[cctalk] Re: Charles Stross, replay the bubble of 1995, alt history plus retrocomp

2024-04-26 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 01:51:48PM -0700, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM Tomasz Rola via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Well, if you are into this kind of stuff (I am)... Stross is an s-f > > author, formerly a progr

[cctalk] Charles Stross, replay the bubble of 1995, alt history plus retrocomp

2024-04-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ather than sucking investors up. http www.antipope.org charlie/blog-static/2024/04/the-radiant-future-of-1995.html Of course, readers make comments, so it gets a bit more interesting. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answ

[cctalk] Re: Turbo Prolog

2024-02-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
, again. They sounded satisfied with their choices. HTH -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the

[cctalk] Re: fredmacs?

2023-08-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
st succesful encounter with Emacs world happened with 32bits cpu and .GE. 4mb of ram, probably 8mb. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsImplementations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroEMACS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mg_(text_editor) HTH -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C progr

[cctalk] Re: Any RSX-11 fans able to identify file types?

2023-06-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 12:34:04PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 6/25/23 12:15, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 04:39:01PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > > > > If you have those files accessible from some Unix-like OS, then

[cctalk] Re: Any RSX-11 fans able to identify file types?

2023-06-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
gs | wc -c cat theXfile.x | wc -c would givw some idea of how much of the file is text and how much of it is something else. All those tricks assume that files are uncompressed, of course. HTH -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As th

[cctalk] Re: Did Bill Gates Really Say That?

2023-06-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
summary of what humanity is), on the other hand, let's imagine Linux won and all those clueless people call me in the middle of the night, shit, how do I run emacs, I barked a dog at it and computer still not running. Anyway, as much as I am not a fan, I think BG was quite competent. -- Regards, Tomasz

[cctalk] Re: Getting floppy images to/from real floppy disks.

2023-05-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98#System_requirements the lowliest machine supported is 486 with 16MB (Windows 98) or 24MB (Windows 98SE). However, "Users can bypass processor requirement checks with the undocumented /NM setup switch. This allows installation on computers with processors a

[cctalk] Re: AI applied to vintage interests

2023-01-19 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
p composed by AI. Oh, those user agreements of the future. Even more fun than nowadays. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's ho

[cctalk] Re: what is on topic?

2022-12-21 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
-- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C program

[cctalk] Re: what is on topic?

2022-12-21 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
d to install" can still do a lot of sound processing - which is, again, as far as I understand it, related to cpu cache vs problem size. And why would anybody waste cpu cycles on showing all the Windows menus and stuff :-). Unless you guys talk about video crunching on PDP-8? (runs and duck

[cctalk] RIP Fred Brooks (1931-2022)

2022-11-18 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
As the subject (and wikipedia) say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C program

[cctalk] Re: Disk imaging n00b

2022-11-03 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ective/uncompleted image. Whereas ddrescue retries. caveat n+1: see caveat n-1 -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then t

[cctalk] Re: LC:M+L (Living Computer Museum)

2022-10-30 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
lization (which I will not name, so as to not have attention of bots). How is that called in English law-speak, abuse of good faith? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer'

[cctalk] Think millenia [was Re: Great Vintage Computer Heist of 2012]

2022-10-18 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
MHO, as I am not quite a hobbist (just reading about old stuff from time to time). -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's ho

[cctalk] Re: "Revival" of a dedicated Micropolis webpage on internet

2022-08-21 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
might not even believe us about how > the SA400 did head positioning! Thank you, I now feel a bot more educated :-) -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home**

[cctalk] (fwd) [cpunks] Google Program to Free Chips Boosts University Semiconductor Design

2022-08-15 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Howdy, I guess this might be of interest to some people here... - Forwarded message from jim bell - Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 06:12:59 + (UTC) From: jim bell To: CypherPunks Subject: Google Program to Free Chips Boosts University Semiconductor Design

[cctalk] Re: Agenda VR3 MIPS cross-gcc

2022-07-30 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 07:58:15AM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote: > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:09:28PM -0700, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: > > There used to be a cross-compiling gcc for MIPS specifically for the VR4121 > > in > > the Agenda VR3 PDA, but it does

