On Wednesday (11/04/2015 at 09:05AM -0800), Fred Cisin wrote:
>
> My comment was not a serious question about the LAW. It was about
> the idiocy of creating a new set of names for parts that were the
> same, by each manufacturer. And speculating that maybe they were so
> idiotic that THEY consid
On 11/04/2015 09:49 AM, Paul Berger wrote:
ROS (Read Only Memory)
Same for CDC.
Given the weird and wonderful storage devices that were developed in
earlier days, calling a random-access (although it could be posited that
tape can be random access) storage device a "disk" is just wrong in m
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
> On 11/04/2015 10:42 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>>
>>> Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus "directory"
>>> versus "FNT"...versus...?
>>> So many names...
>>
>>
>> Was it considered "
On 2015-11-04 1:37 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 11/04/2015 10:42 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus
"directory" versus "FNT"...versus...?
So many names...
Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the s
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Charles Anthony wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote:
FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill?
I'm not familiar with that one.
It just might be unique enough to keep anybody from confusing our fadids
from somebody else's keyboards
Finger Accessible Data Input De
On 11/04/2015 10:42 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder"
versus "directory" versus "FNT"...versus...?
So many names...
Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the same
terminology as somebody else? Like
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:24 AM, geneb wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
>>>
"Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?"
>>>
>> On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote:
>>
>>> FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill?
>>>
>>
>> I'm not
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
"Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?"
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote:
FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill?
I'm not familiar with that one.
It just might be unique enough to keep anybody from confu
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
"Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?"
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, geneb wrote:
FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill?
I'm not familiar with that one.
It just might be unique enough to keep anybody from confusing our fadids
from somebody else's ke
On 11/04/2015 08:42 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the same
terminology as somebody else? Like "standards" everybody had a
unique one of their own.
I don't think so; they're just terms of art. But didn't/doesn't Intel
claim copyright on their opcod
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
"Hmmm. What else could we call the keyboard?"
FADID. Where do I send the consulting bill?
g.
--
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home.
Some people col
Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus "directory" versus
"FNT"...versus...?
So many names...
Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the same terminology as
somebody else?
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Paul Koning wrote:
No, it could not be. It could be trademark infr
> On Nov 4, 2015, at 11:42 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
>
> On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus "directory"
>> versus "FNT"...versus...?
>> So many names...
>
> Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the same terminology as
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus "directory"
versus "FNT"...versus...?
So many names...
Was it considered "copyright infringement" to use the same terminology as
somebody else? Like "standards" everybody had a unique one of
On 11/03/2015 11:25 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 01:37:27PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
RMS = "Rotating Mass Storage" = CDC term.
That so explains this picture:
https://stallman.org/RMS_13_bendicindo.jpg
:-D
Cool. How about "label" versus VTOC versus "folder" versus
On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 01:37:27PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> RMS = "Rotating Mass Storage" = CDC term.
That so explains this picture:
https://stallman.org/RMS_13_bendicindo.jpg
:-D
/P
On 11/03/2015 11:56 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
From: Rich Alderson
You know, the same company that does not have dis[kc]s, but DASD.
Some guy from IBM came to MIT to give a talk about some database
system that they had, and he kept referring to 'DASD'. Puzzled looks.
Finally some brave soul stu
> From: Rich Alderson
> You know, the same company that does not have dis[kc]s, but DASD.
Some guy from IBM came to MIT to give a talk about some database system that
they had, and he kept referring to 'DASD'. Puzzled looks. Finally some brave
soul stuck up his hand, and asked was a DASD
On 11/03/2015 10:26 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
Mike Ross Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 7:15 PM
One does not boot a mainframe; one IPLs it. :)
Only if said mainframe is from a company with HQ in Armonk, NY. ;->
Yup, I was used to "deadstarting" systems.
--Chuck
> On Nov 3, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Rich Alderson
> wrote:
>
> Mike Ross
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 7:15 PM
>
>> One does not boot a mainframe; one IPLs it. :)
>
> Only if said mainframe is from a company with HQ in Armonk, NY. ;->
>
> You know, the same company that does not have dis[kc]s
Mike Ross
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 7:15 PM
> One does not boot a mainframe; one IPLs it. :)
Only if said mainframe is from a company with HQ in Armonk, NY. ;->
You know, the same company that does not have dis[kc]s, but DASD.
21 matches
Mail list logo
