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>    1. Re: Undocumented hardware (John R. Hogerhuis)
>    2. Re: Undocumented hardware (John R. Hogerhuis)
>    3. Re: Undocumented hardware (Philip Avery)
>    4. Re: Undocumented hardware (John R. Hogerhuis)
>    5. Othello for model 100 (Alain Dextraze)
>    6. Re: Othello for model 100 (John R. Hogerhuis)
>    7. Re: Othello for model 100 (Mike Stein)
>    8. Re: Undocumented hardware (B 9)
>    9. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   10. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   11. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Dison)
>   12. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   13. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   14. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   15. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   16. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Dison)
>   17. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   18. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Wilson)
>   19. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Dison)
>   20. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   21. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Dison)
>   22. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   23. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   24. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Wilson)
>   25. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   26. Re: Undocumented hardware (Mike Stein)
>   27. Re: Undocumented hardware (Mike Stein)
>   28. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Dison)
>   29. Re: Undocumented hardware (Tom Wilson)
>   30. Re: Undocumented hardware (Stephen Adolph)
>   31. Re: Undocumented hardware (Mike Stein)
>   32. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   33. Re: "No-VAN" obligation (Brian K. White)
>   34. Re: Undocumented hardware (Mike Stein)
>   35. Re: "No-VAN" obligation (Stephen Adolph)
>   36. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   37. Re: "No-VAN" obligation (Brian K. White)
>   38. Re: Undocumented hardware (Mike Stein)
>   39. Re: Undocumented hardware (Brian K. White)
>   40. Reuse of laddie (John R. Hogerhuis)
>   41. Re: Reuse of laddie (Tom Dison)
>   42. The Dead Hand (John R. Hogerhuis)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 15:32:28 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 1:05 AM B 9 <hacke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
>>> To: m...@bitchin100.com
>>>
>>> Yes the Model T screen driver is slow. It's possible we could speed it
>>> up
>>> a little because there is some hardware scrolling capability built into
>>> the
>>> video chip drivers that the ROM does not make use of.
>>>
>>> But that would
>>> a) Require creating code in option rom or in RAM to do all character
>>> generation
>>>
>>
>> Are you sure that's required? The demos I found don't seem to be doing
>> that.
>>
>>
>
> It's complicated. There's a lot of ROM code you can leverage for sure.
>
>
>> b) It's not clear how much the speed-up would be.
>>>
>>
>> One demo, by Philip Avery, claims over 10x speed acceleration using
>> hardware scrolling. According to Hidden Powers of the Model 100
>> <https://archive.org/details/HiddenPowersOfTheTrs80Model100/page/n183/mode/1up/>,
>> the screen can only show 90 characters per second with a maximum download
>> speed to RAM of 240 cps. My own tests with scrolling speed in TELCOM is
>> that I can get about 1KB in 6 seconds (170 cps) if the screen has to
>> scroll
>> during download, but I save about a second per kilobyte (200 cps) if I
>> disable screen scrolling but still send characters to the screen. Of
>> course, this is with software flow control, so that may be an additional
>> bottleneck.
>>
>> It's strange and fascinating that the Model T had hardware scrolling
>> acceleration it never used. Do you have a link for more information about
>> it? I tried googling and all I came up with was:
>>
>>
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?action=view&filename=LCDTST.DO&directory=Steve%20Adolph
>> and
>>
>> http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=1&order=nom&directory=Philip%20Avery/Hardware%20Scroll
>>
>>
> http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Model_100_LCD_Programming
> https://bitchin100.com/files/hardware/HD44102.PDF
> https://bitchin100.com/files/hardware/lcd.pdf
>
>
>
>> Neither one worked on my Model 200, but I don't know if it's a lack of
>> hardware support or if it's just writing to the wrong addresses. The
>> Philip
>> Avery documentation mentions "Kenneth Pettit", but googling for him and
>> "hardware scroll" turns up nothing.
>>
>>
> Ken Pettit is the author of VirtualT which has a full implementation of the
> display chip. You can look at that source code if you're interested.
>
> My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
> implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically related to the
> unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>
>
>> (By the way, the Bitchin100 site could use a friendly "how to transfer
>> binary files over a serial port using only builtin software" right on the
>> front page.  Fortunately, after some more googling, I found a Github
>> repository that made it easy: https://github.com/bkw777/dlplus).
>>
>>
>
> I used to maintain and enhance DLPlus. But now I focus on LaddieAlpha which
> runs on Windows, Linux and OSX. It is linked from the front page of
> bitchin100. Some people have an objection to the Mono or .NET runtime. But
> I like C# and not having to hand-roll all my own data structures.
>
> You can read my research into Model 100 flow control (that went into HTERM)
>>> in the wiki article
>>> http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=Model_100_Serial_Interface
>>>
>>
>> Wow! After reading through that, I'm impressed you figured it all out.
>> Thank you for documenting it so well.