[cctalk] Re: Agenda VR3 MIPS cross-gcc

2022-07-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
e (I suppose). Is there anything that indexes ftp sites, beyond, hum-hum, archie? Is there any archie server left? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And

Re: List migration

2022-07-15 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
g the lists for 20 years! > > /Dennis Boone Thank you, Jay West. Thank you, Dennis Boone. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then t

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
biggest bidder. Perhaps to their own relatives. Perhaps collectors on this list should rethink their options. Maybe start a church. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer,

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-24 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
can be programmed. The one whose circuits are so error prone that from time to time they make calculations as if being touched by something out of this material world... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the

Re: COMPAQ ISA PC to ethernent

2021-05-20 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
terminal do things... For example (this one is few days old): - rxvt-unicode: possible remote code execution https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961794 -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer,

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 09:11:34AM +, U'll Be King Of The Stars via cctalk wrote: > On 12/03/2021 06:47, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > Today I noticed that duckduckgo redirects my classic browsers to > > lite.duckduckgo.com and I can use the results. Cool! > &

Re: Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-12 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
I tried already. The other plugin would be one allowing me to right-click somewhere in the page and choose "copy url to the cache". And the one for browsing gopher sites. Hmm. I wrote "just one plugin", now there is three of them. Hmmm... Never mind. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola

Classic browsing and duckduckgo

2021-03-11 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
and almost never with goog. Today I noticed that duckduckgo redirects my classic browsers to lite.duckduckgo.com and I can use the results. Cool! Tried with dillo and w3m. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
eld of information services supporting the high command. Punch cards, trucks with sorters and card punches landing on shores of Normandy... Not as a part of assault forces, of course. A subject (almost) completely lost from war movies. I have barely scratched it. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A

Re: Serial numbers intelligence

2021-01-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
k-problem/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on th

worlds of classic objects [was Re: DEDICATED HOBBYIST ALERT: IBM AS/400 9406-F2 for cheap sale in Germany]

2021-01-06 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
goodwilling strangers. > Am 06.01.2021 um 03:35 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk > [...] > > I think I am truly lousy hobbist. > > Don't worry too much. I have a lot of games in my Steam Library > „just in case“, and because there once was a huge discount in > price. A l

Re: DEDICATED HOBBYIST ALERT: IBM AS/400 9406-F2 for cheap sale in Germany

2021-01-05 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 12:57:42AM +0100, Patrik Schindler via cctalk wrote: > Hello Tomasz, Ahoy, > Am 05.01.2021 um 22:45 schrieb Tomasz Rola via cctalk : > > > I guess it is more complicated to check mainframe's correct operation. > > If you’re new to the platform, I ag

Re: DEDICATED HOBBYIST ALERT: IBM AS/400 9406-F2 for cheap sale in Germany

2021-01-05 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
uppose it will not boot (ipl) without panel/console. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** director

Re: DEDICATED HOBBYIST ALERT: IBM AS/400 9406-F2 for cheap sale in Germany

2021-01-05 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
quot;, which to my nose smells like "parts donor". Whoever would like to pick it, should verify this. I might be wrong. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the prog

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
only be persuaded by sending email to it, but since nobody knows the address, the only way is to actually send spammy messages to other people... on gmail... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did &q

Re: removing melting rubber from metal?

2020-11-01 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
o, maybe this would be another such case? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And

Re: Old mainframes in Finland

2020-10-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
the earliest explorations of these models of artificial life. UNQUOTE. source: [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_automaton ] -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature

Re: Small C ver 1.00 source?

2020-07-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
to be "SMALL C converted to the 8088 by Byte magazine": http://www.cpm.z80.de/small_c/smc88dos.zip -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** **

MUA again [was: Re: Future of cctalk/cctech]

2020-06-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
es over, everybody will be receiving messages sized in megabytes if not worse, whose human-readable content would be only few lines of text. Just like modern web. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif&qu

Re: Future of cctalk/cctech

2020-06-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 07:28:22PM +0200, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: [...] > > I concur. And I also would like to mention a simple, easily navigable > web interface to list archives, which works well in text based > browser. Just like the current one. Having such interface is a

Re: Future of cctalk/cctech

2020-06-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
huge plus for me. It allows both access to single threads, message by message, and getting full mbox for more sophisticated processing (in theory at least, since I have no such needs yet). "Modern" interfaces, while touting their bestness, are about removing as much power from end user as

Re: Amiga Vendors?

