test-drb October 2012

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268 discussions

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

You werent aware that the expression simply represents a persons inability to decipher, and the inability to care? The second part doesnt apply entirely to me though, I am very interested in some languages, namely German, ancient Hebrew, koine Greek, Russian, Japanese, Chinese...roughly in that order (wish me luck!). Not loads of interest in Romance languages, but did take Latin and French in h.s. No I didnt pay very good attention either. Il es, tu es, je suis, la fanetre, le pupitre. Look right? ------------------------------ On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 8:42 AM PDT Kevin Monceaux wrote: >On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 05:01:38PM -0700, Chris Tofu wrote: > >> C: It's all Greek to me! > >Greek looks more like: > > ? ??????????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?? ? ??????????? ??? ?? ???? ??????? > ???? ?? ???? ??????? ????????? ??? ?????. > >Well, ancient Greek at least. :-) > > > >-- > >Kevin >http://www.RawFedDogs.net >http://Lassie.RawFedDogs.net >http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org >Bruceville, TX > >What's the definition of a legacy system? One that works! >Errare humanum est, ignoscere caninum.

12 years, 2 months

Protext

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

why not archive those floppies prior to or instead of mailing them out. ------------------------------ On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 2:56 AM PDT David Cantrell wrote: >While having a clear-out at the weekend I found a set of install >floppies for the DOS version of Arnor's Protext. Anyone want? > >I also extracted and threw out a *dozen* wall warts that were still >plugged in to the power but not connected to any devices, and found a >dead mouse that must have somehow wormed its way into the tangled >rat's-nest of cables but been unable to find a way out. > >-- >David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist > >comparative and superlative explained: > ><Huhn> worse, worser, worsest, worsted, wasted

12 years, 2 months

Protext

by david＠cantrell.org.uk

While having a clear-out at the weekend I found a set of install floppies for the DOS version of Arnor's Protext. Anyone want? I also extracted and threw out a *dozen* wall warts that were still plugged in to the power but not connected to any devices, and found a dead mouse that must have somehow wormed its way into the tangled rat's-nest of cables but been unable to find a way out. -- David Cantrell | Godless Liberal Elitist comparative and superlative explained: <Huhn> worse, worser, worsest, worsted, wasted

12 years, 2 months

FFS: MSDOS 3.10 docs, CCS S100 docs, and bubble memory data

by dgriffi＠cs.csubak.edu

I have three things to get rid of. Free For Shipping. 1) Original copy of MSDOS 3.10 (docs only) in slipcase 2) Three documentation booklets for S100 cards from California Computer Systems (two DRAM boards and one M2422 multimode floppy controller) 3) "Tentative" data book from Texas Instruments dated 1977 for "Magnetic Bubble Memories and System Interface Circuits". It weighs about 3 pounds and will ship as media mail for three or four dollars from 93306 in the US. -- 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?

12 years, 2 months

Cables runs at home

by saquinn624＠aol.com

David wrote: >A friend of mine described a time when he found a cable tech in the >basement of a new building using what was essentially a shotgun to run >cable through ducts. I think it was a blank firing straight into the duct >with the cable coming in through a wye. Gives new meaning to "pull".

12 years, 2 months

power consumption

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

it's hopeless to suspect that a vintage 80s computer w/a built in monitor is color (not green mono) if it only draws 70 watts?

12 years, 2 months

belated apolgoy for attacks on nefarious individual known as HAATA

by rampaginggreenhulk＠yahoo.com

He's not a bad guy. I must have been cranky. I'm protective of my keytops, what can I say (and that dag nab NEC APC k/b SOLD! Curses! That's wasn't according to plan!).

12 years, 2 months

sharp eyes on another list saw an XT-370 system on epay.

by jws＠jwsss.com

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380481590039 As a side beg, I'd love any copies of the microcode that anyone might have to share for the PC/370 or XT/370 cards. They are 5 1/4" floppies, probably a few with the microcode, cp and cms for setting up the system, not much else. thanks Jim

12 years, 2 months

Burroughs System/V Series emulator

by dm561＠torfree.net

----- Original Message ----- > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:47:37 -0700 > From: Steven Wilson <stevew at ka6s.com> > From: Michael Kerpan<madcrow.maxwell at gmail.com> > "...I also have the operator's console from a B2700 but it's promised to a > fellow list member." > > Mike - you gotta get it right. You have a "SPO" from a B2700 ;-) > > Steve (Small Systems & Medium Systems enthusiast ;-) -------------- Hi Steve, wrong Mike, but that's OK. What I have is the main nixie and indicator display and control console on the front of the CPU cabinet, under the clock at the very right of the picture below; I even still have a picture somewhere of me standing in front of it compiling one of my programs. I think the SPO you're talking about is the teleprinter on the desk to the left of it: http://www.smecc.org/burroughs-images/burrou4.jpg (The other) mike.

12 years, 2 months

Cables runs at home (was Re: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Sysadmins - Re: disk flaws, classic vs. modern)

by ethan.dicks＠gmail.com

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:17 PM, David Riley <fraveydank at gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I wanted it to remain straight in the end; it just needed to > go straight up through the walls. The problem was one of simple > geometry, specifically inserting a 10-foot pipe vertically into the > wall-ceiling junction of a 6-foot basement. I didn't particularly > want to cut it, and the pipe resumed its previous shape fairly > quickly once I got it into the wall. Gotcha. That's part of why I went with Innerduct - I'd worked with it in a commercial setting and was able to buy 100' off the reel at a local Granger's supply. If I were trying large PVC conduit in a short basement, I'd also consider a joint in the middle, but it seems that you worked it all out. > I was just lucky enough that the folks who had rehabbed the house > back in the '80s and added an HVAC system had left extra space > around the old chimney when they put in the duct work (and also > lucky that said space intersected my office). I ended up with > a built-in channel running straight from the basement to the > top floor for free; all I needed was to put a pipe in there so > the wires had some guidance going down. I had the same advantage in my 85-yro house (now 98-yro!) - next to the stackpipe is a laundry chute from the bathroom to the basement. The back bedroom shared a wall with that, and there was room around it to run the innerduct. I did have to rip a large hole in the bedroom wall to mount the various duplex boxes since it wasn't easy to find larger low-voltage boxes. Now, I can goe to Lowe's and get the big orange plastic wall boxes that even directly accept (with concentric breakouts) 1" and larger conduit. If I ever build a house, I'm going to run innerduct all over the place. The stuff is really handy to work with (and comes with pull-rope/tape already installed). It's specifically designed for fiber, but there's no problem sharing the space with twisted pair low-voltage cables. -ethan

12 years, 2 months

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test-drb October 2012