A Commodore VIC-20 with 20K of RAM and a cassette drive in December of 1982. Actually, I bought the VIC-20 first, found out I really needed some kind of storage device, so went and bought the Commodore cassette tape drive the next day, along with some cassette tapes from Radio Shack. I also learned to program in BASIC on the VIC-20, but it was more fun to play the cartridge games that could be bought and plugged into the back. I also loved playing a version of Pac-Man on cassette. Took awhile to load, but gave me hours of enjoyment!
Well, when Windows10 was forced on you and/or you bought a new Windows10 computer, AND you agreed to Microsoft's terms, then you agreed to let Microsoft control YOUR computer. That's to be expected from Microsoft after all the crap with the forced Win10 downloads when you click on OK.
It's very simple -- there is a total of 129 nodes in the system. Each of them has 2 Xeon processors and 2GB of RAM. (mmm... let's see.... 2*129=258, at least it was when I went to school over 25 yrs. ago.) sheesh! These kids nowadays don't know how to multiply any more...
Yes - I have. (Oh - that's right, I work for RadioShack...) On the site of what used to be the Ripley Arnold Housing complex, and on the site of what used to be the subway parking lot, they are now building their new corporate HQ. Where the subway went underground, they filled in the tunnel.
For years, RadioShack was OWNED by Tandy. That's why they traded as Tandy for so many years. About 3 years ago, the corporate name was changed to RadioShack.
Intertan is NOT the parent company of Tandy or RadioShack. Tandy (now RadioShack) is the parent company. Intertan is the subsidiary that runs RadioShack stores outside of the USA.
I should know - I've worked for Tandy/RadioShack for 11 years, with the last 5 years in their data center...
If anyone is interested, I've been keeping a running total of Code Red scans on my Linux/Apache server since Aug. 1, and now Nimda scans too!
Nimda is hammering my server hot and heavy!
Yeah - I don't think it's true either. Why just yesterday morning I heard a ClearChannel station here in DFW playing John Lennon's "Imagine", and another ClearChannel station here has been playing a "tribute version" of Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" for at least the last two days. (This tribute song has some of Bush's comments about going to war and such dubbed in.)
> As a result, they do very little marketing of the service and devote minimal operational support. It's a deliberate effort to scuttle the technology.
It's not that way here in Texas! SWBell heavily markets DSL all the time thru TV, radio, and snail-mail advertising. Have been doing so for almost a year now.
When I visited Chicago last October, I saw one of the same ads (on TV) for DSL that I had seen here in Ft. Worth several months earlier. Seems that SWBell owns the RBOC in Chicago, too!
> Make no bones about it, the Telcos are not going to give up their hold on DSL without a fight.
Of course not! They have done the same thing with local telephone service. At least here in Texas, SWBell has been fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their monopoly on local POTS, yet they still want to offer out-of-state long distance service. They were finally forced to let in competition to their local service, but SWBell is not making it easy for them. THey will do the same with DSL.
I saw those same NetBIOS (port 139) visits on my firewall also when I first got my DSL line.
Don't quote me on this, as I may be wrong....
But I think it's whenever some Windoze user goes online with their DSL line, the Network Neighborhood "service" goes out looking for all connected computers on the same subnet, such as:
64.217.216.X, where X can be anything from 0 - 255, and the Net 'Hood checks each one of them to see if anyone is sharing file systems.
That's my theory, anyway.... Any one want to correct me or clarify the situation. I'm curious as to what's going on with these port 139 visits if my theory isn't right.
Scott
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A computer without a Microsoft operating system
is like a dog without bricks tied to it's head.
Just think back to the first US-made computer (ENIAC), and remember how big it was. It wasn't 'commercially viable' either, but did that stop them? Now look at the size of computers today. Then just think of how small optical switches will be about 50 years from now.....
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When I read that title, I thought they found some kind of time-traveling crystal. Oh well... back to the future I suppose...
Twice in one day!! - must be using Windows!!