2020-06-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 03:02:57PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 19:51, Tomasz Rola via cctalk > wrote: > > > > From time to time I behave like a normal human and, for example, zip > > channels on my cable tv. Few years ago, while stopping a

Re: Amiga Vendors?

2020-06-13 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
them all... for depiction of new USB standard - a, b, c - every five to seven years. And we also have Greek letters :-) . "Wi-fi gamma" sounds a bit scary, but might catch on. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer,

Re: Amiga Vendors?

2020-06-11 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
essor. Gamers know this, too, which is why they seem to prefer motherboards with ps/2 ports. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on t

Re: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC

2020-05-22 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
here goes the planet"... :-) -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then

Re: ICL1501 Cobol manual available

2020-04-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
mpiler? Unless they can run in under some kind of monitor on the Arduino board... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory

Re: ICL1501 Cobol manual available

2020-04-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
asked, I could have overlooked it in a hurry. But, well, Arduinos with 512 bytes or ram, just think of it, putting Cobol on it, what an achievement would it be... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did &q

Re: State of New Jersey needs COBOL programmers

2020-04-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
atever he liked, it looks that he optimised for speed of execution. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-11 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
quired is to convince current management that those old tapes and plans and manuals have great value, which then can be mined with some "deep CEO", once it inevitably comes. They should believe it. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature.

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
w proc' (if memory serves). -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C p

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Holy Schwartz, they tried to drag me on the dark side, but I resisted. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then

Re: Please make sure your messages have a Subject: line

2020-02-20 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 11:06:30PM +0100, Tomas By wrote: > On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:40:03 +0100, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > > Can you devise a way to have [CCTALK] in the subject of every > > > message that does NOT mention politics? > > > > I have rea

Re: Please make sure your messages have a Subject: line

2020-02-20 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
entations are yet to come, I think. Jay-minator, I mean. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home

Re: from Discord

2020-01-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
s up. Many thanks... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C p

ZedRipper

2019-12-11 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Hello, Surfaced on Ycombinator. This one looks good. Something old, something new, etc. Like my kind of project :-) :: ZedRipper: A 16-core Z80 laptop http://www.chrisfenton.com/the-zedripper-part-1/ and some comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21756243 -- Regards, Tomasz Rola

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

2019-10-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
this remarkably accurate. > - Mark > Oh. Gosh. I. cannot. stop. reading. XKCD. again. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And

Re: I apparently have Spacewar for Unix?

2019-10-15 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 02:29:39PM -0500, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 01:57 PM 10/15/2019, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > >I would say, after very quick looking, it is rather for SunOS, not for > >anything DEC-made. I wonder if others may come to different conclusions? >

Re: I apparently have Spacewar for Unix?

2019-10-15 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
for anything DEC-made. I wonder if others may come to different conclusions? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home

Re: Searching cctalk/cctech

2019-09-02 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Many thanks. I suspected something like this document existed somewhere (and was lazily trying to find it), and here it is. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer'

Re: Photos from VCF West 2019

2019-08-27 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 07:54:21PM +0200, Ed C. via cctalk wrote: > Thanks for sharing! Yes, thanks for sharing. I have finally came to reading this thread (I am of the anonymous time waster type) and I find the photographs very interesting. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer as

Re: Archiving information, was Re: ADM-3A question

2019-08-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
for native speaker sounds a bit too contorted, but gog just indexes whatever garbage local folk produce) === computer history wiki - fifth result on first page === gunkies - first link on first page On double duck: all the same, like above Please note, for me gunkies.org and http://gunkies.o

Re: OT^2: Marketish fever [was: Reflowing GPUs and the fruit company (was Re: Resurrecting integrated circuits by cooking them.)]