>> (Again, I'm struck by how weird it is that these computers had hardware
>> capabilities that were never used, not even documented!)
>>
>>
> You're welcome. As to hardware capabilities Bill G didn't spend development
> effort on... always trade-offs. Get to market sooner or implement one more
> feature...
>
>
>>
>>
>>> Does HTERM have a terminfo file listing the escape sequences it can do?
>>>> Not that it needs one if it has full ANSI compatibility, of course.
>>>>
>>> I can't put my hands on the T102 version but I've attached the one I
>>> have
>>> for T200.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if it's because I had the mailing list in "digest" mode, but
>> I didn't receive the attachment. Could you please send again or post it
>> somewhere?
>>
>>
>>> The mapping for the extended characters is in the code and on the wiki.
>>>
>> Thanks, the wiki didn't seem to have all the characters, so I went
>> straight to the source which also seemed more accurate.
>>
>>
> It's just slightly different choices. HTERM limits to 16-bit unicode
> characters. The wiki page has some better mappings for characters if you're
> willing to go for 32-bit unicode.
>
> -- John.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 15:34:57 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> Is the hardware scroll being used in REX CP/M?
>
> Sounds like that was the plan at some point.
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> -- John.
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:39:48 +1200
> From: Philip Avery <pav...@xtra.co.nz>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> No, though I was reminded of that by the recent Hardware Scroll post.
> Decided to leverage ROM code, so eventually M100 CP/M gets down to "rst 4".
>
> Philip
>
> On 26/05/2020 10:34 am, John R. Hogerhuis wrote:
>> Is the hardware scroll being used in REX CP/M?
>>
>> Sounds like that was the plan at some point.
>>
>> -- John.
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> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 15:47:09 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 3:40 PM Philip Avery <pav...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> No, though I was reminded of that by the recent Hardware Scroll post.
>> Decided to leverage ROM code, so eventually M100 CP/M gets down to "rst
>> 4".
>>
>> Philip
>>
>
> OK. Yeah you have to draw the line somewhere on all these features if you
> ever want to be done.
>
> -- John.
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> From: Alain Dextraze <a.dextraze1...@hotmail.ca>
> To: "m...@bitchin100.com" <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: [M100] Othello for model 100
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> Hello !
> I do not often write to the group,  but I have a problem. I can not open 2
> files for the model 100: othelo.v3 and othelo.jdt.  I get the message that I
> can not reach the listing. These files come from  SIG. Somebody can help?
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> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 21:59:53 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Othello for model 100
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> I don't have a copy of the M100SIG handy and those extensions don't ring a
> bell.
>
> Can you open them with a  text editor like Notepad?
>
> -- John.
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 01:55:13 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Othello for model 100
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> They're three different text mode BASIC programs; just change the extension
> to .DO
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Alain Dextraze
>   To: m...@bitchin100.com
>   Sent: Monday, May 25, 2020 8:58 PM
>   Subject: [M100] Othello for model 100
>
>
>   Hello !
>   I do not often write to the group,  but I have a problem. I can not open 2
> files for the model 100: othelo.v3 and othelo.jdt.  I get the message that I
> can not reach the listing. These files come from  SIG. Somebody can help?
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> Message: 8
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 01:23:34 -0700
> From: B 9 <hacke...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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>>
>> My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>> implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically related to
>> the
>> unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>>
>
> I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>
>
>> (By the way, the Bitchin100 site could use a friendly "how to transfer
>>> binary files over a serial port using only builtin software" right on
>>> the
>>> front page.  Fortunately, after some more googling, I found a Github
>>> repository that made it easy: https://github.com/bkw777/dlplus).
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I used to maintain and enhance DLPlus. But now I focus on LaddieAlpha
>> which runs on Windows, Linux and OSX. It is linked from the front page of
>> bitchin100. Some people have an objection to the Mono or .NET runtime.
>> But
>> I like C# and not having to hand-roll all my own data structures.
>>
>
> I saw LaddieCon on the front page, but I skipped it because it said it was
> for Microsoft Windows. If it is OS agnostic, maybe change the description
> to: "LaddieCon: Use this to transfer files with any modern computer".  I've
> no objection to Mono as long as it doesn't get in my way. I like the DLPlus
> repository because using it is as simple as 'git clone' and 'make install'.
>
> ?b9
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 08:23:58 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>>     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>>     implementation of the display chip?+ some bugs specifically related
>>     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>>
>>
>> I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>
> web8201.net has a copy, also just stuck a copy up in archive.org
> https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>
> I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
> google drive, my laptop...
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
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> Message: 10
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 08:31:29 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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> Brian,
> just curious, did you post the M100SIG to the internet archive?
> If so, did you ensure that you posted the  "No VAN" version, which has
> deleted all of Wilson Van Alst's code?
> I believe this was Van's wishes.
