maybe? the answer here is obvious! i'm always taken aback by the wealth of
knowledge his brain/storage devices hold!
In a message dated 10/20/98 2:06:01 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dastar(a)ncal.verio.com writes:
> Q. Is Tony Duell really a supercomputer with an incomprehensively large
> database of factual knowledge and highly advanced artificial intelligence
> algorithms?
> A. Maybe
>> I'll summarise the results when the replies dry up.
> Well the replies never really got started. I only got five replies, all
> said they were interested. I can only conclude that there are not that
> many UK collectors on this list.
So did you take the non-UK replies out ? Even if the english
like to ignore it, Europe is just a short hop away :)
I think I know at least 3 or 4 Germans who would like
to join and I guess there are a lot more.
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
> silliness of the phrase "partial vacuum" repeatedly... I'll completely
> leave out the concept of "vacuum leak"!)
Oh, I've been known to say 'That valve (tube) is white round the top.
Somebody has let the vacuum out'
Seems like quite a reasonable way of putting it :-)
Try explaining how important a tight vacuum system on a mass spectrometer is
to some PHD chemists. Not to mention how to find the leaks. It is amazing
how little they teach in "leading" colleges today. Definately NO common
sense. So often all the problem consists of is the last thing they worked
on but did that enter their mind?
Dan
>Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 10:15:22 -0400
>To: ard(a)p850ugl.demon.co.uk
>From: "Charles E. Fox" <foxvideo(a)wincom.net>
>Subject: TRS80-4,i/o
>
>
> Hi, Tony:
>
> In the Model 4 reference manual there are four pages that seem to be
relevant:
>
>#26-Model 4 I/O Bus, #27-I/O Bus Timing Diagram, #28 &29- Model 4 Port Bits.
>
>I can try scanning these and email them to you if you haven't dug up the
information elsewhere.
>
> Charlie Fox
Sorry to post this to the list, but when I tried your email address it
bounced.
Charles E. Fox
Chas E. Fox Video Productions
email foxvideo(a)wincom.net Homepage http://www.wincom.net/foxvideo
Does anyone know why MS decided to limit the type-ahead buffer in MS-DOS
to 16 characters? Also, why they never increased this over time?
Basically on-topic. I really want to know because I've always cursed it.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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apple ][ users know that there is no type-ahead during disk access. I have a
][+ with an enhanced keyboard encoder board that gave it 255 character type-
ahead at all times. it was cool to keep typing in program code while saving
the file. only problem was playing games where you didnt want the game to keep
reading repeated keypresses. thankfully, the type-ahead can be disabled by
pressing the space bar when powering up.
In a message dated 98-10-21 13:15:23 EDT, you write:
<< Re:
> > Does anyone know why MS decided to limit the type-ahead buffer in
MS-DOS
> > to 16 characters? Also, why they never increased this over time?
Lack of foresight? Lack of vision?
> Basicly it's BIOS not DOS, And as the machines got faster,
> the need for the type ahead decreased.
Boy, is *that* wrong! :)
I *still* run into the typeahead limits today, on the fastest
machines around. 16 characters is probably fine when you're
doing ordinary text entry, with no special machine tasks
being requested. It *isn't* fine when you do something like:
deltree foo
<typeahead 17 or more characters while the computer is working>
> Just add one of the many vintage type ahead buffer enhancer.
> They have been yery popular, once upon a time...
I'd still be running the one I used to use ... but it
stopped working as of Windows 3.1 :)
>>
> Does anyone know why MS decided to limit the type-ahead buffer in MS-DOS
> to 16 characters? Also, why they never increased this over time?
Basicly it's BIOS not DOS, And as the machines got faster,
the need for the type ahead decreased. So blame IBM, but
in fact, when tey designed BIOS they had mainly ASSM Apps
in Mind - not this typ of slowish other things. And for an
inteligent reprogrammable terminal/workstation 16 Bytes are
quite enugh.
> Basically on-topic. I really want to know because I've always cursed it.
Just add one of the many vintage type ahead buffer enhancer.
They have been yery popular, once upon a time...
Gruss
H.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
I have a GRID laptop that has a hard drive was wiped. (It's good but
empty). This machine uses an external disk drive. Does anyone have one
they'll sell or loan me so that I can get the OS installed on the hard
drive again? The laptop uses a DB-25 connector for the disk drive. Will
any other external disk drive that has this connector work on the GRID?
Joe
>>> But Allison does NOT make those kinds of errors. That's part of what
>>> makes it so notable and what makes it so irresistable to chide her when
>>> she does make a typo.
>> She ?
> I think this is almost qualifying as a FAQ entry:
> Section X.Y.Z: List Participants
> Q. Is Allison Parent a woman?
> A. Yes.
> Q. Is Tony Duell really a supercomputer with an incomprehensively large
> database of factual knowledge and highly advanced artificial intelligence
> algorithms?
> A. Maybe
Hey, I AM SOOOO SORRY.
THis wasn't intendet for the list.
I didn't know this is a girls name ..
geeeeeee.
sigh
H.
Oh, and add:
Q: Is ist true, that the multi trillionaire Salam Ismail startet
his fortune at the List, eBay and with his enormous VCF intake ?
A: Well, sort of.
--
Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
At 05:59 PM 10/20/98 -0700, Sam Ismail wrote:
>
>SO how long is it before some really enthusiastic hacker creates a 3D
>emulator using a graphics engine like that in DOOM, that allows you to pop
>open the cover and go INSIDE the machine, home in on specific ICs,
>resistors, capacitors, etc. and stick a probe or voltmeter up to the
>leads? Basically, it would incorporate a CAD system with a SPICE system.
Actually, a flavor of this exists, or will exist soon, in the form
of network management software that lets you take a virtual reality
tour of the (perhaps tens of thousands) of computers on the network
you administer, and zoom in on a particular machine and peek inside
to see which cards and storage units are installed.
- John
