Hello James,
Saturday, September 07, 2002, 3:53:04 PM, you wrote:
JS probably spent more time programing than studying Now I did notice
JS one thing missing from the trivia list though Does anybody else here
JS know how to use a sliderule? (or maybe I shoud say did.. been so long
JS
I think dfox was having more fun with the humor of the idea than the
reality..
Well, somewhat. I haven't tried that in quite a while, but I did
run a couple of experiments pitting stuff like chess master vs
an atari 2600 chess cartridge and a Radio shack dedicated pocket
type chess computer.
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:45, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 13:40 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I guess I need to start
looking...
Hmm, is it against the laws if I
At 21.02 06/09/2002, you wrote:
I found it (my copy) on a 1.2 disk. I even installed a small DOS
partition with my old DOS 6 and even connected an old 1.2 drive just to
install Battle Chess. Now I'm playing it once in a while and ruin my
Linux uptime!
1.2 disk??? did you use them?
I always
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 01:40 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:13, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 19:09 -0700, dfox wrote:
Hey, for extra fun, run battle chess inside a dosemu session (assuming
that it will do so) and then haev gnuchessx running -
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 22:46 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Wobo,
Have to ask did that high pitched sound sound anything like O
no Linnnuxx *grin*
No. It was a shrieking sound of alarm. But as you mention it, I think
underneath I heard a husky voice with a sigh: O,
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 09:37 +0100, Alastair Scott wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:45, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 13:40 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I guess I
On Saturday 07 September 2002 01:53 am, James Sparenberg scribbled in crayon
on a yellow legal pad:
Does anybody else here
know how to use a sliderule? (or maybe I shoud say did.. been so long
I've probably forgotten.)
sliderule joke
Yes, and I can even subtract on a sliderule.
/sliderule
On Saturday 07 September 2002 02:18 am, Colin Jenkins scribbled in crayon on a
yellow legal pad:
Hello Alastair,
Saturday, September 07, 2002, 6:42:50 AM, you wrote:
AS Considering DOS, I began with 5.25 floppy disks on IBM ATs, which were
AS built like tanks - green screens, enormously
On Sat, 07 Sep 2002 12:22:05 +0200 Olaf Marzocchi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I always bought 360k disks and formatted as 720kb!
It was useful because you can copy 3.5 720kb disks into those old
pizzas... (5.25).
Due to remote access problems and Earthlink/Mindspring blocking SMTP port,
I was
On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 13:24, Randy Kramer wrote:
On Saturday 07 September 2002 03:27 pm, Vincent Danen wrote:
Likewise, except I was a sysop for many years. I'm trying to
remember that multi-tasking software for DOS, but the name escapes
me... You need QEMM (IIRC) in order for it to run
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 00:43 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
yes I remember running a cobol program that proved taht 2+2=4 and
listening to some guy begging people for 30 seconds of computer time so
he could finish his current class project (seems his last one had an
endless loop and he
yes I remember running a cobol program that proved taht 2+2=4 and
listening to some guy begging people for 30 seconds of computer time so
he could finish his current class project (seems his last one had an
endless loop and he ate up 2 minutes of time before someone caught
it..) The large (I
List
Subject: Re: [expert] a stopid question
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 15:12 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Wobo,
A Univac computer for me.. and yes pitty the poor individual who
didn't get the cover seated correctly on the card reader. Cards
flying everywhere. (Pity them
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Mike Settle wrote:
Oh, for sure - Computers were just plain *FUN* back then !!! Now, they're
just a *^%in' job. We had two different ways of generating computer
'music' back then - One, was to turn to a really low band on one of those
new-fangled Japanese transistor
On Friday 06 September 2002 11:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in
crayon on a yellow legal pad:
ASR teletype
These were very nice; wished I had one at the time to relace my Model 19.
paper tape
Chadless paper was a major improvement.
--
Hoyt
http://www.maximumhoyt.com
Fix it until it
, September 06, 2002 6:00 AM
To: Expert List
Subject: Re: [expert] a stopid question
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 00:43 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
yes I remember running a cobol program that proved taht 2+2=4 and
listening to some guy begging people for 30 seconds of computer time
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:42:10 -0400 HoytDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 06 September 2002 11:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled
in crayon on a yellow legal pad:
ASR teletype
These were very nice; wished I had one at the time to relace my Model
19.
What? No 14...? :
paper tape
It sure is interesting to read some of these old war (or is that whore)
stories. I didn't get into computers until about '91. the best i can
claim is writing DOS batch files to give a color menu display (rather
than just c:), and automating common tasks.
