Search the list back in late 2018, there is a thread with the same subject.
There is a link to a spreadsheet in that thread that has the calculations
for new drive sizes.
Lou and I sort of worked out the details without knowledge of each other
and he had a nice document describing how to create a
You'd think an IBM operating system on an IBM ThinkPad would be easy-peasy
- but good grief, it's taken me over a year to finally get a magic formula
that works. Not too new, not too old (and yes, I have ArcaOS too, but
I wanted an OG 1994 install)
One interesting thing I found is that OS/2
On 10/24/2024 10:04 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
On 2024-10-24 4:35 p.m., Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
And yet, Minix ran on the 8088.
NO the PC, and even then it was developed under a UNIX emulator.
Some where I read, wen ported to the PC it would randomly crash.
This was later found t
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> . . . and, did you hear about first on this list?
> if so,
> NYT heard it from you, (THANK YOU!)
I read about it on the list and I shared the link to my company's chant channel.
I don't know if what I did made it happen but it did a
Does anyone have a 20-slot HP 1000 990 chassis p/n A2959 / A2999 for
sale? I can also trade for other 1k / mx HP related hardware. Feel free
to email me direct off group to je...@cypress-tech.com
Thanks
Jesse
je...@cypress-tech.com
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 4:50 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
> More than once it was "hand the tapes to someone meeting you at the gate
> and catch the next return flight".
>
> --Chuck
>
How did you know you were handing it to the right guy and not a Russian spy?
Sell
On 2024-10-24 4:35 p.m., Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote:
And yet, Minix ran on the 8088.
NO the PC, and even then it was developed under a UNIX emulator.
Some where I read, wen ported to the PC it would randomly crash.
This was later found to a case of undocumented irq service routine
for m
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:45 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> >> The author, presumably a heavy Reddit, TikTok and Facebook user, seemed
> to
> >> have never heard about existence of computers before internet, nor about
>
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
> > Y'all are ignoring
On 10/24/2024 11:14 AM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
I thought it was a good article too.
To add to the chorus, I concur. I think the writer did an excellent job
capturing some of the cool pieces of Ward's impact on the tech world and
made it relatable to the general public. We should encourage
Another reference: Randy Cassingham's "Honorary UnSubscribe" page
https://honoraryunsubscribe.com/ward-christensen/
-mm-(folding it into this thread even though it's not related
to the NY Times)
On 10/24/24 14:57, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> How about Tymshare/Tymnet/SBCetc.
>>
>> Did Call Computer in Mountain View employ a file transfer protocol for
>> use by subscribers?
>
> Impressive claims were made about station wagon full
> Associated Press has a deaths wire where they put up obits of people of
> interest. I’d assume that’s how NYT even knew about Ward. It’s interesting to
> me that they bothered to put up his obit as he is mildly famous even to tech
> folks. They might have seen the chatter about him and decided
Impressive claims were made about station wagon full of tapes hurtling
down the highway.
On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
I still have the Samsonite briefcase I used to transport 7-track tapes
as carry-on baggage. Jets even then, were much faster than station
wagons. 6 tapes
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