From: David Wright
Date: Sun, 8 May 2022 20:51:45 -0500
> What I didn't understand was why you had to have /root under /home,
> and indeed, when you later revealed your partition layout, it looked
> even less necessary, because you have /root on a different partition.
On Wed 11 May 2022 at 23:31:41 (-0700), Marc Shapiro wrote:
>
> On 5/6/22 19:16, John Hasler wrote:
> > James H. H. Lampert writes:
> > > I started with a TRS-80 Model I myself (and with high school
> > > programming classes on an IBM 370/135 at the District Office, with
> > > terminals connected
On 5/6/22 19:16, John Hasler wrote:
James H. H. Lampert writes:
I started with a TRS-80 Model I myself (and with high school
programming classes on an IBM 370/135 at the District Office, with
terminals connected over a pair of multiplexed phone lines [and a
maximum terminal speed of 300
On Fri 06 May 2022 at 09:24:35 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> From: David Wright
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:08:28 -0600
> > I can't understand this.
I'm not sure why you quoted this after three months without any
indication of its referent. What I didn't understand was why you
had
On Saturday, 7 May 2022 21:41:33 EDT 황병희 wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs writes:
> > (... thanks ...)
> > If Microsoft disappeared in its entirety, I'd buy a case of
> > champagne and invite my friends over for a _major_ celebration.
> > ...
>
> That's a great idea!
>
> > I'm 71, and started my
Charlie Gibbs writes:
> (... thanks ...)
> If Microsoft disappeared in its entirety, I'd buy a case of
> champagne and invite my friends over for a _major_ celebration.
> ...
That's a great idea!
> I'm 71, and started my programming career in 1970, five
> years before Microsoft existed. The
On Fri, 06 May 2022 19:30:01 +0200 gene heskett
wrote:
> On Friday, 6 May 2022 13:11:13 EDT Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:24:35AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
>>
>>> What I'm doing is similar to using DOS years ago; although DOS
>>> predates experience of most people
James H. H. Lampert writes:
> I started with a TRS-80 Model I myself (and with high school
> programming classes on an IBM 370/135 at the District Office, with
> terminals connected over a pair of multiplexed phone lines [and a
> maximum terminal speed of 300 Baud]).
Punch cards and an IBM 1620
On 5/6/22 1:11 PM, Charles Curley wrote:
Maybe, maybe not. I got started with a KIM-I: 6502 running at 1 MHz,
just over 1 kilobyte of RAM. Six seven segment displays and a hex
keyboard for data entry. I still have one.
I remember *reading about* the KIM-I (and the Altair, and a few others)
On Fri, 06 May 2022 09:24:35 -0700
pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> although DOS
> predates experience of most people reading now.
Maybe, maybe not. I got started with a KIM-I: 6502 running at 1 MHz,
just over 1 kilobyte of RAM. Six seven segment displays and a hex
keyboard for data entry. I still
Thomas Schmitt wrote on 5/6/22 13:24:
Hi,
Greg Wooledge wrote:
I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on
this list.
Huh ? ... What ? ... Age ? ... Whom do you call old ?
I am 83. First desktop was an IBM PC running IBM DOS Version
1, I think. Also saw my
On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 08:24:49PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on
> > this list.
>
> Huh ? ... What ? ... Age ? ... Whom do you call old ?
I never used the word "old".
> Since most of the
Le 06/05/2022 à 20:24, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
Hi,
Greg Wooledge wrote:
I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on
this list.
Huh ? ... What ? ... Age ? ... Whom do you call old ?
VIC-20 users don't get old.
Since most of the posters here are of over average
Hi,
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on
> this list.
Huh ? ... What ? ... Age ? ... Whom do you call old ?
VIC-20 users don't get old.
Since most of the posters here are of over average age we should immediately
drop the whole concept
On Freitag, 6. Mai 2022 13:11:13 -04 Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:24:35AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > What I'm doing is similar to using DOS years ago; although DOS
> > predates experience of most people reading now.
>
> I think you're vastly underestimating the
On Friday, 6 May 2022 13:11:13 EDT Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:24:35AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> > What I'm doing is similar to using DOS years ago; although DOS
> > predates experience of most people reading now.
>
> I think you're vastly underestimating the average
On Fri, May 06, 2022 at 09:24:35AM -0700, pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> What I'm doing is similar to using DOS years ago; although DOS
> predates experience of most people reading now.
I think you're vastly underestimating the average age of subscribers on
this list.
From: David Wright
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:08:28 -0600
> I can't understand this.
In a freshly installed Debian, /etc/passwd sets the home directory for
root at /root. Here /etc/passwd sets the home directory for root at
/home/root. No problem observed.
> You may hit snags. Some
From: David Wright
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2022 11:08:28 -0600
> But hey, it could be quite exciting, like carrying a cocked
> revolver tucked into your waistband. One casual typo, one
> misplaced space, and you can blow away a whole disk.
System destruction is exasperating. Lapse in security
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