Jim: Oh? packrats, are we?
I kept the keyboard EEPROMs. And the tricked-out Compaq portable. Still ran, last time I checked about fifteen years ago. Bruce > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Fail: Computed Column Shows all Nulls (-0-) > From: James Bentley <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, February 13, 2012 11:55 pm > To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > > > Bruce, > > My bookshelf still contains the documentation for the 1987 version. All of > the various software versions are stored in a safe container. > > I had extensive experience using APL at the New York Times. We did a major > part of the annual budget prep and analysis using the first > two IBM desktop units that ran APL. > > > Jim Bentley > American Celiac Society > [email protected] > tel: 1-504-737-3293 > > > >________________________________ > > From: Bruce Chitiea <[email protected]> > >To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:38 PM > >Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Fail: Computed Column Shows all Nulls (-0-) > > > >Albert: > > > >Think of all the excellent products and user communities which have > >disappeared over the past thirty years (Victor 9000, MultiMate, STSC APL > >anyone?). To find R:Base alive and well as one of the highest-integrity > >product/user-communities in three decades is ... something. Find the > >word. Something else. Kudos, Razzak and crew! > > > >I recall our first application in ... 1985? Took the US Steel detailer's > >book, ginned up a parameter description of steel shapes and take-outs; > >feeding them into a floppy-based NASA-developed public domain 3-D > >program to produce multi-story structures, rotatable in real-time on > >8088 XTs (no 8087 co-processor required). > > > >Why I dropped it, I cannot justify. Maybe it was a girl, or tequila; my > >grey hairs shrug their collective shoulders and swear they can't > >remember. Uh-Huh. Probably the tequila. > > > >I could just kick myself. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Bruce Chitiea > >SafeSectors, Inc. > > > >> -------- Original Message -------- > >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Fail: Computed Column Shows all Nulls (-0-) > >> From: Albert Berry <[email protected]> > >> Date: Mon, February 13, 2012 6:48 pm > >> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) > >> > >> > >> With something as all inclusive as R:Base, every day is a big learning > >> day. I've been doing it now since the mid 1980's and still hit a dead > >> end from time to time, particularly with the way R:Azzak and crew have > >> pushing R:Base to limits one could never have expected. > >> > >> By the way, this list is great, is it not? I've been on here since Harry > >> Bass had one. My first R:Base was 2.11 (R:Base for DOS). Bill Downall > >> was out there for us all. He's not quite as years challenged as I <GRIN> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 13/02/2012 5:02 PM, Bruce Chitiea wrote: > >> > Thanks Albert. Big learning day. > >> > > >> > Bruce Chitiea > >> > SafeSectors, Inc. > >> > 909.238.9012 cell > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