I DO remember back to the mid-70's when
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:13, James Sparenberg wrote:
Note to that the early flight simulators (and in fact many still
running) use to train professional pilots as well as battle field
simulation software. All ran on Amiga 2000s. Does anyone remember
Battle Chess? Full 3d animation on a
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 14:50 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:13, James Sparenberg wrote:
Note to that the early flight simulators (and in fact many still
running) use to train professional pilots as well as battle field
simulation software. All ran on Amiga 2000s.
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:02, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 14:50 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:13, James Sparenberg wrote:
Note to that the early flight simulators (and in fact many still
running) use to train professional pilots as well as
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 08:34, Ken Hawkins wrote:
It sure is interesting to read some of these old war (or is that whore)
stories. I didn't get into computers until about '91. the best i can
claim is writing DOS batch files to give a color menu display (rather
than just c:), and automating
On Friday 06 September 2002 03:47 pm, James Sparenberg scribbled in crayon on
a yellow legal pad:
Used to
play a game called star-trek; with an E for the Enterprise, a K for
the Klingons, an * for photon torpedoes, etc etc.
Ken
Ken,
I know the guy who wrote that one... it was
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:07:47 -0400
HoytDuff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First computer game I ever played. Pong was my first console game.
White on black and moved at the speed of a snail.
Charles
--
Woodward's Law:
A theory is better than its explanation.
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 18:29, Mark Weaver wrote:
Thats it! I'm going to have to grab one of these things. I haven't been
this jazzed about a machine for a long time.
Well, I put my money where my mouth is and will soon be the owner of an
Amiga 1200 with 16MB RAM, 340MB hard drive, CD-ROM and
After having been whupped by that game numerous times, and never having
met anyone who played and won, I have 2 questions for your friend:
1) Did anyone ever actually WIN that game?
2) Does he program for Microsoft now?
sorry, low blow, but I am STILL pissed at that game.
Ken
PS Amiga RULZ!
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 12:45 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:02, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 14:50 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
I remember Battle Chess very well. We were running it on 386's, and
connecting by modem, if memory serves. Very
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I guess I need to start
looking...
James
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 13:30, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 12:45 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:02,
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 16:34, Ken Hawkins wrote:
It sure is interesting to read some of these old war (or is that whore)
stories. I didn't get into computers until about '91. the best i can
claim is writing DOS batch files to give a color menu display (rather
than just c:), and automating
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 08:42, HoytDuff wrote:
On Friday 06 September 2002 11:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled in
crayon on a yellow legal pad:
ASR teletype
These were very nice; wished I had one at the time to relace my Model 19.
paper tape
Chadless paper was a major improvement.
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 12:20, Ken Hawkins wrote:
PPS Mandatory ON TOPIC: I bunged my main home computer (MDK8.2) when I
tried to install w2k [DONT GO THERE!]. Since I managed to make it even
worse, I am now going to a clean-sheet install. I will be doing MDK 8.2,
Win98, and W2K. I have 3
On Friday 06 September 2002 04:40 pm, James Sparenberg scribbled in crayon on
a yellow legal pad:
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I guess I need to start
looking...
http://www.paragon-gmbh.com/f_dos.htm
US$14.95
--
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 13:40 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I guess I need to start
looking...
Hmm, is it against the laws if I send you an dd-outfile of my
single-floppy-DOS? It's just
Wife is going to kill me *grin*
James
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 14:30, HoytDuff wrote:
On Friday 06 September 2002 04:40 pm, James Sparenberg scribbled in crayon on
a yellow legal pad:
Bummmer, Guess this means I don't spend the $10 US on a new
copy...Unless I can find DOS 6 somewhere. I
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 10:20, Ken Hawkins wrote:
After having been whupped by that game numerous times, and never having
met anyone who played and won, I have 2 questions for your friend:
1) Did anyone ever actually WIN that game?
His version yes.. it says You won ... wanna play again.
2)
Hmm, is it against the laws if I send you an dd-outfile of my
single-floppy-DOS? It's just 1.44M which you could dd on a 1.44 floppy.
Technically yes. Will anyone care is another matter. :)
does it have to be DOS 6? What about an open dos image? Isn't
DR DOS now GPL or a reasonable
I found it (my copy) on a 1.2 disk. I even installed a small DOS
partition with my old DOS 6 and even connected an old 1.2 drive just to
Hey, for extra fun, run battle chess inside a dosemu session (assuming
that it will do so) and then haev gnuchessx running - pit gnuchessx
against battle
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 19:09 -0700, dfox wrote:
I found it (my copy) on a 1.2 disk. I even installed a small DOS
partition with my old DOS 6 and even connected an old 1.2 drive just to
Hey, for extra fun, run battle chess inside a dosemu session (assuming
that it will do so) and then
Not only was there discrepancies with the 'signed' zero, but IBM used to do
a core dump and bring production to a screeching halt because of a 'divide
by zero' error.