A Commodore VIC-20 with 20K of RAM and a cassette drive in December of 1982. Actually, I bought the VIC-20 first, found out I really needed some kind of storage device, so went and bought the Commodore cassette tape drive the next day, along with some cassette tapes from Radio Shack. I also learned to program in BASIC on the VIC-20, but it was more fun to play the cartridge games that could be bought and plugged into the back. I also loved playing a version of Pac-Man on cassette. Took awhile to load, but gave me hours of enjoyment!
Well, when Windows10 was forced on you and/or you bought a new Windows10 computer, AND you agreed to Microsoft's terms, then you agreed to let Microsoft control YOUR computer. That's to be expected from Microsoft after all the crap with the forced Win10 downloads when you click on OK.
Finally! Someone is looking out for the robots and building them a theme park. Now, if only they can mange to sneak out of the factories...
the mimeograph machine (with purple ink) that I remember from my high school days in the 70's. Anybody still using them??
..is that Wal-Mart recommends a Microsoft Trackball Optical to go along with your purchase of the Microsoft-free PC!!
It's very simple -- there is a total of 129 nodes in the system. Each of them has 2 Xeon processors and 2GB of RAM. (mmm... let's see.... 2*129=258, at least it was when I went to school over 25 yrs. ago.) sheesh! These kids nowadays don't know how to multiply any more...
> Anyone been there recently?
Yes - I have. (Oh - that's right, I work for RadioShack...)
On the site of what used to be the Ripley Arnold Housing complex, and on the site of what used to be the subway parking lot, they are now building their new corporate HQ. Where the subway went underground, they filled in the tunnel.
Intertan is NOT the parent company of Tandy or RadioShack. Tandy (now RadioShack) is the parent company. Intertan is the subsidiary that runs RadioShack stores outside of the USA.
I should know - I've worked for Tandy/RadioShack for 11 years, with the last 5 years in their data center...
You need IE8+ or Netscape12+ on Win3.1+ or IE9+ on Mac to access this site.
What a load of crap!! Will people never learn that Micro$soft and Mac aren't the only OS's in the world!!
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Nimda is hammering my server hot and heavy!
http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/Code_Red_report.html
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We don't care. We don't have to.
We're the software monopoly...
--You get one guess, that's all.
Yeah - I don't think it's true either. Why just yesterday morning I heard a ClearChannel station here in DFW playing John Lennon's "Imagine", and another ClearChannel station here has been playing a "tribute version" of Metallica's "Seek and Destroy" for at least the last two days. (This tribute song has some of Bush's comments about going to war and such dubbed in.)
It's not that way here in Texas! SWBell heavily markets DSL all the time thru TV, radio, and snail-mail advertising. Have been doing so for almost a year now.
When I visited Chicago last October, I saw one of the same ads (on TV) for DSL that I had seen here in Ft. Worth several months earlier. Seems that SWBell owns the RBOC in Chicago, too!
Of course not! They have done the same thing with local telephone service. At least here in Texas, SWBell has been fighting tooth-and-nail to keep their monopoly on local POTS, yet they still want to offer out-of-state long distance service. They were finally forced to let in competition to their local service, but SWBell is not making it easy for them. THey will do the same with DSL.
I saw those same NetBIOS (port 139) visits on my firewall also when I first got my DSL line. Don't quote me on this, as I may be wrong.... But I think it's whenever some Windoze user goes online with their DSL line, the Network Neighborhood "service" goes out looking for all connected computers on the same subnet, such as: 64.217.216.X, where X can be anything from 0 - 255, and the Net 'Hood checks each one of them to see if anyone is sharing file systems. That's my theory, anyway.... Any one want to correct me or clarify the situation. I'm curious as to what's going on with these port 139 visits if my theory isn't right. Scott ----- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to it's head.
Just think back to the first US-made computer (ENIAC), and remember how big it was. It wasn't 'commercially viable' either, but did that stop them? Now look at the size of computers today. Then just think of how small optical switches will be about 50 years from now.....