> ..Steve
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>> >     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>> >     implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically related
>> >     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>> >
>> >
>> > I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>>
>> web8201.net has a copy, also just stuck a copy up in archive.org
>> https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>>
>> I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
>> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
>> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>> google drive, my laptop...
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 07:33:51 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> I have to say I really like LaddieAlpha, I have it running on a Raspberry
> Pi - very ready to install and, and now I have plenty of storage for my
> Model 200. I did a git clone of it and hterm, and plan to play with the
> source is both.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 07:24 Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>> >     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>> >     implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically related
>> >     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>> >
>> >
>> > I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>>
>> web8201.net has a copy, also just stuck a copy up in archive.org
>> https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>>
>> I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
>> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
>> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>> google drive, my laptop...
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
> --
> Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 12
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 08:41:20 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> follow up;
> looks like this is not the "no Van" version of the M100SIG; suggest we pull
> this one down and replace it with the one that has all of Wilson's code
> scrubbed.
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:31 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>> just curious, did you post the M100SIG to the internet archive?
>> If so, did you ensure that you posted the  "No VAN" version, which has
>> deleted all of Wilson Van Alst's code?
>> I believe this was Van's wishes.
>> ..Steve
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>>> >     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>>> >     implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically
>>> > related
>>> >     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round
>>> > tuits...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>>>
>>> web8201.net has a copy, also just stuck a copy up in archive.org
>>> https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>>>
>>> I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
>>> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>>> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
>>> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>>> google drive, my laptop...
>>>
>>> --
>>> bkw
>>>
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> Message: 13
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 09:41:40 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On 5/26/20 8:31 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> Brian,
>> just curious, did you post the M100SIG to the internet archive?
>> If so, did you ensure that you posted the? "No VAN" version, which has
>> deleted all of Wilson Van Alst's?code?
>> I believe this was Van's wishes.
>> ..Steve
>
> What in the world did you think this was all about?
>
> "I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
> google drive, my laptop..."
>
> So, whichever version this is, it's the version that's generally
> available anywhere else.
>
> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever has
> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever public,
> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>
> --
> bke
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>>      >? ? ?My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a
>> partial
>>      >? ? ?implementation of the display chip?+ some bugs specifically
>>     related
>>      >? ? ?to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round
>>     tuits...
>>      >
>>      >
>>      > I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>>
>>     web8201.net <http://web8201.net> has a copy, also just stuck a copy
>>     up in archive.org <http://archive.org>
>>     https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>>
>>     I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff
>>     removed.
>>     I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>>     web8201.net <http://web8201.net>, and the same as every other copy I
>>     had sprinkled around,
>>     like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>>     google drive, my laptop...
>>
>>     --
>>     bkw
>>
>
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:00:18 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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> If there were versions floating around that were not marked "no VAN" then
> that was unfortunate.
> It does not change the fact that Van's software was published without his
> permission.
>
> What this is all about, is the fact that his software was published
> without his permission.
>
> And so,
>
> An M100SIG marked "NoVan" is what is posted at
> https://bitchin100.com/files/m10x/M100SIGNOVAN.zip
>
> and IIRC that was the one that was meant to be available publicly.
>
> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being shared
> publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>
> thanks
> Steve
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 9:41 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/20 8:31 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> > Brian,
>> > just curious, did you post the M100SIG to the internet archive?
>> > If so, did you ensure that you posted the  "No VAN" version, which has
>> > deleted all of Wilson Van Alst's code?
>> > I believe this was Van's wishes.
>> > ..Steve
>>
>> What in the world did you think this was all about?
>>
>> "I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
>> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
>> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>> google drive, my laptop..."
>>
>> So, whichever version this is, it's the version that's generally
>> available anywhere else.
>>
>> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever has
>> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever public,
>> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>
>> --
>> bke
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 8:24 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com
>> > <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>> >      >     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a
>> partial
>> >      >     implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically
>> >     related
>> >      >     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round
>> >     tuits...
>> >      >
>> >      >
>> >      > I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>> >
>> >     web8201.net <http://web8201.net> has a copy, also just stuck a copy
>> >     up in archive.org <http://archive.org>
>> >     https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>> >
>> >     I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff
>> >     removed.
>> >     I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>> >     web8201.net <http://web8201.net>, and the same as every other copy
>> > I
>> >     had sprinkled around,
>> >     like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group,
>> > my
>> >     google drive, my laptop...
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     bkw
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:02:00 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
> I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>
>
>> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever has
>> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever public,
>> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>
>> --
>> bke
>>
>>
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> Message: 16
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 09:05:41 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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> Should I not be looking at the source? I was going to add some additional
> features.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:02 Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
>> I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>>
>>
>>> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever has
>>> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever public,
>>> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>>
>>> --
>>> bke
>>>
>>> --
> Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 17
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:31:23 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <e8579722-edb3-35c5-ed48-6a7600b7c...@gmail.com>
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>
> On 5/26/20 10:00 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> If there were versions floating around that were not marked "no VAN"
>> then that was unfortunate.
