On 2021-09-28 02:26, Tor Arntsen via cctalk wrote (in part):
On Mon, 27 Sept 2021 at 23:31, Zane Healy via cctalk
wrote:
On Sep 27, 2021, at 2:15 PM, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
wrote:
On 2021-09-27 10:07, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote (in part):
However, much of the "Linux" software
On 2021-09-27 10:07, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote (in part):
However, much of the "Linux" software is in fact POSIX software, and
can quite easily be ported between Linux and other *NIX-likes, such as
Solaris, macOS and the *BSD family.
I cannot agree. Many developers ensure that their
On 2021-08-14 16:46, geneb via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
There were many of us who said that it was the END of the era. And
that in a few years, more that half of the personal computers would
be PC, or imitations thereof.
Yep. It ushered in the era
On 2021-04-13 18:15, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
I'm slightly amazed at how some eBay sellers react. Take this item:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154404969351
which the seller had listed as a 'PDP-8 PC05'. I sent the person a message
pointing out that it was a PC04 (as shown by the 4 rocker
Greetings, Ben.
I am replying directly because I do not have a definitive answer.
On 2021-04-08 00:32, Ben Huntsman via cctalk wrote:
I know this is a strange place to ask, but it's as good a place as any.
Anyone on here used IBM's XLC in very old versions?
Anyone know what the argument
On 30/01/2021 12:45, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
On 1/29/21 4:25 PM, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote:
On 01/29/21 15:58, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote (in part):
'=' and '==' makes possible what is probably the most common error,
and which the compiler doesn't catch:
if (x = 3) . . . Â
On 01/29/21 15:58, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote (in part):
'=' and '==' makes possible what is probably the most common error,
and which the compiler doesn't catch:
if (x = 3) . . . /* sets x to 3 and gives TRUE for the condition */
I imagine that there are probably some pre-processors that
On 29/01/2021 14:20, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
We don't need another BIG-endian/little-endian debate!
(when a 16 bit number is stored in bytes, does the high order byte
come first, or the low order byte?) (cf. intel V Motorola)
Amen to that (but did it not originate with DEC vs. IBM?)
N.
On 01/15/21 14:25, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2021-01-15 1:33 p.m., Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote:
As a grad student, I still remember the row of APL terminals at the
computer centre with their APL-specific keyboards, always ruing that
I had no time to learn it.
Seems backwards when students have
On 01/15/21 11:50, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote (in part):
I never understood it but I enjoyed the feeling of baffled
incomprehension I got from reading it.
As a grad student, I still remember the row of APL terminals at the
computer centre with their APL-specific keyboards, always ruing that I
On 01/14/21 23:35, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote (in part):
When I was living outside Dallas around 1988 or so, I knew a woman who
had a job-for-life with an insurance company that ran their whole
company on APL. Of course by that time she was sick of working on the
same thing all the time,
On 12/30/20 13:55, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
That's not true.
You don't have to do the cryptographic heavy lifting on the classic
computer. You can easily do the cryptographic heavy lifting on other
more contemporary computers which are
On 12/28/20 17:58, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
> Apologies for asking but what the gmail standards? Anything from >
yahoo.com, some of Google's own alerts, and items from >
lists.dwarfstd.org were all marked as spam.
They really won't tell you. I run into problems with them from time
to
On 12/28/20 17:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote (in part):
I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in
the spam folder of gmail.
[...]
For those of you who run your own mail servers please consider
updating your DNS / authentication to match gmail standards.
On 11/26/20 11:26, Ed Carp wrote:
> You could write something in C using curses/ncurses (which will
> do the ANSI sequences for you automatically).
True but I wonder whether curses would be bit heavy handed for this.
N.
On 03/21/20 20:39, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
On 21/03/2020 21:43, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
The SYSTEM password is MANAGER.
Just like the old days.
Times were different then :-)
Wasn't the FIELD account password SERVICE?
I recall when a DEC FE came a day early and he was
On 01/02/20 17:22, Ali wrote:
>Well, Canada Post stopped delivering to individual >houses years ago.
How does that work?
Community mailboxes that serve a neighbourhood. You need to trek to one
to pick up your mail.
On 01/01/20 11:07, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote (in part):
On 2019-12-31 5:52 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote (in part):
On an interesting note, I read an article recently, that popped up in my
financial news. Delivery services have reached the breaking point in the
cities, due to the amount
On 06/29/19 06:39, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote (in part):
US currency is very confusing to me. All the notes seem to be the same
size and colour, so you can't readily sort them.
Some countries also put Braille dots (besides the different colours).
Does the US have any such plans?
N.
On 06/28/19 16:54, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote (in part):
On 06/28/2019 11:11, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with coins (26.5mm and
28mm, resp.).
Oh, I know. I was questioned by the RCMP for spending a $2 bill that
was in my leftover Canadian cash
On 06/28/19 13:18, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote (in part):
One big problem with dollar coins is cash trays need to be redesigned
for them. Maybe if the US got rid of the penny (like Canada has) there
would be somewhere to put dollar coins in a register and they would be
used more often.
On 03/29/19 14:08, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 at 19:01, ben via cctalk wrote:
I have been trying to read the Dr Dobbs PDF scans and a few other PDF's.
They seem to work only with the NAME BRAND pdf reader. Of course I use
the OTHER brand.
Since you don't name names, I
On 03/23/19 03:07, ben via cctalk wrote:
I am building a project that needs to use a Stand alone dumb terminal
like a VT 52 or Similar. Alas I can't find any low cost Hardware
Solutions here in Canada. Low cost with shipping under is $150 Canadian
for me.Software terminal emulation is just a
On 11/06/18 07:25, corey cohen via cctalk wrote:
Can’t see it yet in the states, but I was wondering if anyone here saw it and
> what you though. I was involved with the show.
They seem to be available here:
https://www.discovery.ca/Shows/Vintage-Tech-Hunters
N.
Thanks,
Cheers,
Corey
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