test-drb October 2011

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Useful languages on UNIX that are not C - was Re: C trivia - was Re: Dennis Ritchie has died

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

Even I could appreciate that (except for the verse about assembler, which I find easier to debug than anything else).

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Now THIS is nuts...

by geneb＠deltasoft.com

eBay # 120788797213 The guy makes wiredforservice look like a piker. *laughs* g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://www.scarletdme.org - Get it _today_! Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

12 years, 9 months

WIN 98 QUES

by rlaag＠pacbell.net

VINTAGE (I HOPE) WIN 98 QUES, WHEN I BRING UP WIN 98 A BOX COMES UP FOR ME TO ENTER A NETWORK PASSWORD AND HANGS THERE, HOW CAN I BYPASS THIS SO IT GOES ON TO THE DESKTOP DIRECTLY? ?THANKS ?BOB

12 years, 9 months

OT(?) : HP1630D Logic Analyser

by ard＠p850ug1.demon.co.uk

This may be a bit off-topic, although the instrumetn in question is certainly well over 10 years old, it includes a classic microprocessor (68B09, along with a a 6829 MMU, I've never seen one before), and is certainly suitable for repairing classic computers... Anyway, I've been given a really nice toy -- an HP1530D Logic Analyser. The -D model ahs 16 timing channels (which can be confgured in blocks of 8 as state channels) and a further 27 state channels. HP got a lot right in the design of this instrument -- the fact that the pods can only be disconnected after rmeoving a cover plate means that the pods are unlikely to get spearated from the unit and lost, for example. Anyway, given it's a -D (and not a -G), is there anyting I should know about it? Any fun tricks that are not immediately obvious from the manuals (I don't have these on paper :-(, I've been looking at the ones vey kindly provided o nthe Agilent web site) -tony

12 years, 9 months

Ping Al Kossow, bitsavers content question...do you happen to have....

by vintagecoder＠aol.com

Hi Al, Do you happen to have copies of the following IBM doc available? This is all I/O related, not sure if it's from the 370 days or later. MVS/ESA Component Diagnosis and Logic: EXCP Processor (LY28-1477) LY28-1487 LY28-1488 LC28-1166-5 I noticed you've added a bunch of great IBM doc recently in addition to all the other great IBM doc you have been hosting. THANK YOU for your site and all the great work you are doing!

12 years, 9 months

Let's talk NeXT - Re: Steve Jobs -2011

by tshoppa＠wmata.com

>> How, exactly, is running something in a web browser "more versatile" >> than running a purpose-built app with a GUI? WTF? To me a "purpose built app with a GUI" is the very definition of "vendor lock-in" and "A PC for every function". To me "vendor lock-in" means "look you have the versatility of running it on this one PC with a mouse and a keyboard and if you want to do it any other way you can pay us for as many copies as you want!". Whereas a web interface means that the display terminal and application server are now decoupled with a strong implication of scalability up the wazoo. (I know, it's all too easy to make it unscalable, or to embed Windows Controls in a web application and tie the browser to a specific Windows build.) It also implies that multiple applications are accessible simultaneously just by opening more browser windows - and means you don't have to swap 10,000 PC's every time you upgrade the central server. To me a web interface is way preferable to say a 3270 for filling forms. I know, the hot-shot mainframe app people had some pretty slick user interfaces on the 3270's for some popular mainframe applications. I've seen good ones and I appreciate them. But the vast majority of 3270 user interfaces sucked rocks. I'm not saying there aren't some really sucky webpages out there but custom roll-your-own-GUI-inside-the-web-page design seems to be very much on the decline, thank god. Tim.

12 years, 9 months

Need Decnet-11m netkit

by richardlynch3＠verizon.net

Anyone have an image of the Netkit for Decnet-11m+ v4.0 on tk50? I?ve got the Deckit, just need the other one to get ethernet up on my Micro PDP-11. Richard Lynch

12 years, 9 months

Cool car!

by wdonzelli＠gmail.com

Here is a pretty cool story about stuff found in the middle of nowhere: http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2011/10/10/One-of-the-Rarest-Cars-in-the-World-… -- Will

12 years, 9 months

PS2Encoder PCBs available

by brain＠jbrain.com

PS2Encoder (http://www.go4retro.com/2011/03/11/micro-project-ps2encoder/) PCBs have arrived. I had planned to offer as just a PCB and a kit option, but if folks are interested in an assembled version, I'd like to know. It looks like the PCB is $5.00, a PCB + a AVR + the minidin6 = $16.00, and a complete kit is $21.00. An assembled unit looks to add ~ 5.00 to the price. Please let me know if you have any interest in any of the options. Jim -- Jim Brain brain at jbrain.com www.jbrain.com

12 years, 9 months

I feel stupid here lj 4000tn

by a50mhzham＠gmail.com

At 08:46 PM 10/12/2011, you wrote: >hey >Im getting a used lj 4000tn off a friend of mine soon and i want to be ready >is the parallel port on the back a standard ieee 1284 or a hpcn36 mini >centronics >gotta make sure i have the right adaper cable to usb because my newer amd xp >comp does not have a pp port >thanx >chris The N in the 4000TN is for "network." Use Ethernet-- is much more better. 439 . [Humor] I like this new idea of voodoo acupuncture. You don't have to go anywhere, you just walk down the street, and all of a sudden, "Ah!" --Steven Wright NEW: a50mhzham at gmail.com ? N9QQB (amateur radio) "HEY YOU" (loud shouting) ? Second Tops (Set Dancing) ? FIND ME ON FACEBOOK 43? 7' 17.2" N by 88? 6' 28.9" W ? Elevation 815' ? Grid Square EN53wc LAN/Telecom Analyst ? Open-source Dude ? Musician ? Registered Linux User 385531

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