16 Apr
2007
16 Apr
'07
1:06 a.m.
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 13:18:17 -0300
From: M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net>
Subject: Linux question
To: "'m100 at list.30below.com'" <m100 at list.30below.com>
Cc: "'cctalk at classiccmp.org'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
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A simple question for the Linux gurus from a WIN/DOS simpleton:
How do you concatenate two binary files into one?
m
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
But ask a question about a classic system like the Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
-W
16 Apr
16 Apr
2:23 a.m.
Wayne Smith wrote:
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over
themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
Well I have my revenge ... *Opps* how do you split the binary file
back again.
But ask a question about a classic system like the
Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
I suspect more people have 'cat' running on some machines than
active 8 bit systems today.
3:02 a.m.
On Mon, 2007-04-16 00:23:17 -0600, woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Wayne Smith wrote:
With `split'?
MfG, JBG
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Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over
themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
Well I have my revenge ... *Opps* how do you split the binary file
back again. 
3:32 a.m.
On 16/04/2007 07:23, woodelf wrote:
Wayne Smith wrote:
bsplit (if it's binary, else split)
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over
themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
Well I have my revenge ... *Opps* how do you split the binary file
back again. 
9:16 a.m.
woodelf wrote:
Wayne Smith wrote:
You didn't rm the two source files did you?
if so...
You could use split but you will have to know _where_ to split it. (@_@)
man split && info split.
Have fun... (^_^)
--
jd
"What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?"
-- The Doctor
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over
themselves to help
- and
that's certainly nice.
Well I have my revenge ... *Opps* how do you split the binary file
back again.
17 Apr
17 Apr
6:51 a.m.
On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 06:16 -0700, jd wrote:
woodelf wrote:
> Wayne Smith wrote:
>
>> Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over themselves to help
>> - and
>> that's certainly nice.
>
> Well I have my revenge ... *Opps* how do you split the binary file
> back again.
You could use split but you will have to know _where_
to split it. (@_@)
man split && info split.
Or use dd...
Gordon
16 Apr
16 Apr
2:27 a.m.
On 15 Apr 2007 at 22:06, Wayne Smith wrote:
But ask a question about a classic system like the
Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
Going back and reviewing my record of his question, he specifically
asked if anyone has had any experience with the KayPLUS or Advent
Turbo ROMs. I would assume that the answer that might be inferred
would be "no".
Given that the standard ROM works with his hard drive in his 10, I
don't know what anyone not having direct experience with the
aforementioned products *could* say.
Some questions get dead silence. I've asked a few of those. I don't
let it upset me.
Cheers,
Chuck
11:44 a.m.
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 23:27 -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 at 22:06, Wayne Smith wrote:
> But ask a question about a classic system like the Kaypro 10 - like poor
> Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
> silence.
Some questions get dead silence. I've asked a few
of those. I don't
let it upset me.
Me, I keep quiet when I don't know, and stay out of the way.
Seems like a lot of people do that in here.
Gordon
17 Apr
17 Apr
7:58 p.m.
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 23:27 -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 15 Apr 2007 at 22:06, Wayne Smith wrote:
That's a good approach, Chuck. <*> Heck, I own, and frequently use,
a KayPro 10, but I just have the standard ROMs -- so I have no clue
about the various upgrades. A simple question about Linux is probably
within the purview of a good percentage of "real" computer users, but I
expect that even most (of the few) KayPro 10 users, like myself, have
the experience. Some questions are just easier, as you implied.
Peace,
Warren E. Wolfe
wizard at voyager.net
But ask a question about a classic system like
the Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
Going back and reviewing my record of his question, he specifically
asked if anyone has had any experience with the KayPLUS or Advent
Turbo ROMs. I would assume that the answer that might be inferred
would be "no".
Given that the standard ROM works with his hard drive in his 10, I
don't know what anyone not having direct experience with the
aforementioned products *could* say.
Some questions get dead silence. I've asked a few of those. I don't
let it upset me. 
18 Apr
18 Apr
12:43 a.m.
Warren Wolfe wrote:
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 23:27 -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 15 Apr 2007 at 22:06, Wayne Smith wrote:
>
>> But ask a question about a classic system like the Kaypro 10 - like poor
>> Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
>> silence.
> Going back and reviewing my record of his question, he specifically
> asked if anyone has had any experience with the KayPLUS or Advent
> Turbo ROMs. I would assume that the answer that might be inferred
> would be "no".
I have a Kaypro 10 with a Turborom. I got the Turborom stuff from Don
Maslin just 2 weeks before he passed away.
Now what was the question again ?
And sometimes you just do not have any time for the hobby, so if a
question is unanswered, just try again later.
Jos Dreesen
16 Apr
16 Apr
9:08 a.m.
Wayne Smith wrote:
No. The response is a silent "dunno mate".
How about for every question asked, everyone responds, even if it's
nothing more than "dunno" or "huh? what's that"?
Would that be useful?
--
jd
The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science
requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require
scholarship.
-- Robert Heinlein
Date: Sun, 15
Apr 2007 13:18:17 -0300
From: M H Stein <dm561 at torfree.net>
Subject: Linux question
To: "'m100 at list.30below.com'" <m100 at list.30below.com>
Cc: "'cctalk at classiccmp.org'" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Message-ID: <01C77F60.91DCC0A0 at mse-d03>
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A simple question for the Linux gurus from a WIN/DOS simpleton:
How do you concatenate two binary files into one?
m
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
But ask a question about a classic system like the Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
10:53 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Smith" <wayne.smith at charter.net>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Linux question
But ask a question about a classic system like the
Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
I'd term it "uninformed puzzlement" not "disinterested silence".
Jim
6:43 p.m.
Ask a question about Linux, everyone falls over
themselves to help - and
that's certainly nice.
But ask a question about a classic system like the Kaypro 10 - like poor
Ralph Dodd did on April 12th - and the response is disinterested
silence.
I disagree with the last comment. I am not 'disinterested'.
I didn't actualy provide the answer to the linux question because others
had got there before me and I had nothing to add. But I easily could have
given the answere. Darn it, I've got cat running on this machine
(obviosuly), I can do a 'man cat' to see if there's anything useful, and
so on.
No, going back to that Keypro 10. I don't have one. I don't have a
technical or service manual (or a schemaitc) for it. Coming from a TRS-80
background I have little experience of CP/M machines (I always felt LDOS
was a superior OS), I don't have a single CP/M luggable. I have no
experience at all of the 3rd party ROMs that I believe were mentioned in
the original question. I can't help the OP. It doesn't mean I'm not
interested -- I am. But the only contribution I could make would be
'Sorry, I don't know' and that would be a total waste of bandwidth.
For tthe same reason I've not contributed much to the clean bnx thread. I
am very interested in this, since one day I will have to do internal
repairs on winchester type hard drives. But I know very little about it
so far. So I am reading this thread with great interest, sometime I will
put some of the ideas -- and some of my ideas, surely -- into practice,
and report back as to how I got on. But don't hold your breath waiting
for me to do this.
Conversely, if somebody posts about a machine I do know a bit about, and
if nobody else has essentially said the same things, I do reply. Consider
the answers I gave on the 'HP calculators' thread. I don't know how many
other people here have a 9820, but I did feel I could provide some useful
information here. And FWIW, I cna go on a lot more about that machine's
hardware, right down to gate level if need be...
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