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Re: BBS software for the PDP 11

> The machine is plenty fast. There's been BBSes run on a VIC-20. You > can't get much slower than that. :) > In New Orleans, there was a rumor someone ran a VIC-20 BBS with no persistent storage. Maybe true but you also might not be able to tell!

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

Great news! On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:49 PM Joe Giliberti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Okay, it's working the ugreen one. I did a stupid and dropped the > RXTXComm file in the wrong place. > Well, since all sales are final at Radioshack these days, I've got an > extra cable... >

Re: help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

If you stare at the Device Manager and pull the USB/Serial adapter do the "Unknown Device" and "Base System Device" disappear? Who is the manufacturer of the USB/Serial cable? On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Joe Giliberti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Greetings! > I am trying

Re: word processor history -- interesting article

This was fascinating. Thanks for posting. On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, Evan Koblentz wrote: > All about some of the earliest people to write books using word processors. > > >

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:32 AM, geneb wrote: > >> 64 bit host OS = 64 Bit XP Mode VM. (AFAIK) > I’m not sure offhand what the default is, but I have gotten around this problem running XP Mode on a Windows 7 x64 installation. So that XP Mode is definitely 32-bit. Cheers,

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

I’m going to get a demonstration of this program in the next day or so. It _sounds_ like it’s just a program they use to remind two individuals what taxes are due for the various organizations the work for. If it’s really just a calendar, I am going to suggest moving that data into a new Exchange

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

Something I didn’t say explicitly that has caused some confusion is the following: We are an ESX 5.5 environment. None of our servers are physical, save for the ESX server. Also, when I said “bare-metal” earlier, what I really meant was that the remote site runs ESX and will bring up our VMs. The

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

Bill, Is “Virtual 2000 Professional” a product? Or is that Virtual PC with a VM of Windows 2000 Professional running?

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

that this skirts the boundaries of off-topic. I now believe that the topic is off-topic. I don't think this list needs to be cluttered up further with anymore of this discussion. Thank you all again for some really great ideas and tips. Cheers, Mike Whalen

Re: OT: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

; twitter: billdeg > vintagecomputer.net > On May 1, 2016 1:29 PM, "Mike Whalen" <mi...@thecomputervalet.com> wrote: > > > I can’t really tell if this is on-topic, but there’s [no|some|much] shame > > in trying? > > > > I have a Visual Basic 4 ap

Re: OT: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

s what, mid 90s? How about you upgrade the code? > > > > Bill Degnan > > twitter: billdeg > > vintagecomputer.net > >> On May 1, 2016 1:29 PM, "Mike Whalen" <mi...@thecomputervalet.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I can’t really tell if this is

Re: Ideas for running a VB4 application on modern hardware?

Hmmm… Perhaps so… Thanks, Josh! On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 1:35 PM, Josh Dersch <dersc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/1/16 10:28 AM, Mike Whalen wrote: > >> I can’t really tell if this is on-topic, but there’s [no|some|much] shame >> in trying? >> >> I have a Vi

Re: A couple of afternoons in Austin, Tx

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Sam O'nella wrote: > > Pinballz arcade (N. Austin)/Pinballz kingdom (buda) are functional arcades > catering to pinball and early games nut also newer titles scattered around. > Most are for sale but IMO at "not interested in selling" prices

Re: A couple of afternoons in Austin, Tx

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:18 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/12/2016 09:49 PM, jwsmobile wrote: > >> >> any places to visit while I'm around? just visiting and would like to >> see if there are any surplus spots, or folks to say hi to. >> >> TX/Rx labs in Houston is VERY

Re: Here's what happens when an 18 year old buys a mainframe...

Wonderful video. On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45X4VP8CGtk >> >> It's pretty entertaining. :) >> > > Connor is a member of our user group here in the Mid-Atlantic. He's been > learning at an astonishingly quick rate! >

Re: Data Recovery Services

On January 20, 2016 at 5:06:19 PM, Eric Christopherson (echristopher...@gmail.com) wrote: It can work. But I remember reading that each PCB keeps track of bad  physical blocks; if you transplant the PCB from another drive, you might  end up with a different set of bad blocks beings saved.  I

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

On Saturday, December 19, 2015, Mike wrote: > Is there anything like Appleworks 1.0 for the commodore 64? if so could > you be kind enough to give me the name of the program? I have searched > but have found nothing of any value. I just would like a checkbool > ledger

Re: The best spreadsheet / database program for Commodore 64?

Again not an integrated suite but there was also Multiplan, a spreadsheet for the C64 from Microsoft. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplan

Re: Sales of unearthed Atari games total more than $100,000

On August 31, 2015 at 10:17:25 AM, Peter Cetinski (p...@pski.net) wrote: I had the same sad experience when they released Pac Man for the 2600. I do remember feeling disappointment when I got Pac Man. It was a hot game. My mother picked it up as a surprise. We got it home and… what? I enjoyed