wonders never cease I just saw a link for a PDP-11 assembly programmer for a job to last until 2050 seems as if anything is possible
On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 24 June 2013 13:16:57 Stuart Stevenson did opine: > > [...] > > I am having trouble imagining a computer so small or a program so large > > as to need drip feed. > [...] > > I have a friend on the CoCo mailing list that has written, in rsbasic, > using data statements, code to drive a home made milling machine with a > dremel for a spindle. He has managed to cut out and build a 2 cylinder > steam engine with it, out of brass plates stacked to get the cylinder > length needed. With no network interface, it can't even do drip, but it > would be ideal. On an .79mhz processor cycle of a CoCo1 or CoCo2, he is > driving the stepper motors coils directly thru an interface he built. I > can't begin to imagine how slow it is, but it works. > > So never say a machine is too small or slow when in the hands of a > determined user who dreams in 6809 hex codes. > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! > My views > <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> > To use violence is to already be defeated. > -- Chinese proverb > A pen in the hand of this president is far more > dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of > law-abiding citizens. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