>> It does not change the fact that Van's software was published
>> without?his permission.
>>
>> What?this is all about, is the fact that his software was published
>> without?his permission.
>
> He didn't voluntarily post it to a public forum? Someone stole it from
> his hard drive?
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 18
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 07:31:29 -0700
> From: Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
>       <calt8mqqygqsprd4sk7mcsfwsf8kue0i-4ofohhcvvb6_pze...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being shared
>> publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>
>> thanks
>> Steve
>>
>
> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
> request the files be taken down.
>
> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of us
> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>
> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
> Van?s agent.
>
>
> --
> Tom Wilson
> wilso...@gmail.com
> (619)940-6311
> K6ABZ
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> Message: 19
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 09:38:04 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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> Ok, I?ll delete LaddieAlpha. Sorry about that.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:31 Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
>>> shared
>>> publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
>> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
>> request the files be taken down.
>>
>> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of us
>> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
>> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>>
>> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
>> Van?s agent.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tom Wilson
>> wilso...@gmail.com
>> (619)940-6311
>> K6ABZ
>>
> --
> Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 20
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:39:36 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <e4b9f87f-0d26-7620-56a3-c01d28044...@gmail.com>
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>
> I just asked what I thought was a riduculous question, but you're saying
> that's exactly what did happen?
>
> That does make this at least an interesting question.
> --
> bkw
>
>
> On 5/26/20 10:02 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
>> I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>>
>>
>>     Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever
>>     has
>>     any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever
>>     public,
>>     then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>
>>     --
>>     bkw
>>
>
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 21
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 09:40:22 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
>       <CA+L8oh=BMd5axD73RHN1Y=V4K9VnG3-=tqjmwf8xwcclw0p...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Who manages that Bitchin100 that has the git repository I cloned?
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:38 Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok, I?ll delete LaddieAlpha. Sorry about that.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:31 Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
>>>> shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>
>>> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
>>> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
>>> request the files be taken down.
>>>
>>> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>>> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of
>>> us
>>> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
>>> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>>>
>>> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>>> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
>>> Van?s agent.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Wilson
>>> wilso...@gmail.com
>>> (619)940-6311
>>> K6ABZ
>>>
>> --
>> Faith without Works is Dead...
>>
> --
> Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 22
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:42:15 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <fcd35a5c-aa08-51e6-3c46-018217e03...@gmail.com>
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>
> This isn't about LaddieAlpha but about some things that are included in
> M100SIG.zip, which is an archive of an old CompuServe forum that has
> been around for some time.
>
> --
> bkw
>
> On 5/26/20 10:38 AM, Tom Dison wrote:
>> Ok, I?ll delete LaddieAlpha. Sorry about that.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:31 Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com
>>     <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         Is there a way to comply?? I think once we know about a file
>>         being shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>
>>         thanks
>>         Steve
>>
>>
>>     Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If
>>     it?s posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he
>>     would have to request the files be taken down.
>>
>>     If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>>     intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest
>>     of us have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if
>>     Van?s heirs decide they want his work made public, we?d have to
>>     respect that, too.
>>
>>     You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>>     obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting
>>     as Van?s agent.
>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Tom Wilson
>>     wilso...@gmail.com <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>
>>     (619)940-6311
>>     K6ABZ
>>
>> --
>> Faith without Works is Dead...
>
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 23
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:42:14 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
>       <CAMCMnV5ONqpQ=+dg3tatutudpngjhuqoccztze7+pg6rkps...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> It was commercial software, Brian.  Why the impedance here?
> The dispute was/is between Rick Hanson, who has departed, and Wilson Van
> Alst, who's status is unknown.
>
> Wilson alleged that Rick made Wilson's commercial software available to all
> via the M100SIG.  It is a long ago dispute.   That's about all I know.
> Wilson requested that his programs be deleted from the M100SIG, which seems
> like a reasonable request.
>
> That is why the currently available M100SIGNOVAN.ZIP is what is posted at
> Bitchin100.
>
> Your sarcasm is very frustrating here, Brian.  No one has to reach into
> someone's harddrive to violate someones rights to their own work.
> Distribution and use of someone's commercial products without permission to
> do so is illegal.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:31 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 5/26/20 10:00 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> > If there were versions floating around that were not marked "no VAN"
>> > then that was unfortunate.
>> > It does not change the fact that Van's software was published
>> > without his permission.
>> >
>> > What this is all about, is the fact that his software was published
>> > without his permission.
>>
>> He didn't voluntarily post it to a public forum? Someone stole it from
>> his hard drive?
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
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> Message: 24
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 07:43:08 -0700
> From: Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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>
> I asked about LaddieAlpha, too. We can use it and even modify it, but we
> can?t redistribute our changes to other people.
