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winscape 2384
Oh, I see what you're saying. I thought you were talking about "pure" code; it doesn't call other routines written in something else. That's the first thing kiddies would do; and usually our first...
winscape 2385
This year is the 10th anniversary for the general public's discovery of ther Internet. The average user has become quite internet-savvy in this decade. We now have airlines...
winscape 2386
Morten Reistad) writes: Amen. They seem to have this idea that if you don't have the identical combination of hardware and...
winscape 2387
the internal net had been larger than the arpanet-internet from just about the beginning until approx. summer '85 recent posting on some aspects...
360 model 20 Hardware Architecture & Functional Characteristics
Mike' How compatible was the 360-25 in '1401 mode'? Was it as 'simple' as setting the 360 up with the 1401 microcode and then running unchanged 1401 code...
FA: Misc. '70s computer stuff
If anyone is interested, I'm getting rid of some more '70s computer items that have been lounging in my basement drinking my...
HASPASP JESJES2JES3 2390
Allan Scherr the univ. had a 709-ibsys with 1401 front-end program called mpio that one can imagine the tapes as a kind of spool...
HASPASP JESJES2JES3 2391
previous posts past posts mentioning hasp 370 was initially announced w-o virtual memory and address relocate. basically 360 genre of operating systems continued to run...
HASPASP JESJES2JES3 2392
ref: in fact, folkore is that HASP-JES2 nodes on the internal network ... before NJE was released to customers ... still carried "TUCC" in cols. 67-70 of the...
Ethernet, Aloha and CSMACD was: RS485 CSMACD protocol
May be, but it also may have been an unavoidable mistake - I can not think of a better approach...
Ethernet, Aloha and CSMACD was: RS485 CSMACD protocol
The token ring advocates always pointed out how certain circumstances could lead to collision detection not working...
Ethernet, Aloha and CSMACD 2395
the big transition for ethernet was adding listen before transmit (and adapting t-r cat5...
Ethernet, Aloha and CSMACD 2396
ref: the whole saa & terminal emulation forever overflowed into a number of areas. romp-pcrt had done...
Ethernet, Aloha and CSMACD 2397
Ethernet is used in hard RT vital safety-critical systems all the time. It's a matter of system design to make sure that collisions or a network failure doesn't result...
OS's with loadable filesystem support 2398
raw was to avoid standard unix filesystem caching and poor consistency. with raw ... the dbms had...
OS's with loadable filesystem support 2399
slightly related post on issues of disk use in os-360 however, one of the other things that i did to cp67 was add tty-ascii support. i thot i could do...
File path formats. 2400
Charles Shannon Hendrix RISC OS didn't have file extensions. As Peter said, it used an internal number to...
File path formats
Roberto Waltman AmigaOS: device:dir1-dir2-...-filename or, alternatively: volume:dir1-dir2-...-filename or: buttign:dir1-dir2-...-filename Device names are (customarily...
File path formats. 2402
Thinking back to my old 8-bit Commodore days, if you were using discs: in Basic 2: Cbuttette tapes were numbered 1 and 2, printer was device 4, I forget what 3 was. A dual...
File path formats. 2403
MSCHAEF.COM The read and write keys are pbuttwords that you have to enter as part of the filename in order to read or write the file (this is a very basic form of security which...
File path formats. 2404
Rich Alderson Well from what I remember of IBMs : BOS, TOS, BPS, MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS ... clan of operating systems (But not CMS or others...
File path formats. 2405
bob7094" I forgot about that one - First mini (2113) and first real-time OS I worked on. I recall the 5 letter + 'something...
I bought shareware
Especially when talking "folklore". Kids today don't realize there was a time when online access wasn't so available...
IEHIEB... names 2407
trusty search engine turns up: other references from the above site when i did the resource manager, there was a new module that i...
IEHIEB... names 2408
remainder snipped Correct; IEHfoo would typically be a utility to maintain the OS (IEHPROGM, IEHMOVE, etc), while IEBbar...
IEHIEB... names 2409
gerard46 Quoting (loosely): IBCDASI - is an independant utility used to initialize direct-access volumes for use ... Note from me. Initialize is not the same as FORMAT for a virgin disk. That...
IEHIEB... names 2410
Independent" meaning stand-alone (not executed under the OS). One highly irritating characteristic was that they typed out the...
