Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

That time in an open lab at IBM Austin when a newly arrived fellow Brit announced that he had to go out and have a fag. On 30 March 2017 at 13:18, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: > > > > Or the time an English co-worker related the story surrounding her > > initial job

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

> > Or the time an English co-worker related the story surrounding her > initial job interval in the US. She described the stunned look on the > face of the desk clerk at the local Holiday Inn when she asked to be > knocked up at 7:30 the next morning. > This reminds me of the rather surprised

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 3/28/2017 9:58 AM, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: - Original Message - From: "Liam Proven via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:23 AM Subj

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

> On Mar 29, 2017, at 2:18 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > >>> It's amazing how isolated pockets of our cultures can be from each >>> other! "Multiple peoples divided by a common language" > > On Wed, 29 Mar 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > ... >> Or the time

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

It's amazing how isolated pockets of our cultures can be from each other! "Multiple peoples divided by a common language" On Wed, 29 Mar 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: This is something that continually delights me, from the time that I was ridiculed by the downstate Hoosier farmers' sons

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:01 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Or the time an English co-worker related the story surrounding her > initial job interval in the US. She described the stunned look on the > face of the desk clerk at the local Holiday Inn when she asked to

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 03/29/2017 09:05 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > It's amazing how isolated pockets of our cultures can be from each > other! "Multiple peoples divided by a common language" This is something that continually delights me, from the time that I was ridiculed by the downstate Hoosier farmers'

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 29 March 2017 at 17:05, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: But you must have overlooked the intransitive definition below: "to search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available". I'm pretty sure that's the sense Jim was using (and it's certainly not

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 29 March 2017 at 17:05, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote: > But you must have overlooked the intransitive definition below: "to search > about and turn up something needed from whatever source is available". > > I'm pretty sure that's the sense Jim was using (and it's

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 2017-03-29 10:50 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 28 March 2017 at 18:58, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: Maybe it has a slightly different connotation on this side of the pond; I don't think it would mean "borderline theft" for most people. I did Google it first!

Re: Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

On 28 March 2017 at 18:58, Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > Maybe it has a slightly different connotation on this side of the pond; I > don't think it would mean "borderline theft" for most people. I did Google it first! :-) Note definition 1 here:

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

On Tue, 28 Mar 2017, Systems Glitch via cctalk wrote: Then it's a regional thing. "Scrounge up," or to "scrounge around," is certainly commonly used to mean, "find something in a pile of mess" in the southeastern US. Mostly equivalent to "scare up." California: "Scrounge the keyboards,

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

> Then it's a regional thing. "Scrounge up," or to "scrounge around," is certainly commonly used to mean, "find something in a pile of mess" in the southeastern US. Mostly equivalent to "scare up." Thanks, Jonathan

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

On 2017-03-28 11:23 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On 28 March 2017 at 08:54, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I need to scrounge around Hmm. That is not a possible usage of "scrounge" the way I know it. You can't scrounge something you already have. It doesn't mean

Scrounging - was Floating point routines for the 6809

- Original Message - From: "Liam Proven via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:23 AM Subject: Re: Floating point routines for the 6809 On 28 March

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

On 28 March 2017 at 08:54, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: > I need to scrounge around Hmm. That is not a possible usage of "scrounge" the way I know it. You can't scrounge something you already have. It doesn't mean "search for", it means "to pilfer", to get something off

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

in Forth. Thanks for posting and finding it or writing it, Eric. thanks jim On 3/27/2017 10:51 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Sean Conner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: Some time ago I came across the MC6839 ROM which contains floating

Re: Floating point routines for the 6809

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Sean Conner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Some time ago I came across the MC6839 ROM which contains floating point > routines for the 6809. The documentation that came with it stated: > > Written for Motorola b

Floating point routines for the 6809

Some time ago I came across the MC6839 ROM which contains floating point routines for the 6809. The documentation that came with it stated: Written for Motorola by Joel Boney, 1980 Released into the public domain by Motorola in 1988 Docs and apps for Tandy Color