>
> I?ll dig out the email chain when I get a chance. Short version, it?s
> publicly available, so of course you can download and use it. You just
> cannot give it to someone else without a license - which you and I do not
> have.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:05 AM Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Should I not be looking at the source? I was going to add some additional
>> features.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:02 Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
>>> I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever
>>>> has
>>>> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever
>>>> public,
>>>> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> bke
>>>>
>>>> --
>> Faith without Works is Dead...
>>
> --
> Tom Wilson
> wilso...@gmail.com
> (619)940-6311
> K6ABZ
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> Message: 25
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:44:53 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID:
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>
> Great, very interesting.
> Unfortunate that this has happened.
> Morally, I think it is the respectable thing to honor Wilson's wishes here
> to the best ability we have.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:31 AM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
>>> shared
>>> publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
>> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
>> request the files be taken down.
>>
>> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of us
>> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
>> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>>
>> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
>> Van?s agent.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tom Wilson
>> wilso...@gmail.com
>> (619)940-6311
>> K6ABZ
>>
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> Message: 26
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:45:25 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <8493287EEB9A4C5897A3CFC6D8D99B3F@310e2>
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>
> Aside from the ethical issue of promulgating intellectual property against
> the explicit wishes of the author, what does this have to do with
> undocumented hardware?
>
> The question related to the SIG files was about some odd extensions on an
> Othello game.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>
>
>> On 5/26/20 4:23 AM, B 9 wrote:
>>>     My web based emulator https://bitchin100.com/CloudT has a partial
>>>     implementation of the display chip + some bugs specifically related
>>>     to the unused hardware scroll. Once I find my box of round tuits...
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it may be lost in the same place mine went to.
>>
>> web8201.net has a copy, also just stuck a copy up in archive.org
>> https://archive.org/details/M100SIG
>>
>> I think there was a full and a redacted version with some stuff removed.
>> I don't know which one this is, but it's the same as the one from
>> web8201.net, and the same as every other copy I had sprinkled around,
>> like in the files section of the Facebook Model T Computers group, my
>> google drive, my laptop...
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 27
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:50:46 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <7372E339625F45B7ACF47E73A2765D74@310e2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Unless I'm missing something this M100SIG dicussion has nothing to do with
> hardware scrolling or Laddie at all and Brian has mixed up two unrelated
> threads.
>
> If you're talking about LaddieAlpha then John H is the man to talk to, but
> I'm sure he won't mind.
>
> m
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tom Dison
>   To: m...@bitchin100.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:05 AM
>   Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>
>
>   Should I not be looking at the source? I was going to add some additional
> features.
>
>
>   On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:02 Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
>     I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>
>
>
>       Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever
> has
>       any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever
> public,
>       then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>
>       --
>       bke
>
>
>   --
>
>   Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 28
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 09:48:54 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> Thanks, I?ll keep the changes to myself. I want to add an interface for
> simplicity, maybe even a ?disk-drive? look to it. I have it on a RPI in a
> case with a screen top. I think a full-screen Drive Image with blinking
> activity light would be cool.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:43 Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I asked about LaddieAlpha, too. We can use it and even modify it, but we
>> can?t redistribute our changes to other people.
>>
>> I?ll dig out the email chain when I get a chance. Short version, it?s
>> publicly available, so of course you can download and use it. You just
>> cannot give it to someone else without a license - which you and I do not
>> have.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:05 AM Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Should I not be looking at the source? I was going to add some
>>> additional
>>> features.
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 09:02 Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I find your statement ridiculous Brian.
>>>> I hope this is simply because you were not aware of the theft.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Secondly, whichever version this is, I do not agree that anyone ever
>>>>> has
>>>>> any right to un-publish something after the fact. If it was ever
>>>>> public,
>>>>> then it's public. Don't like it? Too bad.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> bke
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>> Faith without Works is Dead...
>>>
>> --
>> Tom Wilson
>> wilso...@gmail.com
>> (619)940-6311
>> K6ABZ
>>
> --
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> Message: 29
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 07:49:51 -0700
> From: Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> Absolutely. We certainly should not be passing around stuff that is being
> actively withheld.
>
> I?m not against distributing orphaned works, but if someone has made a
> point of saying ?that?s mine, you should not be copying it,? then we need
> to respect that.
>
> But also, let?s not get hung up in the weeds and totally distracted from
> the question that started all this... I don?t even remember what it was
> now, or how that took a left turn into the SIG files.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:45 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Great, very interesting.
>> Unfortunate that this has happened.
>> Morally, I think it is the respectable thing to honor Wilson's wishes
>> here
>> to the best ability we have.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:31 AM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
>>>> shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>
>>> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
>>> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
>>> request the files be taken down.
>>>
>>> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>>> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of
>>> us
>>> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
>>> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>>>
>>> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>>> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
>>> Van?s agent.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Wilson
>>> wilso...@gmail.com
>>> (619)940-6311
>>> K6ABZ
>>>
>> --
> Tom Wilson
> wilso...@gmail.com
> (619)940-6311
> K6ABZ
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> Message: 30
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 10:54:15 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> my bad, I should have started a separate thread on "what do do about
> M100SIG posted at Internet Archive".