IEHIEB... names 2411
UAP := "Update Analysis Program" (AFAIK the IHG prefix was never used for any other program) IHGUAP was (allegedly) a reporting tool, using the SSI data to identify...
IEHIEB... names 2412
there was internal use only confidential confidential - restricted registered confidential all the "Z" I saw were...
IBM 3330
3830 disk control unit could attach to multiple channels there is also head-of-string, 3333 ... that supported string-switch ... which allowed the head-of-string to connect...
Might score a Fujitsu Mainframe How much do these cabinets
And, somethimes, it is good with other governments. In that case it is said be a senior currency, or to have seniority. Having a senior currency is a Good Thing for the issuer of...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests
Hi everyone, When I first got involved with computers in the 80's, it was something of an...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2416
Retrocomputing :-) My hobby has been the Coleco ADAM. I collect documentation, fix broken stuff, go to the annual...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2417
Whilst in theory that is true in practise it is not. so true. Much of...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2418
Plenty, though I realize sometimes it's not obvious under the commercial gloss that coats home computer use these days. There's more open-source software available than anyone could look at in a lifetime. Go...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2419
Alex' wrote, in part: Now'days I find myself doing the same things most others are doing, like checking out RSS feeds, trying to find new ways...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2420
Alex There are still parts of the Internet few people know of, and you're using one of them. ;) The Web and email are pretty much swamped with...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2421
I looked a lot at that when I ran the systems for a large ISP. I was suprised to see X.25 alive and well, with thousands of...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2422
No, but they would make quite a song and dance, and it would be interesting to watch. You see, while 10% of traffic may be corporate VPNs...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2423
some of it is similar to automobiles, ... in the 40s and 50s, there was a large percentage of individuals (with automobiles) doing their own work ... after market modifications, service, etc...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2424
I think radio maybe a more apt analogy, even though cars did grow the same way. Because there is...
Internet today what's left for hobbiests 2425
furthermore, isoc-ietf-rfc latest-current publication standards now allow for rfc authors to retain copyright rights ... and...
Chaosnet over Ethernet
On 2005-11-13, Pat Barron Read Stevens-Wright, TCP-IP Illustrated, Volume 2. At least everything between ipoutput() and etheroutput() and etherinput() and the ARP stuff...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2427
bipedal general Neumann : Von Neumann machines are replicating machines. You are thinking of Von : Neumann architecture computers (memory space used for both code and : data.) : Same guy, two different...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2428
10", : bipedal and and : general : Neumann : : : Von Neumann machines are replicating machines. You are thinking of : Von : : Neumann architecture computers (memory space used for both...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2429
To no great effect, since what you quoted was irrelevant to Eric's point: that Von Neumann had at least two ideas (both of which are sometimes called "Von Neumann machines...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2430
McCauley : : 5' : 10", : : bipedal source : and communication-navigation : and : : general speed. Von : : Neumann : : : : : Von Neumann machines are replicating machines. You...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2431
All countries produce propaganda that states, "our country is great : based : upon our great people". Even yours. : Yes indeed. I have however lived in the USA for 20 years and know...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2432
great this : flag : aircraft : : Nor do you have an empire, a senior currency, military superiority : on the oceans. Just rubbing it in. : No empire. No military superiority. The pound is still the...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2433
is : great know black, : this the : : flag an : : aircraft : : : : Nor do you have an empire, a senior currency, military superiority : : on the oceans. Just rubbing it in. : : : No empire. No...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2434
I was comparing German beer to that of the UK. But, US microbrews have : tended to even the...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2435
Better than any English ale... Proud of yourself? Don't they have a ferry into Germany these days? Yet, we managed to save your butts in two world...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2436
I was comparing German beer to that of the UK. But, US microbrews : have : : tended to even the score. I'd take a good beer...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2437
What? British snobbery is the national pastime. You'd think there was enough for both ferries...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2438
France? Munich? Perhaps you need to put down the hash pipe? : : : Two bites, one hook, the other was Steve O'Hara-Smith. : : Proud of yourself? : Bragging rights, pal...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2439
I've been at least as quick at a couple of airports - Galway I think was the quickest ever, I doubt it took 5 minutes from plane to taxi although that was only an internal flight...
Von Neumann machines. The key to space and much else. 2440
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:47:58 GMT you? Well yes = it's probably got worse in the dozen or so years that have elapsed since I last used it regularly. to There's...
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