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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I did work experience at an IBM "shop" in the 80s, at a time when the PC and PC XT had just come out. They ran IBM minicomputers and used both 3270 terminals, and PCs fitted with an expansion card with a coax connection, to inter
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
What is "change-of-basis"? My Google-fu failed me.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
That doco was an amazing spiral, from "let's try doping as an amateur athlete" to "here's how Russia organised doping for the Winter Olympics."
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> long forgotten but high profile fork: egcs Thanks for the reminder of the name. I was trying to think of this a couple of days ago.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I first got Linux (Slackware) around about that time. I had a desktop with 4MB (later with 8), so I'd say 16MB in a laptop would've probably not been right too. I remember the interesting "plXX" patch numbers too.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I love this joke! We use Skia as a PDF renderer and it does take a bit of plumbing to get it in, plus you have to track it more often than we'd like (that's not a fault of the build environment, but rather it doesn't have a
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Thank you for such a well-rounded reply. After my initial question I did read down through all the comments, and read a lot more about 6502 vs. 6800. It was a fascinating read. I completely agree with your comment about "community ma
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
How would you compare the 6502 to the 6800? I cut my assembly teeth on the 68000 in the Amiga but always heard plenty about the 6502 due to the C64, but would love more perspective on how it compares to other CPUs.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Is there much info about the LoongBT x86 and ARM emulation instructions? I can see there's stuff in qemu/hw/loongarch and target/loongarch, but would love a more general overview.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Thanks. I think here we call those "canopies."
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> being able to put a custom cap on the back What's a "custom cap"? Is it like a tonneau cover (I'm from Aus, not sure if they're a thing in other countries)? Or something more like a tailgate pad for bikes?
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Recently finished his FMT book. I thought he did a great job of showing the process of discovery in an accessible way, as well as all the interesting (and historical) characters who contributed.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I lived in the Inner West (Camperdown and Chippendale) for about 15 years. I felt really lucky that I could walk everywhere (with some effort, and I had reasonable free time) and didn't need a car. It was fun, learning all the routes
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> hunting the Modula-2+ and Modula-3 papers, as per Compaq and DEC Olivetti acquisitions The programming languages? What's the story there, were they acquired?
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I have a Tesla here in Australia, and have 3-4 charging apps and 2 RFID(!) cards -- it does feel like a backwards step. There are gaps in the Tesla supercharger network in parts here which mean you have to rely on the other networks for so
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> IMHO exec.library is great, but dos.library was a huge mistake. I'm interested in your take on this point. I cut my m68k teeth on Amiga demo programming, but never delved into exec (apart from a very small amount of init).
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
My parents spent quite a bit of time in Perth, and I went over for a holiday a little while ago for the first time (I live in the ACT). I hadn't expected how far it feels from the rest of Aus. Of course, I knew it, but it's diff
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Interesting that the article mentions that the Atari had access to PLATO[0]. I very very vaguely remember that in promotional material. I see there are threads about it on Atari forums, and also a page in a wiki[1]. [0] https:/&#x2F
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> Funny dual meaning here. "The RIP" (pronounced as a word) is what they called the PostScript unit on a high end imagesetter like a Linotronic or Agfa. It stands for Raster Image Processor. I'm happy to say the usage live
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
I used and loved these, but never knew Fred Fish was actually his name. I mustn't have been paying attention :) Looking through the Wikipedia page brought back some memories, seeing the names Dave Haynie and Matt Dillon.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Also all through Australia!
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Just started watching this, and I have no real idea what's going on :)
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
>Cyberdog had instantaneous indexed search for local text Was that what eventually became V-Twin, and then became Spotlight indexing? I vaguely remember that from the Cyberdog/OpenDoc days. I always wanted to play around with it,
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
It's all prog rock I think, no prog metal.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
One of my favourite books!
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
And still used by some racing cars e.g. F1 has an external (electric) starter, that the mechanic inserts into a hole in the back of the car that goes into the back of the diff -> gearbox -> ICE.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
> But everyone else I followed either never moved or quickly gave up and seems to have taken up residence on Bluesky. What were the types of people who moved over to Bluesky?
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Yes, they're both "passion jobs" and people often work on "passion projects" in them.
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
Are real time payments so bad? Australia has them (New Payments Platform, https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/new-payme... ) and I've not heard anything about mass fraud on it (but possibly regular
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by flopsamjetsam 3y ago
A seriously nuts race if I ever saw one :)

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