> I'm done anyways.
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:50 AM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely. We certainly should not be passing around stuff that is being
>> actively withheld.
>>
>> I?m not against distributing orphaned works, but if someone has made a
>> point of saying ?that?s mine, you should not be copying it,? then we need
>> to respect that.
>>
>> But also, let?s not get hung up in the weeds and totally distracted from
>> the question that started all this... I don?t even remember what it was
>> now, or how that took a left turn into the SIG files.
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:45 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great, very interesting.
>>> Unfortunate that this has happened.
>>> Morally, I think it is the respectable thing to honor Wilson's wishes
>>> here to the best ability we have.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:31 AM Tom Wilson <wilso...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
>>>>> shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> Steve
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
>>>> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have
>>>> to
>>>> request the files be taken down.
>>>>
>>>> If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>>>> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of
>>>> us
>>>> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs
>>>> decide they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>>>>
>>>> You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>>>> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as
>>>> Van?s agent.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Tom Wilson
>>>> wilso...@gmail.com
>>>> (619)940-6311
>>>> K6ABZ
>>>>
>>> --
>> Tom Wilson
>> wilso...@gmail.com
>> (619)940-6311
>> K6ABZ
>>
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> Message: 31
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:02:18 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> I don't think this is about legal issues but about the ethics of posting a
> file to a public place like the Internet Archive when it contains commercial
> software, even if it already exists elsewhere, and especially when the
> author has explicitly requested that it not be posted publicly.
>
> m
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tom Wilson
>   To: m...@bitchin100.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:31 AM
>   Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file being
> shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>
>
>     thanks
>     Steve
>
>
>   Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If it?s
> posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he would have to
> request the files be taken down.
>
>
>   If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
> intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest of us
> have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if Van?s heirs decide
> they want his work made public, we?d have to respect that, too.
>
>
>   You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
> obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting as Van?s
> agent.
>
>
>
>
>   --
>
>   Tom Wilson
>   wilso...@gmail.com
>   (619)940-6311
>   K6ABZ
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> Message: 32
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:34:41 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On 5/26/20 10:42 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> It was commercial software, Brian.? Why the impedance here
> If you don't like impedance then I suggest the way to avoid it is to
> stop expecting something you have no right to.
>
> If you don't want something of yours published, you can opt not to
> publish it, and if I broke into your house and stole your hard drive,
> you have every right to make demands of me about that.
>
> Anything else, *of course* you have to convince me why I should agree
> with whatever it is you wish I would do or not-do.
>
> If a wrong has been done to some 3rd party and you just care about that
> for whatever reason, be it principle or personal,and you'd like to see
> it undone or it's damage limited, and you want something out of me in
> the pursuit of that, so far all of that is entirely reasonable. But *of
> course* you have to convince me, and can only ever ask me, not actually
> demand or expect compliance.
>
> You might have a valid point and it might indeed be the right thing to
> do, and I might even agree with you, but until you say more than "do
> this", I'm simply un-moved that's all.
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 33
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:41:47 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] "No-VAN" obligation
> Message-ID: <fbd621c1-f2fd-0a4a-898d-28c38ac44...@gmail.com>
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>
> So, the issue is that the stuff in question was commercial software?
>
> IE, it was neither publicly posted by the author, nor stolen from his
> hard drive, but was commercial software that was re-distributed illegally?
>
> That is the detail that was missing or unclear to me.
>
> --
> bkw
>
> On 5/26/20 11:02 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>> ?
>> I don't think this is?about legal issues but about the ethics of posting
>> a file to a public place like the Internet Archive when it contains
>> commercial software, even if it already exists elsewhere, and especially
>> when the author has explicitly requested that it not be posted publicly.
>> m
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>     *From:* Tom Wilson <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>
>>     *To:* m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>
>>     *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:31 AM
>>     *Subject:* Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com
>>     <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>         Is there a way to comply?? I think once we know about a file
>>         being shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>>
>>         thanks
>>         Steve
>>
>>
>>     Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If
>>     it?s posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he
>>     would have to request the files be taken down.
>>
>>     If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>>     intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest
>>     of us have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if
>>     Van?s heirs decide they want his work made public, we?d have to
>>     respect that, too.
>>
>>     You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>>     obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting
>>     as Van?s agent.
>>
>>
>>     --
>>     Tom Wilson
>>     wilso...@gmail.com <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>
>>     (619)940-6311
>>     K6ABZ
>>
>
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 34
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:59:36 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <8668E62B985947679418214CDF493D5D@310e2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>
>
>> ... you have to convince me why I should agree
>> with whatever it is you wish I would do or not-do.
> ---
> I don't think anyone has to convince you of anything.
>
> It's up to you whether to respect the wishes of the author of some
> commercial software (who also made many other contributions to the Model T
> knowledge base) that it not be spread around, and I think you've made your
> ethical position quite clear.
