[cctalk] Re: delphi, before 1990

2023-03-12 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 3:14 AM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Then I started thinking about "how were they even advertised? having lots > of phone numbers in different area codes would have been expensive, maybe > they only advertised in a few cities back in those days?" It would have been very

[cctalk] Re: delphi, before 1990

2023-03-11 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk wrote: > Hey all, was Delphi accessible as a bulletin board before 1990? Yes. Wikipedia says it was launched in 1981. I know I accessed it in the mid '80s. > But for early 1980s, what as Delphi? Was it a telnet-sort-of-thing only > accesse

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

2022-01-30 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 4:42 PM Glen Slick via cctalk wrote: > > > How about http://downloads.canon.com/cpr/software/scanners/300350INF.exe > > > ? > > > > Nevermind. Too small. Just the INF files. Sorry. :( > > Just manually edit that URL with the desired filename: > > https://downloads.canon

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

2022-01-30 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:36 PM Jim Carpenter wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:02 PM Jason T via cctalk > wrote: > > By any chance, does someone out there have this driver? The filename > > in question is "300350DRIT_V11.exe". You can google that name and end > > up either back at Canon's s

Re: ISO: Canon Scanner Driver

2022-01-30 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 3:02 PM Jason T via cctalk wrote: > By any chance, does someone out there have this driver? The filename > in question is "300350DRIT_V11.exe". You can google that name and end > up either back at Canon's site or in Malware Hell ("just download this > Chrome plugin to get

What happened to control-data.info and controlfreaks.org?

2021-11-17 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
Is anybody able to access these sites? I just get redirected to Google. Jim

Re: Linux and the 'clssic' computing world

2021-09-27 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 2:39 PM Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > To my knowledge the Linux kernel was released to the public 30 years ago > > around this time. My dear friend swears by it and will never go back to > > Windows even though WIN 11 is much more secure than previous Windows > > versio

Re: Tymshare PDP-10 tapes

2021-03-08 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 11:16 AM Tony Aiuto wrote: > I'm building tito on a generic Debian linux (x86_64, debian 4.19, gcc 8.3.0) > so I doubt this is a portability problem. I'll try again next weekend. Linux jim-xubuntu 5.8.0-44-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 9 06:29:41 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x

Re: Tymshare PDP-10 tapes

2021-03-06 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 8:07 PM Tony Aiuto via cctalk wrote: > I think that is an artifact of the files being created with the wrong names. > For example, with tape 169249, after you skip the UFDs, tito -t prints > >(SYS).SHR1977-01-26 22:22 [1,4] >(SYS).LOW

Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name

2018-12-21 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 12/21/18 1:10 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 12/21/18 10:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: "Straight-8" seems to be a fairly modern name coming from collectors I never heard it called that before then. Anyone feel like doing a alt.sys.pdp-8 search for it by date? The PDP8-LOVERS ma

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-06 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/06/2018 12:19 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: On 06/05/2018 08:41 PM, TeoZ via cctalk wrote: I have 9 floppy disks for WRQ ReflectionX Windows V4.00 if anybody needs images. I would love images to mess with. I've played with some Sixel and ReGIS graphics and I'd like to see how othe

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 08:07 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: I should have a copy of the program on diskette, I think its 4. I can't imagine this version of Reflection is that hard to find though. It was everywhere back during the days of use, like wordperfect 5. If there are requests I can image and

Re: R: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/05/2018 07:23 AM, Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk wrote: So, more recent versions lost the ability to interact with older (niche now) hardware ? Interesting... I'm assuming you were replying to me... No. "Reflection 1", "Reflection 4", etc. are just product names, not version numbers. At

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-05 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 5:35 AM Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > please add smecc museum to the list. what a find this,will help for a > treminSal for our hp 3000 37.. thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC... Reflection 1 was the one for HP stuff. >

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-04 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/04/2018 09:09 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: To estimate postage, I am in Los Angeles, California. Since several people have already indicated interest, I will wait until the digest goes out tomorrow to give those people a chance. Then I will put the names in a hat and have my wife dra

Re: WRQ Reflection 4+ DOS

2018-06-04 Thread Jim Carpenter via cctalk
On 06/04/2018 07:58 PM, Alan Frisbie via cctalk wrote: While cleaning out my office, I found a brand new, unopened copy of WRQ Reflection 4+ version 5.0 for DOS.   It provides (per the box):   Accurate emulation of Digital VT340, VT320, VT220, VT241, VT102,   and VT52 terminals, with VT420 featu