Yep, Compuserve probably knew more about DECsystem-10s than DEC did. At one point they even designed their own power supply to replace the DEC one as it was much more efficient. They designed and built their own disk controllers to use cheaper (IBM) disks. They had a LOT of them!
Watch out for antique versions. I was staying with some friends who had a quiz sheet from the local church. I thought that one of the answers was the atomic number of gold (79). So, just to confirm it, I grabbed a volume of Brittanica off their bookshelf and looked up gold. There was every piece of information in there except the atomic number. Puzzled, I looked at the date on the cover - 1894! I think atomic numbers came in around the 1930s.
Totally agree with this. The FreeBSD Handbook is a comprehensive, and more importantly, well indexed resource. It covers topics from getting started to configuring kernels and adding devices. Someone (or many people) have gone through the configuration and use process and said 'what do people need to know to complete this process?'. This then appears as a heading in the handbook.
From my own experience, it has the only good explanation of how xdm works in the X11 system and how to set it up.
Still got my PET 2008 in the loft somewhere. I bought it in the States for $400 second -hand in 1979. Using it the UK required a 110V/240V transformer. It was the only computer my mother ever used - she liked the games. I got it back from my family when the ROMs died. A friend swapped the ROMs for ones in a machine at work (it was on a contract) and it still lives.
Got my C64 after I had my wisdom teeth done (that was the deal with my wife). I gave that to my nephew but he had it stolen - great machine though!.
Phil
>the sale of DVD video and DVD audio has risen far more
Yep they ignore a few blinding facts. You get a lot more for your cash with a DVD and the prices match the age of the thing they are selling. Why can I buy a DVD of a 30-year old feature film like 'Bullet' (and enjoy it) for 5 GBP but I still have to pay around 20 GBP for a CD of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. I would like a CD copy of that album but not at that price!
MSDOS is a derivative of CP/M which is, in its command line names and structure, a derivative of DEC's RT-11 command set. They did introduce some unix-like syntax in the commands but the underlying code is CP/M - it could even execute some CP/M code directly!
I remember that book but, like you, can't remember the title (involved a pair of twins and relativity). Problem with turning round is that you increase the journey time by gradually deaccelerating. Best to get there at fast speed and jam on the brakes. Is there enough atmosphere on Mars to aerobrake?
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Yep, Compuserve probably knew more about DECsystem-10s than DEC did. At one point
they even designed their own power supply to replace the DEC one as it was much
more efficient. They designed and built their own disk controllers to use cheaper
(IBM) disks. They had a LOT of them!
Phil.
Seeing as the lawyers represent the company, why not just line the lawyers up and shoot them?
"I stole Thomas Covenant from my roommate in college"
You did him a favour there.
Sounds like the beginnings of Titus Andronicus.
Yes, you really need an editor that has a function to retrieve the settings of the front panel switches.
Phil.
Watch out for antique versions. I was staying with some friends who had a quiz sheet from the local church. I thought that one of the answers was the atomic number of gold (79). So, just to confirm it, I grabbed a volume of Brittanica off their bookshelf and looked up gold. There was every piece of information in there except the atomic number. Puzzled, I looked at the date on the cover - 1894! I think atomic numbers came in around the 1930s.
Phil.
Totally agree with this. The FreeBSD Handbook is a comprehensive, and more importantly, well indexed resource. It covers topics from getting started to configuring kernels and adding devices. Someone (or many people) have gone through the configuration and use process and said 'what do people need to know to complete this process?'. This then appears as a heading in the handbook.
From my own experience, it has the only good explanation of how xdm works in the X11 system and how to set it up.
Phil.
English beer has a reasonable taste - try drinking warm Budweiser.
Phil.
Why didn't this story appear on Saturday? I seem to have mod points then. I would would you up right now if I could.
'it's always Sophos'
Mainly because they are small enough to have people with names working for them and their software is pretty good.
Read the article - the second quote was from the trial that the appeal overturned.
I would worry more about Junior playing with the toy car running on gas with 'nitoglycerine' added. I think they meant to say nitromethane.
Still got my PET 2008 in the loft somewhere. I bought it in the States for $400 second -hand in 1979. Using it the UK required a 110V/240V transformer. It was the only computer my mother ever used - she liked the games. I got it back from my family when the ROMs died. A friend swapped the ROMs for ones in a machine at work (it was on a contract) and it still lives. Got my C64 after I had my wisdom teeth done (that was the deal with my wife). I gave that to my nephew but he had it stolen - great machine though!. Phil
>the sale of DVD video and DVD audio has risen far more
Yep they ignore a few blinding facts. You get a lot more for your cash with a DVD and the prices match the age of the thing they are selling. Why can I buy a DVD of a 30-year old feature film like 'Bullet' (and enjoy it) for 5 GBP but I still have to pay around 20 GBP for a CD of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. I would like a CD copy of that album but not at that price!
Any one for Claude Rains - or is he dead as well?
>Dos is a deriviative of unix
MSDOS is a derivative of CP/M which is, in its command line names and structure, a derivative of DEC's RT-11 command set. They did introduce some unix-like syntax in the commands but the underlying code is CP/M - it could even execute some CP/M code directly!
No, we'll probably outsource that to India.
I remember that book but, like you, can't remember the title (involved a pair of twins and relativity). Problem with turning round is that you increase the journey time by gradually deaccelerating. Best to get there at fast speed and jam on the brakes. Is there enough atmosphere on Mars to aerobrake?