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by ch_123 7y ago
The most recent iteration involves a package of an Alpha image + a Windows based emulator: https://training.vmssoftware.com/hobbyist/ It is trivial to run it with a Linux based emulator (if you have access to one, and
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by ch_123 7y ago
Try this: https://www.hpe.com/h41268/live/index_e.aspx?qid=24548 Make sure to fill out all the fields, even the ones which are not marked as mandatory - apparently if the form is not fully filled out, it gets igno
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by ch_123 7y ago
ISTR that the avionics code is written in Ada, and runs on top of Intel i960 processors, and that the Ada compiler for that target only runs on VAX/VMS (not even OpenVMS, but specifically VMS on the VAX).
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by ch_123 7y ago
> Do you remember the popular "PHP: a fractal of bad design" blog post? The first time I read it, I was working in a crappy place with lots of legacy PHP projects. This article got me wondering whether I should just quit and go
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by ch_123 8y ago
Obligitory reminder that the NT name predates Cutler at MS (it was originally called OS/2 NT) EDIT: fix typo
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by ch_123 8y ago
FWIW I can think of at least two non-IBM-PC compatible x86 platforms (the NEC PC-98 series, and SGI's Visual workstations) manufactured past 1996.
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by ch_123 8y ago
The solenoid on the one which I have (a 3278 keyboard) is separate to the keys. It is true that the solenoid will not operate when the terminal is unable to accept any key press, but it does not impede the operation of the keys themselves.
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by ch_123 8y ago
Some of IBM's mainframe terminals used a solenoid which would hit the side of the keyboard's case to indicate that a key-press was successfuly registered. This was in addition to the well documented clicking noise of IBM's ke
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by ch_123 8y ago
I really think people put more focus in the RISC vs CISC dichotomy than it deserves. ARMv8 CPUs have microcode, a mixture of instruction sizes, instructions which take more than one clock cycle to complete, and a very large number of instru
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by ch_123 8y ago
Yes - https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/themes (I also recall the process being rather user-unfriendly in earlier versions)
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by ch_123 8y ago
> the pinnacle of Intel overengineering. I think the i432 would be a worthy challenger to that title https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432
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by ch_123 8y ago
There was talk of this, but it went away. The last suggestion I’ve read about were some kind of ‘containers’ which emulate HP-UX https://www.pcworld.com/article/3196353/data-center/hpe-offe... https:/&#
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Intel to Discontinue Itanium 9700 ‘Kittson’ Processor, the Last of the Itaniums(anandtech.com)
193 points by ch_123 8y ago|204 comments
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by ch_123 8y ago
My understanding is that Docker was the preferred container engine for k8s, but Docker did not reciprocate the interest, instead preferring to push Swarm. Having supported Docker in production, I've found that the stability wasn't
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by ch_123 8y ago
For a long time before WSL was conceived of, there was a GNU system on top of Windows - cygwin. Cygwin and WSL have entirely different strengths and weaknesses due to the fact that Cygwin is GNU on top of Win32, whereas WSL is GNU on top of
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by ch_123 8y ago
> If it contains x86 parts it isn't a mainframe for sure. Nitpick: mainframes often contain x86 chips supporting various I/O devices, much in the same way that a modern x86 machine may have an ARM core or two or ten lying aroun
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by ch_123 8y ago
> They are on the front lines, in terms of contact with the weakest, poorest and most troubled members of society. Indeed, and in many cases, exploiting them for their own benefits.
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by ch_123 8y ago
Scala and Kotlin let you achieve something similar, without requiring a dedicated `yield` keyword, as well as not introducing yet another type of function into the language... Personally, I always found the number of different types of func
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by ch_123 8y ago
"From a design standpoint, I think Unit-E missed an opportunity to built a vertical tower reminiscent of older PCs" Am I the only one who remembers _most_ home computers from the 80s/early 90s being 'pizza box' desk
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by ch_123 8y ago
It is perhaps worth noting that while X.org is about a decade old, it is an implementation of the X Window System protocol which dates back to the mid 80s. Suffice to say, quite a lot has changed in computer graphics/interfaces since t
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by ch_123 8y ago
* Windows VMs
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by ch_123 8y ago
There is an OpenBSD-specific hypervisor (vmm) in recent releases. I cannot comment on whether it is suitable for running VMs at this time.
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by ch_123 8y ago
The /70 had a 22-bit address bus, so I assume that switches 16-21 didn't have any effect unless you were entering a memory address.
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by ch_123 8y ago
Good point. It did receive his endorsement, however.
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by ch_123 8y ago
Modula-3 had it, but it was possible to do manual allocation as well. ALGOL-W, Pascal, Modula 2 (and probably the original Modula) did not have GC as part of the base language or library.
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Retro-uC – An open silicon microcontroller with a Z80, MOS6502, and M68K(crowdsupply.com)
9 points by ch_123 8y ago|0 comments
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by ch_123 8y ago
I'm curious as to why they don't use something like NTFS-3G. I know it's a FUSE FS, but it's still pretty fast.
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by ch_123 8y ago
As the article points out, when Cutler et al. started at Microsoft, the project was already called NT OS/2. The WNT name came much later.
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by ch_123 9y ago
My understanding is that these commercial terminals tend to be focused on emulating non-standard terminals used by by systems like IBM mainframes, etc. which are in no way VT100 compatible. I believe that these products are also optimized f
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by ch_123 9y ago
The tactility of the Cherry MX Blues is not particularly satisfying by the standard of other clicky switches (e.g. buckling springs, Alps, etc). I've recently tried out the Kailh Box switches which have a different tactile mechanism, a

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