratitude for keeping
the list running as smoothly as it has been.
-Linc Fessenden