At least we didn't get the whole core dumped (on paper) -- worst
case scenario for us students was that we'd get
Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first piece of code on ...
the HP-45 RPM programmable Calculator. (more fun than the mainframe...
memories :)
My first programming was done on a TI 59 calculator. It's actually a
good approach, particularly when later on learning assembler level
On Friday 06 September 2002 11:05 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Mike Settle wrote:
Oh, for sure - Computers were just plain *FUN* back then !!! Now,
they're just a *^%in' job. We had two different ways of generating
computer 'music' back then - One, was to turn to
..just wanted to butt in to say i'm sad i can't post any
good ole times memories.. i'm really enjoying this thread..
reminds me of my first atari games when i was about 5 years old..
(and it's not stopid at all... but it did get looong :o))
Damian
--
boot into windows?
what has
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 01:39, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 22:12, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote:
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
Then how about Commodore, Sinclair (was that the spelling?) and
others?
Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 22:13, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 19:09 -0700, dfox wrote:
I found it (my copy) on a 1.2 disk. I even installed a small DOS
partition with my old DOS 6 and even connected an old 1.2 drive just to
Hey, for extra fun, run battle chess inside a
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 19:13, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 19:09 -0700, dfox wrote:
I found it (my copy) on a 1.2 disk. I even installed a small DOS
partition with my old DOS 6 and even connected an old 1.2 drive just to
Hey, for extra fun, run battle chess inside a
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 21:18, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 01:39, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 22:12, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote:
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
Then how about Commodore, Sinclair (was that the spelling?) and
Good grief! how in the world did one get any work done seeing as it took
all night just to compile one program?
Not easily, to be sure. When I was just starting computer classes, turn-
around time for some cobol jobs could be as long as six hours. You'd go
into the lab early in the morning,
Hello Alastair,
Saturday, September 07, 2002, 6:42:50 AM, you wrote:
AS Considering DOS, I began with 5.25 floppy disks on IBM ATs, which were
AS built like tanks - green screens, enormously thick case metal and the
my first was a kit (microbee z80 processor, 16k ram) upgraded to 64k
to run
12 years of unix here...
Darren
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 12:30, Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
Hi.
Well, only about 8 years of UNIX, not 10. And 18(?) years with
computers. Don't know if I would call me a hard-core UNIX head
(I don't like vi, you see? ;-).
On Wed 2002-09-04 at 12:32:52 -0700,
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the people always
say they miss them. What was so special about them that they're so
sorely missed? I wouldn't know an Amiga computer if
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the people always
say they miss them. What was so special about them that they're
Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
Hi.
Well, only about 8 years of UNIX, not 10. And 18(?) years with
computers. Don't know if I would call me a hard-core UNIX head
(I don't like vi, you see? ;-).
On Wed 2002-09-04 at 12:32:52 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not
Hello Alastair,
Thursday, September 05, 2002, 9:16:15 PM, you wrote:
g speed from a 'feeble' 68000 both because of an optimal
ahh memories... this weekend i'm getting out my Amiga 2000 (bet it
fires up without any problems)
--
Best regards,
Colinmailto:[EMAIL
On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:16 am, Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga
*grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the people
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 15:24)
My GOD! where do I find one of these marvelous machines? I WANT ONE!!
they sound perfectly awesome. I can't help but wonder why in the world
they're not still produced. What caused their downfall?
I'm pretty sure there'll be a fair
Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the people always
say they miss them. What was so
Hi dh,
I think that you're computer is the most powerful of the world.
You're already on 06 oct !!! ;-)
dh wrote:
On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:16 am, Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not
On Thursday 05 September 2002 07:24 am, Mark Weaver wrote:
Alastair
My GOD! where do I find one of these marvelous machines? I WANT ONE!!
they sound perfectly awesome. I can't help but wonder why in the
world they're not still produced. What caused their downfall?
See my other post as well
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the people always
say they miss them. What was so special about them that they're so
dh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/06/2002 15:29)
Excellent description, you neglected to mention that except for the
very (very!) earliest of versions it was/is also a fully pre-emptive,
multitasking OS.
The first computer I owned that could draw me away from it as far as
usability was a
Hi.
On Thu 2002-09-05 at 12:16:15 +0100, Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
I've been hearing a lot about Amigas and invariably the
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 03:59, Mark Weaver wrote:
Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
Hi.