>
> Again, for anyone still confused this has nothing to do with undocumented
> hardware or Laddie etc. transfer programs.
>
> m
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> Message: 35
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 12:10:11 -0400
> From: Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] "No-VAN" obligation
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> That is what I said, yes.  I simply and politely asked if you (supposing it
> was you that posted it) could do something about it.
>
> So I will ask again, politely.
>
> Can and will anything be done about it?  As I have said, I think, if
> possible, that the M100SIG should be removed from the internet archive.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:41 AM Brian K. White <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So, the issue is that the stuff in question was commercial software?
>>
>> IE, it was neither publicly posted by the author, nor stolen from his
>> hard drive, but was commercial software that was re-distributed
>> illegally?
>>
>> That is the detail that was missing or unclear to me.
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
>> On 5/26/20 11:02 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>> > ?
>> > I don't think this is about legal issues but about the ethics of
>> > posting
>> > a file to a public place like the Internet Archive when it contains
>> > commercial software, even if it already exists elsewhere, and
>> > especially
>> > when the author has explicitly requested that it not be posted
>> > publicly.
>> > m
>> >
>> >     ----- Original Message -----
>> >     *From:* Tom Wilson <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>
>> >     *To:* m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>
>> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:31 AM
>> >     *Subject:* Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 7:00 AM Stephen Adolph
>> > <twospru...@gmail.com
>> >     <mailto:twospru...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >         Is there a way to comply?  I think once we know about a file
>> >         being shared publicly we should take steps to remove it.
>> >
>> >         thanks
>> >         Steve
>> >
>> >
>> >     Legally speaking, only Van can make someone take down his work. If
>> >     it?s posted to Internet Archive without his permission, then he
>> >     would have to request the files be taken down.
>> >
>> >     If he can?t (because he has passed away), then whoever inherits his
>> >     intellectual property would have to make that request. The the rest
>> >     of us have no legal authority to act on his behalf. In fact, if
>> >     Van?s heirs decide they want his work made public, we?d have to
>> >     respect that, too.
>> >
>> >     You can ask so Archive.org nicely, I suppose, but they are under no
>> >     obligation to honor a request from a third party that is not acting
>> >     as Van?s agent.
>> >
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Tom Wilson
>> >     wilso...@gmail.com <mailto:wilso...@gmail.com>
>> >     (619)940-6311
>> >     K6ABZ
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> bkw
>>
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> Message: 36
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 12:13:10 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
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> On 5/26/20 11:59 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>> ?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>>
>> To: <m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:34 AM
>> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>>
>>  > ... you have to convince me why I should agree
>>  > with whatever it is you wish I would do or not-do.
>> ---
>> I don't think anyone /has to convince you/ of anything.
>> It's up to you whether to respect the wishes of the author of some
>> commercial software (who also made many other contributions to the Model
>> T knowledge base) that it not be spread around, and I think you've made
>> your ethical position quite clear.
>> Again, for anyone still confused this has nothing to do with
>> undocumented hardware or Laddie etc. transfer programs.
>> m
>
> I don't understand how you can still fail to grasp the essentials of
> something so simple, and clearly explained.
>
> Correct, no one has to convince me of anything. Unless they want
> something out of me.
>
> I respect any wishes that in my opinion the wisher has some right to.
>
> I wish a lot of things that I am quite sure you do not respect.
>
> At the beginning of this thread, I had no information to suggest why I
> should respect the expressed wish. Now, I have more information, or at
> least hints to it. It's still not a closed question for me, but it's at
> least now an interesting one that I haven't finished considering yet.
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 37
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 12:16:53 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] "No-VAN" obligation
> Message-ID: <d08242a6-f983-d367-87b9-5af4ac19b...@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> On 5/26/20 12:10 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote:
>> That is what I said, yes.? I simply and politely asked if you (supposing
>> it was you that posted it) could do something about it.
>>
>> So I will ask again, politely.
>>
>> Can and will anything be done about it?? As I have said, I think, if
>> possible, that the M100SIG should be removed from the internet archive.
>
> I posted it.
>
> It's the same as the copy Gary has been hosting on web8201 forever and
> still today.
>
> I don't know if I can take it back down, but I assume I can, or that I
> can at least ask.
>
> I am answering politely that I don't know yet whether I will try.
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 38
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 13:46:42 -0400
> From: "Mike Stein" <mhs.st...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <D96B519C01D24ED182445DC128F7CE81@310e2>
> Content-Type: text/plain;     charset="UTF-8"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>
>
>> On 5/26/20 11:59 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>>> ?
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>>
>>> To: <m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:34 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>>>
>
>> I don't understand how you can still fail to grasp the essentials of
>> something so simple, and clearly explained.
>>
>> Correct, no one has to convince me of anything. Unless they want
>> something out of me.
> -------------
> I respectfully suggest that you're not grasping the essentials.
