systems_glitch

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1. 541.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   If you went to UVA, I ended up with a bunch of them :P
2. 542.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   Heh, not with the system, it came with a rebadged Televideo TVI950. I do have an ADM-3A and ADM-5 though, largely for the UNIX/vi heritage.
3. 543.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   First I repaired the S-100 system, then used a PC with 8" drive and ImageDisk to archive all of the diskettes before exploring their contents. To get individual files (rather than disk images) off of the system, I wrote a KERMIT-80 cus
4. 544.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   Worked for a company doing tens or hundreds of millions in sales a year (automated metrology machinery). VP did stuff like this. It was illegal in the jurisdiction in which they operated, but it happened anyway.
5. 545.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   There will be a full writeup on this system later on, but the diskette that contained this letter of resignation was part of what remained of the author's 8" diskette library, and contained a lot of 8080/Z80 code he'd wr
6. 546.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   Probably getting stuck managing other engineers or teams of them.
7. 547.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   It'll get its own writeup with the rest of the details about the system. Just found it today and thought I'd quickly share.
8. 548.▲
   by systems_glitch 5y ago

   I recovered this document from an 8" floppy diskette on a S-100 system running CP/M. Interesting that, the more things change in programming, the more they stay the same!
9. 549.▲
   Programmer's Resignation from 1985(pastes.glitchwrks.com)

   286 points by systems_glitch 5y ago|119 comments
10. 550.▲
    by systems_glitch 12y ago

    Same here. Very few dependencies.
11. 551.▲
    by systems_glitch 12y ago

    Indeed, they do remove truly unused architectures and drivers from the kernel -- support for IBM MicroChannel is gone, as well as support for "it was uncommon back then" hardware. I have a bunch of Allied Telesis ISA 10baseFL Ethe
12. 552.▲
    by systems_glitch 13y ago

    Apparently responsible disclosure == no credit https://gist.github.com/chapmajs/607e9532e8d92472dfff
13. 553.▲
    Binary MRI rubies statically linked to vulnerable OpenSSL(gist.github.com)

    3 points by systems_glitch 13y ago|2 comments