This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Yea, I think that they are a scam. I'm 1/2 French – my family has been trickling into the States from France and Quebec for the last 6 generations.
It's been a number of years since I lived in the area, but I used to do some exploration around Wickenberg. The numbers sound off, to me, too. There are known low-grade platinum ores in the vicinity, but the one commercial mine to exploit the stuff played out years ago.
Age and Programming
Message #43694
Well, I think that one of the reasons that we need debuggers less is simply experience – we don't code the same common errors anymore. I spend a fair amount of time inside of gdb and the kernel debugger these days – but I'm doing some *large* and complex code…
I run QNX, and the DTK's do not run QNX – something to do with the NEAT chipset. DTK are looking into the problem, but I haven't heard anything about how they are progressing.
You're right, it's a hole in the design. However, you can approximate the latency by building some code around a forced interrupt call to see what the overhead in the kernel is for a simple task switch. Not accurate, but it will get you within an order of magnitude.
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Enquiry
Message #24594
Hoo-boy. There isn't one in the public domain yet – except for G++ from the Free Software Foundation – and that is a full blown compiler that weighs in at 5 mbytes of code. Far too big to post here!
I'll see what I can do, although I'm not going to be able to unarchive anything until my new machine gets here later this week. (I'm running on floppies, due to a sick disk!)
Yes indeed. Prices are 59.95 US for overseas mail, write to Box 56188, Boulder, Colorado, 80322-6188, U.S.A for a subscription.
Because the listings haven't completely demangled yet. Tom G.
Ok, will do. Tom G.
No, changing the BIOS is a matter of unplugging the BIOS Rom's and plugginh in the new set. I'd go with the new BIOS. Tom G.
You may upload to DL 5. Glad to have it. Tom G.
Uri – We now also have the 1.60 kernel. Tom G.
The listings are .asc to indicate ascii, as opposed to some other format. Since they are concatenated, and generally appear as printed, to name them something like .c would be misleading. And indeed, the listings are keyworded by month. Tom G.
You want a B-Spline algorithm. There were a couple of curve fitting routines here on the forum, I don't remember the names. I'll check my archives and see what I can come up with. B-Splines are discussed in depth in Newman and Sproull and in Van Dam, and are also…
Tom – What were you looking for? The system requires a Smalltalk interpretor to run, but is complete, except for a package of logic devices. (Those you get to build yourself). Tom G.
Brian, First, welcome to the forum. Most of the Jan 90 issue listings are available in Library 0, (DL 0; Bro /key:jan90 to find). The exception is Martin Tracy's Zen system, which is in Library 6.
No, I brought it up, and it's the new version. Tom G.
That was a misprint in the article – I got the original zen.scr code and the listing that went along with the article. These are found in Library 6 (DL 6). Uniforth will read Zen.scr just fine, this is also in DL 6. Tom G.
Yep – it's in Library 2, SmallCO.arc. Tom g.
You'll find it in Library 10 under the heading of ACM.ASC. There is also a version compiled with Turbo C. Tom G.
Don't know where Allen is, but the Shell is available from M & T Books, 1-800-356-2002. Tom G.
The code for Ron Winter's article from the C Special issue is in Library 10, ACM.ASC. Tom G.
I don't have a run-time version currently available for Zen. Will be checking with Martin in the next few days to see what's up. Tom G.
The two files for Zen are in library 6. Neither one of them is an ARC format file.
Huh? That should be zen.scr, and it's an Ascii file. Don't believe the CIS claim that it's binary – it isn't. Tom G.
Right at the moment, we don't have an executable. I'll see what I can dig up. Tom G.
Tom, I've been off-line for a couple of days on travel, so it may have gotten lost in the mists of the auto-download. Send it to me via Eplex, and I'll forward it on to Jon. Tom G.
While it's not so dumb, check out Al Stevens' Smallcom communications program here in Lib 0.
I just downloaded and decompressed the file, and don't see anything wrong. Foo is a man page for the List functions. Tom G.