2019-07-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
kia finally flopped and I cannot say I was sorry for them. I suppose the story of rise and gutting-in-the-air of flying cell phone giant would make an interesting movie, but I am not holding my breath. At a time, it appeared that their management went totally nuts. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-08 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 09:04:38PM -0700, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > >That is him. > >I thought that some fun could be made of him: invent some stories [...] > > Be careful about taunting a time traveller. > He m

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-08 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
him is not the best idea. Is there any better way to play joke on John Titor? > Maybe he'd be one of the folks who brings one? :-) Yes, and get caught in a photo... -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did &

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-08 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 01:30:36PM -0500, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 01:09 PM 7/8/2019, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > >Now they tell me (bastards!) that said keyboard > >alone can go for 1000+ euros. And never mind the big box, mem extender > >and the rest. > &g

Re: Lots of Apple 1 computers @ VCF West

2019-07-08 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
worn by Charles Lindbergh, okay, if it > keeps good time; otherwise, not so much. You have not weared a watch if you did not try ones from Salvadore Dali. The lousy watchmaker's works not only cannot keep up the time, they even cannot keep up the shape. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C p

Re: gunkies.org is down or?...

2019-07-04 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 07:49:16AM -0400, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > Tomasz Rola > > > However, I have added this line to my /etc/hosts: > > L-rd, I must be getting old - it never dawned on me to do that. Anyway, > that shows the server was fine, it was ju

Re: gunkies.org is down or?...

2019-07-04 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 07:19:53AM -0400, Diane Bruce wrote: > On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 03:57:04AM +0200, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: [...] > > > > 158.36.191.230 gunkies.org www.gunkies.org > > Which is exactly what I did to make it work. I thought that was clear >

Re: gunkies.org is down or?...

2019-07-03 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
he moment. Yeah. And so it cannot be resolved on my end either. While dig @ns1.dreamhost.com does the job. However, I have added this line to my /etc/hosts: 158.36.191.230 gunkies.org www.gunkies.org And now it works. :-) -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked wh

gunkies.org is down or?...

2019-07-03 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ack? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C programmer becam

Re: NASA Ames (Moffet Field) Computation Division?

2019-07-02 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ng with NASA engineer on foo-bay for parts to be used in resuscitation of their PDP-11. So I guess they had a few in various locations forty years ago. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif&quo

Re: Modems and external dialers.

2019-06-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
t rid of musicians and start recording some generic crap outsourced from other side of the world to "reduce costs" I guess I would fly out the window with his boot in my arse. In contrast, I imagine that coming with similar proposition to manager of huge (so called) tech firm

Re: Kids these days...

2019-06-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
call it Windows for IoTs? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C prog

Re: Service for converting CD-ROMs into ISO files?

2019-05-05 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
omes to a halt. Just MHO. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** **

Re: TI Explorer Lisp machine tapes

2019-02-20 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
emulator of the TI Explorer II Lisp machine. " -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directo

Re: RS/6000 7043-140 boot floppies

2019-02-18 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System generic.fs1 * 0 28781439+ 41 PPC PReP Boot -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer h

Re: Amiga, AtariST, soft repos [was: Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers]

2019-02-10 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ifo right now. I am just collecting threads to connect them later. Thanks for help. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then t

Amiga, AtariST, soft repos [was: Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers]

2019-02-07 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 09:06:03AM -0600, John Foust via cctalk wrote: > At 03:13 PM 2/6/2019, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > >Lattice was the thing, back when I had Amiga. Too bad I could not > >afford a harddisk :-). > > As I related here back in 2005 and 2007: > >

Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers

2019-02-06 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Wed, Feb 06, 2019 at 10:13:57PM +0100, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: [...] > quite a few compilers in there: > > http://aminet.net/tree?path=dev And on page 1 of 5 in /dev/asm section I have spotted at least two disassemblers, there might be more. Caution: never used any. http://a

Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers

2019-02-06 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
as C compiler, yes. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C p

Re: Looking for: 68000 C compilers

2019-02-06 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
them): http://www.aztecmuseum.ca/compilers.htm -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. A

Re: EmuVR & videogames & monitors...

2019-01-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 02:50:01PM -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 1/17/19 12:57 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:29:54AM -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> On 1/17/19 10:04 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > >> > >

Re: EmuVR & videogames & monitors...

