>Message: 25
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:15:08 +0100
>From: "Andrew Burton" aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
>
>Excel is easy to use and comes with all Windows based computers. Sadly I am
>not old enough (or lucky enough) to have used any alternatives - though I
>have heard of Lotus long before I joined this list.
>
>Regards,
>Andrew B
If you want to try Lotus 123, get an HP LX 200 palmtop computer. It comes with Lotus built into the ROM. In fact, the ability to run Lotus 123 was the genesis of the HP plamtops.
One of my gripes about Lotus 123 is that it excelled (pun intended) at losing your work, as it did not ask you to save the file when you quit -- "/Q" would quit the program whether or not you had unsaved work.
Bob??
PS. Re the "what calcularor to get" thread, you can get an HP LX200 and run any of a number of MS-DOS HP calculator emulators on it.
Does anyone in here admire/collect old clocks? I want to get a Standard
Electric AR-2 slave clock (60s style). I fondly remember that model as
the one used at my elementary and junior high schools.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
just stumbled upon this
http://www.mmnt.net/
this is interesting since afaik Google doesn't index anonymous ftp sites and
there is a site search.
I see one of the trailing-edge sites is on there.
It's still not too hard to find a HP-25. Retrofit the rechargeables and you're set.
But IMHO the true sweet spot is a HP-15C or HP-11C. A set of batteries will last for years.
I am not a huge fan of bells-and-whistles features.
It makes me depressed all over again each time I see it.... -- Ian
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From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Barry L. Kline [blkline at attglobal.net]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:36 AM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Dennis Ritchie has died
On 10/20/2011 02:03 PM, vintagecoder at aol.com wrote:
> I believe OS/400 started out with S/34 and 36 and grew into iOS now
> running on POWER.
Actually, OS/400 started out with CPF on the S/38.
Barry
It was written....
I have a number of PDP-11 software manuals, processor manuals, a few books & even a few software mag tapes from when I had worked at Digital Equipment. I also have a number of processor manuals & some schematics for DEC System 10 & 20. Would you be interested in them or know someone who would like them?
The system 10 & 20 schematics piqued my interest. If anyone wants to follow up on this, email me off list for contact details.
J
A PCB manufacturer in San Diego, CA is currently using PDP 11/04 boxes for Advanced Controls Trudrill machines. They are looking for sources for repair, support, and/or replacement parts. They believe that they could also switch to 11/05, 11/24, or 11/34 boxes with the same application. If anyone is interested and able to provide this, email me off-list for contact details.
Best,
J