Had a similar one recently...
Tried to explain to a customer that ISA Modems where no longer available -
and that a PCI one wouldn't fit into her fully loaded motherboard.
Demanded to know why it wasn't possible to saw off the bottom and replace it
with an ISA fitting
Yes right!
-Ori
Simon Cooke wrote:
>RAR, of course, has the same benefits. The reason tar + gzip compresses
>better is because ZIP treats separate files as individual compression
>blocks; rather than compressing the entire archive. For data that may be
>repeated across files, tar'ing and then gzipping the file g
Andrew Collier wrote:
>It would be nice to be able to double-click on a dsk image, and have
>SimCoupe load with that image in drive 1. You could then just press F9 to
>load the game.
You can. "simcoupe -fd1 image.dsk" inserts image.dsk in floppy drive 1.
Use -fd2 for floppy drive 2. This should w
Andrew Collier wrote:
>Surely it is better to have different extensions for distinguishable file
>types.
It is.
[snip]
>No no no, the filename extension should be meaningful to the user (as well
>as to the computer, if the computer takes any notice of it anyway).
Yep. That's the standard way o
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ian Collier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>PS of course, I could mention there is a whole "computer stupidities"
>web site, but I don't have the URL right now. Need I say any more than
>"cup-holder"? :-)
Don't tell me... the CD-ROM drive?
You might be thinking of D
From: Paul Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Hell.. Why not use a tar + gzip combination? :)
> > And why use it, when there is ZIP?
>
> 'cause tar+gzip compresses better, as a general rule.
RAR, of course, has the same benefits. The reason tar + gzip compresses
better is because ZIP treats separate
Jarek Adamski recently announced a new version of his Spectrum emulator
ZXVGS for the Sam Coupe. I tried to install the emulator, but ran into
some problems with the disk format he uses (CPM 2.2 QED 820Kb format).
It seems there might be some compatibility issues between the disk
drives on his mach
> I don't think the long filename should be a problem - how many people
> still use DOS outside of Windows95/98/NT any more?
How many people still use the old machine known as a SAM Coupe?
Paul
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name is Bad.
-- Terry Pra
>> "Essential Sam programs"...
>
>> Demos, games, even utilities or anything else are okay
>
>I don't think you could justify any demo as being an essential bit of
>software (what's it
>essential for?) - infact I think the throwaway "even utilies" are the most
>likely to be considered essential. P
Hi,
I have a couple of utilities that will take a file from a DSK format
image file and store it on my hard drive, but are there any available
utilities (for my PC - I am aware of a few for my SAM) that go the other
way?
-Thomas
> > Hell.. Why not use a tar + gzip combination? :)
> And why use it, when there is ZIP?
'cause tar+gzip compresses better, as a general rule.
Paul
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