Configuration
Message #23485
The index's are in DL 11. Tom G.
Zen
Message #23484
Look for it to be merged into DL 0 in the next day or two. Tom G,.
Jan. 1990 Listings
Message #23483
Look for them to be merged in the next day or two. I'm just back from a short trip, and in catch-up mode. Tom G.
OS2 files incorrect
Message #23482
Yep, I found that out tonight when I came back from vacation. The library names got restored to an interim set that was in use while I was reorganizing the library set. Sigh. Tom G.
#OOP?
Message #23480
The most comprehensive overview of the MACH operating system is contained in "The NeXT Book" – published by McGraw-Hill (I think, my copy is elsewhere). Otherwise, there are several articles in Unix Review, UseNix Proceedings, and a slug of technical reports available from CMU. It's an interesting OS, and some…
SMALCO.ARC in OS/2 lib
Message #23479
Turns out that the library names got restored to an intermediate set that I was using as temporary holding places whilst reorganizing the libraries. Having been 50 miles from the nearest telephone since late Xmas Eve, I just found the scramble when I came back this evening. I'll straighten it…
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Latest DDJ Issue
Message #23054
Ooops. One of the problems with this medium is that one is sometimes hard-put to get the real emotion of a message. I didn't mean to imply that your message was negative – I'm a bit hyper-sensitive about the "cast" that certain parties are trying to assign to DDJ. (It…
Actually, I do talk about IPC mechanisms, but in a different context. I also talk about process migration, hypercubes, and OO programming. Dr. Dobbs will cover anything that our readers will write quality stuff for – be it Amiga, Unix, RSTS/E or MSDOS. For the Amiga folks out there, I…
I always set the line width to 132 and then use the LaserJet in landscape mode to print out the listings. So I haven't run into the problem you mentioned. I'm sure you're right about it not counting tabs properly though, I get the impression it just counts "bytes of…
I always set the line width to 132 and then use the LaserJet in landscape mode to print out the listings. So I haven't run into the problem you mentioned. I'm sure you're right about it not counting tabs properly though, I get the impression it just counts "bytes of…
I wasn't bad-mouthing Wordstar, I just, like, couldn't resist the opportunity to like, enrich the Forum with some Val-Speak. I still use Wordstar for program editing, but I've given up on it as a word processor. The newer generation of programs (Word Perfect and Microsoft Word) support the laser printers…
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TSR programs
Message #6374
Yes I use PCED all the time. One of my dearest assets on the PC, at least as valuable as a hard disk! (Are you listening Chris?). I don't have the vaguest idea what is going on at the MS end with the TSR document, other than I was told…
If that's Robert LaFlore's book, I agree, it is the best thing I have seen.
If that's Robert LaFlore's book, I agree, it is the best thing I have seen.
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#GRAPHICS QUESTION
Message #5022
At least with Microsoft's MASM, I think it is about 3 lines of source code per machine instruction (after you count in all the PROCs ENDPs SEGMENTs ENDSs ASSUMEs and other mish-mosh you have to include to get something to assemble and run).
#4999-
#GRAPHICS QUESTION
Message #5022
At least with Microsoft's MASM, I think it is about 3 lines of source code per machine instruction (after you count in all the PROCs ENDPs SEGMENTs ENDSs ASSUMEs and other mish-mosh you have to include to get something to assemble and run).
According to my calculations, there are 20-odd 4004's in a 80386. Uh… wonder if they run in parallel, or in series? …
According to my calculations, there are 20-odd 4004's in a 80386. Uh… wonder if they run in parallel, or in series? …
What I found most painful was the child of one of the astronauts crying "Daddy, you promised you'd never get hurt". Contrary to Allen's statement, only two of the crew could possibly be viewed as test pilots. I don't feel that the Challenger explosion was blown out of perspective at…
What I found most painful was the child of one of the astronauts crying "Daddy, you promised you'd never get hurt". Contrary to Allen's statement, only two of the crew could possibly be viewed as test pilots. I don't feel that the Challenger explosion was blown out of perspective at…
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