[cctalk] Re: Little Databases

2023-08-18 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 9:21 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: > > On 8/18/23 9:06 PM, Adam Thornton wrote: > > So it doesn't support concurrent access by multiple users, > > I used to think the same thing. > > But, I seem to recall reading an authoritative article, likely on > SQLite's site,

[cctalk] Re: Little Databases

2023-08-18 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 8/18/23 9:06 PM, Adam Thornton wrote: Have you considered sqlite3? Yes, I have considered SQLite many times over many years and multiple versions. I'm quite happy with it. It's a SQL engine, but the backend is just a file. Yep. So it doesn't support concurrent access by multiple

[cctalk] Little Databases

2023-08-18 Thread Adam Thornton via cctalk
Have you considered sqlite3? It's a SQL engine, but the backend is just a file. So it doesn't support concurrent access by multiple users, but if that's not a concern, it gives you the ability to do real SQL queries without the bother of setting up an RDBMS. Adam

[cctalk] Disposition of stuff

2023-08-18 Thread Adam Thornton via cctalk
Been thinking about it a little recently, and, no, I definitely don't plan to send my stuff to a scrapper. I have some younger friends with an interest in retrocomputing. They want my stuff when I'm done with it, sure. And if they want _just a little_ of my stuff I'll probably strike a deal

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

2023-08-18 Thread Mark Linimon via cctalk
> Kees Stravers, owner of the website about the Evoluon, reports that they were > scrapped when the museum closed in 1989. boo. mcl

[cctalk] Re: Good Inventory Program for keeping track of my DEC boards, parts, computers, etc?

2023-08-18 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Off the original subject but here’s Google’s description of robots.txt and how Google can show your page in results. https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2023, at 13:39, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Aug 18,

[cctalk] Re: Good Inventory Program for keeping track of my DEC boards, parts, computers, etc?

2023-08-18 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 12:35 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Aug 18, 2023, at 12:48 PM, The Doctor via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > --- Original Message --- > > On Thursday, August 17th, 2023 at 13:29, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk <

[cctalk] Re: Good Inventory Program for keeping track of my DEC boards, parts, computers, etc?

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 18, 2023, at 12:48 PM, The Doctor via cctalk > wrote: > > --- Original Message --- > On Thursday, August 17th, 2023 at 13:29, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > >> On 8/17/2023 2:14 PM, John Herron via cctalk wrote: >> >> Why would you give all your data to Google?

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

2023-08-18 Thread Henk Gooijen via cctalk
3 feet high is a bit too large, hi, but the pictures on the website brings back memories. I remember the “coffee” machine, but back then (the way I remember it), it had vertically mounted an X / Y slider to generate “coffee!”/ “coffee?”  I know Kees, a few years ago I helped him a bit moving

[cctalk] Re: Good Inventory Program for keeping track of my DEC boards, parts, computers, etc?

2023-08-18 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
--- Original Message --- On Thursday, August 17th, 2023 at 13:29, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 8/17/2023 2:14 PM, John Herron via cctalk wrote: > > Why would you give all your data to Google? They pretty much have it all anyway. Even if you use /robots.txt to block them,

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

2023-08-18 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk > wrote: > > Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was > impossible to _not_ see them. > If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant. > > The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the