test-drb April 2002

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by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@vol.com] > Remote dial-in access via an external modem should also be > available besides > terminals (twinax and 5250 emulators) as well as ethernet, > TR, etc - all in > the adapters added to it. You're right. It even came with the 2400bps modem ;) -- and at least one twinax block. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 8 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: blacklord [mailto:blacklord@telstra.com] > Indeed, out of all the machines then in production, which one > still in > use now is still capable of (more or less) doing what modern machines > can ? The VAX. :) (You did say all machines) Minis excluded, I guess the TRS-80 ;) Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 8 months

Open source -- non computer topics

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Franchuk [mailto:bfranchuk@jetnet.ab.ca] > And they all look like 95 to me. I use debian linux ... Red hat has They do, don't they? Well, default configured Enlightenment/Gnome and KDE anyway. That's creativity for you ;) Debian's nice, but it has its share of "political" garbage too, like the "GNU/Linux" plastered all over the place, or the fact that they insist on keeping "non-free" software separate. NetBSD is kind of nice (not spotless), as far as politics go. > too much political -- me is right and I am the only way -- > Also debian is the only version you can upgrade with a modem. Well, strictly speaking, depending on the amount of work you'd like to put into it, you can upgrade anything with a modem. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 8 months

FA: Interesting AIM-65

by rigdonj＠cfl.rr.com

See <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2018077250> Joe

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Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by csmith＠amdocs.com

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Foust [mailto:jfoust@threedee.com] > >Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better... > Keep software and hardware developers alive and in business? Ok, so you have a point there. I was thinking in terms of actual computing work. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL /usr/bin/perl -e ' print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n"); '

22 years, 8 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 02:08 PM 4/23/2002 -0500, Christopher Smith wrote: >I've always thought it was stigma that was >> unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the >> PC's of the same time period. > >Good point -- name something that the Amiga didn't do better... Keep software and hardware developers alive and in business? Whoops, sorry, just a little ex-Amiga developer humor there. - John

22 years, 8 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by Robert_Feldman＠jdedwards.com

For some time now, the gaming console market has been where the real technological advances in consumer/PC computers have been made. Most PC users in the business world could get along just fine with a '386 if the OS and software weren't so bloated now. Bob (who is still trying in vain to get MS WinWord to behave and who uses a WordStar clone on the HP palmtop he carries) -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:44 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format) <snip> I find it interesting that the gaming market is one of the main defining markets for current PC hardware...the very market that PC users used to scorn. I've always thought it was stigma that was unfairly applied to the Amiga, even if it was better at it than the PC's of the same time period. Jeff

22 years, 8 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by mythtech＠mac.com

>Bring on the kiddie porn! Is that $15k offer for nude pics still open? Oh, wait, you said Kiddie, I thought you said Kitty... figured I could shave my wife's cat for you (man... THAT is wide open!) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net>

22 years, 8 months

suggestions on BBC Micro, voltage converter, PAL monitor (in US)?

by Antonio.Carlini＠riverstonenet.com

>You could buy a 110-220 step-up transformer, and that usually has the >european two prong plug built in. I myself would see if the power >supply has a split primary for the mains power; then rewire/flip the >switch for 110 operation and just use a US style power cord. No doubt you can get a suitable two-prong plug with an IEC on the other end of the lead, but in the UK (and the beeb is, after all, a UK box) the standard plugs are three-pin. >Monitor: If it is an RGB with seperate outputs, the NTSC/PAL question >is moot. I know that US RGB monitors for the Amiga will sync to PAL >rates (625 lines, 50Hz) with no problems. The conflict arises only when >the video is composite, as the color information is encoded >differently. I have seen small converters for sale, that change PAL >video to NTSC and vice versa. I've never seen how good/bad they work, >but that is a viable alternative, if your only output is composite >video. A small cub monitor cannot be much harder to ship than a beeb can it? The real problem is possibly going to be the 50Hz/60Hz issue. I know that in the lab (in the UK) we used to have a 110/120V 60Hz supply specifically for the oddball US kit we used to end up with, but that was (IIRC) done with something a little beefier than a stepup transformer. The small (but very, very) heavy step down transformer we also had, did nothing to convert the frequency (not a problem if all you want is juice, but if anything is trying to generate an approximate clock from the line frequencey ....) Antonio

22 years, 8 months

Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers (was: OT email response format)

by DAW＠yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu

> From: Chris > > >Bring on the kiddie porn! > > Is that $15k offer for nude pics still open? > > Oh, wait, you said Kiddie, I thought you said Kitty... figured I could > shave my wife's cat for you (man... THAT is wide open!) > > -chris > Ah, uh, err... Damnit! You know, I had a nifty comment, but I forgot it... I must say though, it would be interesting to see your wife's shaved pussy...cat. Sorry, couldn't resist that one... ;) -- --- David A Woyciesjes --- C & IS Support Specialist --- Yale University Press --- mailto:david.woyciesjes@yale.edu --- (203) 432-0953 --- ICQ # - 905818 Mac OS X 10.1.2 - Darwin Kernel Version 5.2: Fri Dec 7 21:39:35 PST 2001 Running since 01/22/2002 without a crash

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