Re: [9fans] Many bugs in eqn(1)

2014-08-14 Thread Steve Simon
I have had a look, found a copy of the doc from 1996 and failed to reproduce the problem. I withdraw the accusation - tbl you are without bugs. Sorry for the noise. BTW: for troff related stuff I should mention http://www.troff.org is a good resource. -Steve

Re: [9fans] Many bugs in eqn(1)

2014-08-14 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Aug 14 02:55:58 EDT 2014, st...@quintile.net wrote: I have had a look, found a copy of the doc from 1996 and failed to reproduce the problem. I withdraw the accusation - tbl you are without bugs. but there are some font bugs that cause the small errors when converting to ps. e.g.:

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread smiley
françai s romaper...@gmail.com writes: I say this because about three years ago the Riga Technical University YOU cannot say anything, because you are a spam bot advertising for the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia and not a sentient being. I wrote a prose engine a bit like

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
it's a bad knockoff of Mark V. Shaney. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 9:12 AM, smi...@icebubble.org wrote: françai s romaper...@gmail.com writes: I say this because about three years ago the Riga Technical University YOU cannot say anything, because you are a spam bot advertising for the Riga

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread françai s
2014-08-14 13:12 GMT-03:00, smi...@icebubble.org smi...@icebubble.org: françai s romaper...@gmail.com writes: I say this because about three years ago the Riga Technical University YOU cannot say anything, because you are a spam bot advertising for the Riga Technical University and

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread françai s
2014-08-13 14:48 GMT-03:00, Aleksandar Kuktin akuk...@gmail.com: Is there a reason Riga Technical University and University of Latvia are mentioned in every sentence? What exactly is the purpose of this e-mail? Advertising? Fishing? Is this an automated shotgun e-mail designed to extract

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
i've forwarded your request to SP9SS (i may be missing an S in there somewhere) for their immediate attention. they assure me it will be taken up at the next special session of the central committee. personally i think binary is passé. i'm waiting for processors that are base some large prime --

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
i've forwarded your request to SP9SS (i may be missing an S in there somewhere) for their immediate attention. they assure me it will be taken up at the next special session of the central committee. personally i think binary is passé. i'm waiting for processors that are base some large prime --

Re: [9fans] The developers of Plan9 think there was no point in coding in binary code three years ago as they did or make the Riga Technical University and University of Latvia?

2014-08-14 Thread Lee Fallat
On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Skip Tavakkolian skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com wrote: ask in your native language. we know how to use google translate. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:36 PM, françai s romaper...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-08-14 13:12 GMT-03:00, smi...@icebubble.org smi...@icebubble.org:

[9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS

2014-08-14 Thread cherry
Hello 9Fans, I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32 bit) to run on it. Now both machines can run Plan 9. Specific to 2F laptop, the keyboard, mouse, screen and ethernet are supported. The hard drive is supported only on

Re: [9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS

2014-08-14 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
thanks! this is cool. btw, the only supplier i can find is aliexpress. are there any others? On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:07 PM, cherry lunari...@gmail.com wrote: Hello 9Fans, I just got a Loongson 2F machine (Yeeloong 8089A laptop) (MIPS LE), so I extended my previous Loongson 2E port (32

Re: [9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS

2014-08-14 Thread Fausto Saporito
Yep it's cool! I have one from Tekmote (supplier for all Europe). They have also a laptop with Loongson 3 (full MIPS64). 2014-08-15 6:41 GMT+02:00 Skip Tavakkolian skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com: thanks! this is cool. btw, the only supplier i can find is aliexpress. are there any others? On