This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (13 messages)
#Search
Message #47901
Hi Stewart, Sorry for the delay, I've been away for a bit. >The search method you are refering to is know as a binary search. If you let >me know what you are trying to do I may be able to help. I missed the start of >this thread. Basically…
#Help
Message #47808
Hello Jim, Ok, I've got to ask. Are you _the_ Jim Butterfield of the C64 days? If so I have to thank you for all your help back when I didn't know a peek from a poke. Because of people like you, understanding these wonderful little machines became a lot…
#Help
Message #47807
Hi Terri, >The search method I use is known as "halving" (has a technical name but can't >for the life of me remember what its called) and is documented in a number of >programming texts. The idea is simple, but quite effective. It is an old >method, however, so there…
#Help
Message #47793
Hello all, Could anyone give me a suggestion or two in regards to a small program I am writing? The question is as follows; Given a large list of words (alphabetically sorted) what would be the best/fastest way to locate one particular word? Obviously a comparison loop running from the…
#Help w/AmiTCP & PPP
Message #196967
Hi Hank, I did as you suggested, this is what I got back: 27 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 70% packet loss round-trip mip/avg/max = 2701/2904/3341 ms Does this mean I have this thing working and I'm too dense to relize it? -John
#Help w/AmiTCP & PPP
Message #196947
Hi Hank, Thanks for replying. >Are you using PPP / AmiTCP demo or reg. versions? I may be able to help you. >Let me know. I just got my set up straightened out and made up a sort of "help >file". Demo versions. A "help file" is a great idea,…
#Help w/AmiTCP & PPP
Message #196918
All, OK, I give up, I've been trying to get AmiTCP & PPP to work for the last 12 hours with no real luck. From what I can tell I've got everything working ok. My dialscript is working, although 'WAIT' doesn't wait for anything 🙁 so I put in a…
#Light Humor
Message #146660
Re: The death of CBM. As we all sit and wait for the fat lady to sing, I offer a little light humor to pass the time. May we all bow our heads in silence and pray to the big computer gods in the sky and ask ever so humbly…
Boy that stinks, I was hoping to get mine from them. Ok, try TENEX Computer Express: 56800 Magnetic Drive, Mishawaka, IN. 46545 (219) 259-7051 mon-fri 8am. to 8pm. SAt 9am. to 2pm. They should have both items. by the way, if you ever get tired of Japan I'll trade you…
#GVP A500 Hd
Message #131495
Forest, you can try Creative Computers their order hotline is 1-800-872-8882. I think PC286 module is going for about $65.00 If you don't have any luck let me know, I'll dig around some more. regards – John
Thanks Michael, I've been planing to upgrade, I guess I should stop putting it off. Thanks again, take care. John
#Help with Giggles
Message #35047
My computer seems to have developed a sense of humer. It now likes to play "Hide And Go Seek" with my directories, and this is getting a little annoying. This is the problem: I click on a drawer and it disappears to go hide. I swear I here a faint…
Programming
Message #19235
Does anyone have any suggestions as to which Kernel Reference Manual would be a good choice to use for programing. I would like a memory map, and the instruction set for the CPU. And of course all the tips I can get my hands on. This is a new type…