>
> I don't personally want anything and I don't think Steve does either; we're
> only passing on the wishes of the author of the software being discussed
> (confusingly OT BTW, thanks to you) and suggesting that you might want to
> respect those wishes, even if others have not done so. Trying to convince
> you that something is just 'the right thing to do' is obviously futile.
>
> You've made it clear that only you will decide whether or not to honour
> those wishes and that's fine; let the readers of this thread form their own
> opinions.
>
> 'nuff said.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 39
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 14:04:36 -0400
> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
> Message-ID: <2d30a94c-9c71-86a0-44d4-2c2e98259...@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> On 5/26/20 1:46 PM, Mike Stein wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com>
>> To: <m...@bitchin100.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 12:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>>
>>
>>> On 5/26/20 11:59 AM, Mike Stein wrote:
>>>> ?
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Brian K. White" <b.kenyo...@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:b.kenyo...@gmail.com>>
>>>> To: <m...@bitchin100.com <mailto:m...@bitchin100.com>>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 11:34 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [M100] Undocumented hardware
>>>>
>>
>>> I don't understand how you can still fail to grasp the essentials of
>>> something so simple, and clearly explained.
>>>
>>> Correct, no one has to convince me of anything. Unless they want
>>> something out of me.
>> -------------
>> I respectfully suggest that you're not grasping the essentials.
>>
>> I don't personally want anything and I don't think Steve does either;
>> we're only passing on the wishes of the author of the software being
>> discussed (confusingly OT BTW, thanks to you)
>
> Thanks to _who_?
>
> and suggesting that you might want to respect those wishes, even if
> others have not done so. Trying to convince you that something is just
> 'the right thing to do' is obviously futile.
>
> It's certainly futile to do more than make the suggestion and provide
> the basis for it.
>
> And I have not said or done a thing to suggest that I have any problem
> with that much. What problem do you have with that, that causes you to
> be persuing this conversation in this manner?
>
> Either have a point, and be able to defend it, or expect me to keep
> pointing out that you haven't supplied a basis for your various remarks
> and challenges.
>
>> You've made it clear that only you will decide whether or not to honour
>> those wishes and that's fine;
>
> I disbelieve that you think this is fine, but the words at least are
> correct, this *is* fine.
>
> --
> bkw
>
>
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> Message: 40
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:05:35 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: [M100] Reuse of laddie
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> As to enhancements to Laddie I'd like to keep it a command line tool for my
> part.
>
> Tom if you wanted to add a graphical shell that ran it as is we could work
> out a (free of charge) license where you could redistribute the Exe with
> your program. If that didn't work I could refactor it into a library for
> reuse.
>
> My own intent is to add to laddie an interactive full screen TELCOM
> interface that simulates the Model T's main menu. I have the menu working
> where I can pick files.
>
> But instead of putting a GUI on the host machine it exposes that text UI
> over the serial connection just like the TPDD protocol and automatically
> switched between.
>
> Sort of like the CLI built into Nadsbox but a full screen interface.
>
> -- John.
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> Message: 41
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 13:13:44 -0500
> From: Tom Dison <fretina...@gmail.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: Re: [M100] Reuse of laddie
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> I like it!
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 13:05 John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> As to enhancements to Laddie I'd like to keep it a command line tool for
>> my part.
>>
>> Tom if you wanted to add a graphical shell that ran it as is we could
>> work
>> out a (free of charge) license where you could redistribute the Exe with
>> your program. If that didn't work I could refactor it into a library for
>> reuse.
>>
>> My own intent is to add to laddie an interactive full screen TELCOM
>> interface that simulates the Model T's main menu. I have the menu working
>> where I can pick files.
>>
>> But instead of putting a GUI on the host machine it exposes that text UI
>> over the serial connection just like the TPDD protocol and automatically
>> switched between.
>>
>> Sort of like the CLI built into Nadsbox but a full screen interface.
>>
>> -- John.
>>
> --
> Faith without Works is Dead...
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> Message: 42
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 13:26:15 -0700
> From: "John R. Hogerhuis" <jho...@pobox.com>
> To: m...@bitchin100.com
> Subject: [M100] The Dead Hand
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> The M100SIG thing is a very old battle based on an older rivalry.
>
> Apparently there was rivalry between the Compuserve SIG and Club100.
>
> I guess after Compuserve's demise Rick H. made the SIG file archive
> available.
>
> Wilson Van Alst who was a big contributor to the community demanded the
> whole thing be removed because he had some copyrighted files that he had
> uploaded only for the Compuserve SIG.
>
> I picked the middle ground and created the "NOVAN" archive that has just
> his files removed to honor his wishes /copyright.
>
> Rick's gone now and Wilson GAFiated and may be gone too.
>
> Better that we not continue their old battle. Sounds like Brian uploaded
> the archive but it was probably the NOVAN version because that's likely the
> only one around.
>
> -= Model Ts Forever =-
>
> -- John.
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