Re: OT: the death of shortwave / Re: Hallicrafters S-85
I'd be interested in a classic computing net as well. I have 40 - 10 meters available on HF. Our area is lagging in digital repeater coverage, so no Fusion or DMR or D*Star for me just yet. 73, -Ed- AB8OJ On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Ben Sinclair via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Ian S. King via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > Does anyone on this thread know if there are any regularly scheduled > > traffic nets? > > > > I don't do much with HF nets, traffic or otherwise, but I would be > interested in participating in an informal classic computing net if we > could get one going! I'm mostly active on 20M and 40M. > > -- > Ben Sinclair > b...@bensinclair.com >
Re: Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I felt like Cardiff also had a resemblance to Tandy/Radio Shack as well, > since they were in the electronics business before getting into computers. > I thought this as well, with the appearance of an old Cardiff radio in one of the last episodes, and the mention of ham or shortwave radios early on. But the reverse engineering of the PC seemed like a direct reference to Compaq. Maybe Cardiff was a portmanteau of Compaq and Tandy, both having strong Texas roots. -Ed-
Re: Viva Amiga documentary on Hulu
Thanks for passing this along ... I just watched it, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Being an early Amiga fan, it was fun to relive some of the excitement of the early days. -Ed- On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Sam O'nella via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I haven't watched the entire thing yet but Hulu correctly identified it as > an item of interest for myself. http://amigafilm.com/ It may be > available > other platforms (I did notice some copies seem to be on youtube although > not sure if that's legitimate). > > Either way seems like a fun watch if you're an Amiga/Commodore fan. > Definitely won't be an unbiased production ;-) but saw some local mailing > list celebrities in the interviews. > > - John >
Re: Depressing article
> > Why would NASA say “destroy the tapes” ? > If I'm reading the report correctly, the tapes were quite infected with mold, and probably unreadable. I'd guess it wouldn't be worth the health hazard to try, especially given NASA's view that there was nothing historically significant there. Still sad to see the data and hardware languish and deteriorate like that, though. I have some connection to Goddard; my high school was just down the road, and I knew several people who worked there (maybe still do). -Ed-
Re: dd-equivalent for VMS
BACKUP/IMAGE might work. I have a dim recollection of moving system drives around that way, but it's been a few decades. :-) Best of luck, and let us know how it goes. -Ed- On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 8:46 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On Jun 16, 2017, at 3:00 AM, Chris Hanson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Jun 15, 2017, at 11:30 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > >> Is there a dd equivalent for VMS? > > > > I’m pretty sure PIP is the “dd” equivalent on DEC operating systems in > general. > > No, "pip" is a file manipulation program, which -- depending on OS -- > provides as command options the analog of Unix commands cat, cp, mv, ls, > etc. > > If you mean "dd" as a partial file copying program, that's something I > haven't seen on DEC OSs. For image copying (non-file-structured copying), > it may be that pip can do that but often it won't because it only does file > structured operations in many systems. On VMS (and some other systems) > there may be something like "copy/image" which may work. Support for raw > block access of file devices varies, though; it depends on whether the OS > allows such a thing. To pick one example, RSTS originally did not allow > that; it was added part way through the OS history. > > paul > > >
