Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
I started this with good intentions, and I thought the post was on topic. I did not want to start any political arguments, or any arguments for that matter. In my opinion, the intelligence community is the Real World. Few citizens, in most countries, have little idea what happens in the military,

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2020-02-18 4:16 PM, jwest--- via cctalk wrote: > C'mon, lets keep the politics off-list please. > > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jim Manley via > cctalk > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:08 PM > To: Holm Tiffe ; Jim Manley ; > General Discussion: On-Topic and

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Ian Finder via cctalk
ok boomer On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:20 PM Jim Manley via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM Toby Thain via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Is this blather on topic? > > > > If so I need to be on a different list. > > > > Go ahead, if you think you can enjoy ignoring

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Jim Manley via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: Is this blather on topic? > > If so I need to be on a different list. > Go ahead, if you think you can enjoy ignoring the reality that exists outside an imaginary bubble. Computing was, and is, used for all sorts of useful purposes,

RE: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread jwest--- via cctalk
C'mon, lets keep the politics off-list please. -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Jim Manley via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 3:08 PM To: Holm Tiffe ; Jim Manley ; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Fwd: Crypto AG On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Jim Manley via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:49 PM Holm Tiffe wrote: > You are talking from the US, right? > There is no other country on the world that fit's that nicely to your > described symptoms. > See the foregoing posts. There is no other country in the world outside the U.S. capable of saving, let alone

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2020-02-18 3:45 PM, Jim Manley via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:36 AM Will Cooke via cctalk > wrote: > > >>> Would the US prefer to not use arbitration at all ? Then it would be >> asimple matter of who is the strongest. >> > > Worked pretty well for Teddy Roosevelt and the

UniBone: Linux-to-DEC-UNIBUS-bridge, year #1

2020-02-18 Thread Jörg Hoppe via cctalk
UniBone emulates now the M9312 bootstrap ROM card. Each of the 5 ROMs can be loaded with MACRO11 listings files from http://www.ak6dn.com/PDP-11/M9312/ The tricky bootvector redirection logic is also implemented. The address to execute after power-on is given as symbolic MACRO11 label. For

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Jim Manley via cctalk
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 7:36 AM Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > Would the US prefer to not use arbitration at all ? Then it would be > asimple matter of who is the strongest. > Worked pretty well for Teddy Roosevelt and the rest of yes, we, the U.S., over history, who saved most others' bacon

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctalk
Jim Manley via cctalk wrote: > Not everyone on this list was even alive when much of this happened, and > others of us were busy dealing with other very important things going on in > The Real World then, so this is a very interesting story for many. > > Anyone willing to do business with the

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On February 18, 2020 at 5:49 AM Stefan Skoglund via cctalk > wrote: > > tis 2020-02-18 klockan 02:50 -0700 skrev Jim Manley via cctalk:> Not everyone > on this list was even alive when much of this happened, > Would the US prefer to not use arbitration at all ? Then it would be asimple >

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
tis 2020-02-18 klockan 02:50 -0700 skrev Jim Manley via cctalk: > Not everyone on this list was even alive when much of this happened, > and > others of us were busy dealing with other very important things going > on in > The Real World then, so this is a very interesting story for many. > >

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Jim Manley via cctalk
Not everyone on this list was even alive when much of this happened, and others of us were busy dealing with other very important things going on in The Real World then, so this is a very interesting story for many. Anyone willing to do business with the terrorists in Iran knew why they were

Re: Fwd: Crypto AG

2020-02-18 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Jos, True, but I don't talk about information that may still classified. If it's already in the media, it's fair game. Thanks, Paul On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:47 AM jos via cctalk wrote: > On 13.02.20 10:13, Paul Anderson via cctalk wrote: > > I thought some list members might find this