2019-01-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 11:29:54AM -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 1/17/19 10:04 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: > > > Monolith in a bedroom, anybody? > > Speaks of the generation, I guess--a bookcase with no books. Just in case you have just judged me: if I pos

EmuVR & videogames & monitors...

2019-01-17 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
://www.core77.com//posts/82315/EmuVR-Lets-You-Play-80s90s-Videogames-in-80s90s-Virtual-Reality-Settings ] "You can even choose to play them on crappy '80s TV sets" Monolith in a bedroom, anybody? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddh

Merry Christmas

2018-12-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
Folks, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, thanks for all interesting reading matter and let there be plenty of interesting stuff to read about in a future, too. :-) -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did

Re: remove bad yelpMATERIAL INGEST. adams associates COMPUTER CHARACTERISTICS QUARTERLY 1963

2018-12-16 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
s been posessed by a, uhm, a ghost. Judging by goog search results, AOL has mail related security problem every even year and it is about time for "problem 2018". -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the an

Re: meHp lOi semimuG

2018-12-08 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
idiotic thread into something useful. I can stand some maps, either it goes into maps forled or I skip it. But I would rather get all emails sent to me, it possible of course. But a getting majority is still a win, so, no big fuss. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer h

Re: cctalk/cctech

2018-11-27 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ngs to be read and thus I have to be very selective). No complaints however. Maybe I will one day undust those from my archives. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-25 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
to which I would say yes - I have read somewhere that Japanese pupil after graduating from elementary school is supposed to know 1000 kanjis by heart (there is a standardised set, I have a book) -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:44:23PM +0100, Tomasz Rola wrote: [...] > Just my wet phantasies about how such things work or might work. It > only requires one lousy admin to make it true, or a good one fired and > never to be heard from again. > > Perhaps asking your ISP could give

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
d one fired and never to be heard from again. Perhaps asking your ISP could give you some clues. Perhaps this is even more horrific (micro black holes? aliens tuning in?) and wetter than my wettest dreams. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Bud

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 07:01:17PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2018 at 18:54, Tomasz Rola via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves > > a problem? > > *Loud laughter in the office*

Re: Text encoding Babel. Was Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ges. The ratio seems to > vary day to day. Sometimes no obvious missing, sometimes a lot. > Still don't know why, or how to fix this. Any suggestions? Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves a problem? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C progr

Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-23 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
st anything in modern computer can turn against the owner, if he could be called owner at all). A software that mangles your input is not a friend. It should be terminated. Just MHO. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer

Re: George Keremedjiev

2018-11-21 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
uot;c2 a0" bytes in front of some 0x20 spaces. I wonder how did they get there? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home*

Re: Looking for optical grid mouse pad

2018-11-13 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ed two such translucent plastic grids and ovelaid them one on the other turned 90 degrees and that on white paper? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** director

Re: Object-oriented OS [was: Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen]

2018-10-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 05:40:54AM +0100, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: [...] > Anyway, I think it is obvious that doing mere OO system was not really > big deal. Some of those projects were dying of old age by then. Some > frameworks, like PVN, are nearly 30 years old today. PVM, not P

Re: Object-oriented OS [was: Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen]

2018-10-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 05:53:30PM -0400, Sean Conner via cctalk wrote: > It was thus said that the Great Tomasz Rola via cctalk once stated: > > Ok guys, just to make things clearer, here are two pages from wiki: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-orie

Re: Desktop Metaphor

2018-10-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 01:14:32AM +, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > On 10/29/18 8:59 PM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk wrote: [...] > > and there are packages for dosbox, qemu and simhm albeit I cannot say > > if versions are acceptable. The rest could perhaps be compil

Re: Desktop Metaphor

2018-10-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
The rest could perhaps be compiled from source? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C prog

Re: Updates at retroarchive.org...

2018-10-29 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ine was sold in the early 90's. [...] Wow. So many goodies. -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home** ** directory. And then the C program

Object-oriented OS [was: Re: Microsoft-Paul Allen]

2018-10-26 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
ght have swallowed that. I think it was possible to have this. But, not from MS. And as time shows, not from anybody. On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 07:34:32PM -0700, Chris Hanson wrote: > On Oct 20, 2018, at 10:31 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > Oooh.

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