Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Lars wrote: To keep it on topic, there is programmable hardware available where you can change the hardware using a hardware programming language. Niklaus Wirth is interested in such technology. Instead of soldering in capacitors and resistors, you program in something that emulates a resistor o

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Jonas Maebe
Hi, Please move the hardware hacking discussions to the fpc-other mailing list. Thanks, Jonas FPC mailing lists admin ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Henry Vermaak
On 30/01/12 09:05, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 30 January 2012 10:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: People who repair things are a dying breed. I fully agree. Totally off-topic, but anybody here know of a course or books one could buy on basic electronic repairs. Thinking in lines of PSU etc to

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 30 January 2012 10:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: People who repair things are a dying breed. I fully agree. Totally off-topic, but anybody here know of a course or books one could buy on basic electronic repairs. Thinking in lines of PSU etc to start with. I've bee

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Lars
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 30 January 2012 10:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: >> >> People who repair things are a dying breed. > > I fully agree. Totally off-topic, but anybody here know of a course > or books one could buy on basic electronic repairs. Thinking in lines > of PSU etc to start wit

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 30 January 2012 10:54, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > > People who repair things are a dying breed. I fully agree. Totally off-topic, but anybody here know of a course or books one could buy on basic electronic repairs. Thinking in lines of PSU etc to start with. I've been long wanting to enter t

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
waldo kitty wrote: On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote: Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry out with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that capacitors blow up and bulge out

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-30 Thread Lars
waldo kitty wrote: > On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote: >> Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry >> out >> with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an >> example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that >> capacitors blow up

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 17:41, Lars wrote: Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry out with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably fr

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 16:57, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 29 January 2012 16:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: My experience is that both media and drives suffer with age, even if not being used. I can imagine that might be for the disk, but not the drive itself. I recently cleaned up my garage and found

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 09:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ Bu

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 06:19, ik wrote: On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl mailto:flor...@freepascal.org>> wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl mailto:flor...@freepascal.org>> wrote: >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread waldo kitty
On 1/29/2012 05:55, Bart wrote: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ But do you have a machine to read them? if florian doesn't, i do ;) i s

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Lars
Anything that has Capacitors in it which use wet electrolytic, can dry out with age. Old stereos that crackle when you turn up the volume are an example. In motherboards though it seems it's more a problem that capacitors blow up and bulge out which is probably from usage rather than idle age. G

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 29 January 2012 16:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > > My experience is that both media and drives suffer with age, even if not > being used. I can imagine that might be for the disk, but not the drive itself. I recently cleaned up my garage and found a crate full of old hardware (boxes and boxes

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Sven Barth
On 29.01.2012 15:21, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ B

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Florian Klämpfl wrote: Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though I've no idea if they still work :) ___ But do you have a machine to read them? I've s

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Kornel Kisielewicz
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:19 PM, ik wrote: > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl > wrote: >> >> Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: >> > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: >> >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though >> >> I've no idea if they still work

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread ik
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 13:15, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though > >> I've no idea if they still work :) > >> ___

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 29.01.2012 11:55, schrieb Bart: > On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: >> I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though >> I've no idea if they still work :) >> ___ > > But do you have a machine to read them? I've still a 5 1/4

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Bart
On 1/29/12, Florian Klämpfl wrote: > I've still backups back to 0.1 on 5 1/4 floppies somewhere :) Though > I've no idea if they still work :) > ___ But do you have a machine to read them? Bart ___ fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-29 Thread Florian Klämpfl
Am 27.01.2012 10:14, schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: > Hi, > > I stumbled upon the following. No idea where this FTP server lives, > but the link came from the Free Pascal documentation downloads page. > > Anyway, while browsing there, I came across FPK (what is now known as > FPC) v0.2 source code re

Re: [fpc-pascal] I found FPC v0.2 source code :-)

2012-01-27 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said: > > Anyway, while browsing there, I came across FPK (what is now known as > FPC) v0.2 source code release. 17 units in total and all console > output is German text. This release was way before I (and probably > most of you) even knew Free Pascal ex