Well, only about 8 years of UNIX, not 10. And 18(?) years with
computers. Don't know if I would call me a hard-core UNIX head
(I don't like vi, you see? ;-).
On Wed 2002-09-04 at 12:32:52 -0700, James
On Thursday 05 September 2002 03:24 pm, you wrote:
Now, If I just knew what an Amiga was...
The Amiga was the first true multimedia computer. ;-)
--
/\
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 13:16 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
They still re-make and sell them in Europe. amiga.com .org and .net
exist and can start you on your journey. What caused the downfall.
They got bought by Commodore. The management of Commedore was the role
model for Enron.
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 14:22, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 13:16 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
They still re-make and sell them in Europe. amiga.com .org and .net
exist and can start you on your journey. What caused the downfall.
They got bought by Commodore. The
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 15:12 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Wobo,
A Univac computer for me.. and yes pitty the poor individual who
didn't get the cover seated correctly on the card reader. Cards
flying everywhere. (Pity them even more if thier cards weren't
numbered!!) The real
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 07:29, dh wrote:
On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:16 am, Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002 11:55)
James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga
*grin*)
James
I've been
On Thursday 05 September 2002 04:13 pm, you wrote:
Note to that the early flight simulators (and in fact many still
running) use to train professional pilots as well as battle field
simulation software. All ran on Amiga 2000s. Does anyone remember
Battle Chess? Full 3d animation on a
Man this email made me feel old. I can't believe there are computer
users who don't remember the Amiga!
Darren
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 20:59, Mark Weaver wrote:
Benjamin Pflugmann wrote:
Hi.
Well, only about 8 years of UNIX, not 10. And 18(?) years with
computers. Don't know if I
Don't forget the Amiga did multitasking years before any other home
computer did...remember PC people saying why would you need to do more
than one thing at a time on a computer
Darren
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 00:52, Alastair Scott wrote:
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(09/05/2002
On Friday 06 September 2002 01:38, Darren King wrote:
Man this email made me feel old. I can't believe there are computer
users who don't remember the Amiga!
Me too. Even though I started with Apple IIe, and the manual included
schema of the motherboard. I liked the open architecture
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:40, Darren King wrote:
Don't forget the Amiga did multitasking years before any other home
computer did...remember PC people saying why would you need to do more
than one thing at a time on a computer
My answer was always... For those of us who can walk and chew
On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:55 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:40, Darren King wrote:
Don't forget the Amiga did multitasking years before any other home
computer did...remember PC people saying why would you need to do more
than one thing at a time on a
Teemu Torma wrote:
On Friday 06 September 2002 01:38, Darren King wrote:
Man this email made me feel old. I can't believe there are computer
users who don't remember the Amiga!
Me too. Even though I started with Apple IIe, and the manual included
schema of the motherboard. I
Darren King wrote:
Man this email made me feel old. I can't believe there are computer
users who don't remember the Amiga!
Darren
ah...don't sweat it. I didn't get started till '96. I'm still kind of a
baby.
Mark
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
Then how about Commodore, Sinclair (was that the spelling?) and
others?
The good old past had interesting things on computing!
I've started out with an Sinclair (?) based computer, then MSX, then
mainframes (IBM and Fujitsu), then PC until now!!
So I
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 19:27, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:55 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:40, Darren King wrote:
Don't forget the Amiga did multitasking years before any other home
computer did...remember PC people saying why would you
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 22:12, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote:
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Mark Weaver wrote:
Then how about Commodore, Sinclair (was that the spelling?) and
others?
Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first piece of code on ...
the HP-45 RPM programmable Calculator.
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 22:36 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 19:27, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Thursday 05 September 2002 09:55 pm, James Sparenberg wrote:
On Thu, 2002-09-05 at 16:40, Darren King wrote:
Don't forget the Amiga did multitasking years before any other
Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 13:16 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
They still re-make and sell them in Europe. amiga.com .org and .net
exist and can start you on your journey. What caused the downfall.
They got bought by Commodore. The management of Commedore was the role
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 22:39 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Don't forget the TI and the one I wrote my first piece of code on ...
the HP-45 RPM programmable Calculator. (more fun than the mainframe...
it took forever to write, debug and view output from a program it was
boring the 45
Wobo,
A Univac computer for me.. and yes pitty the poor individual who
didn't get the cover seated correctly on the card reader. Cards
flying everywhere. (Pity them even more if thier cards weren't
numbered!!) The real treat was paper tape readers Do remember
watching someone
Hi list,
Ok...I've been a wrackin my poor brain for the last few hours and burnin
up the Google search engine trying to find the answer to this question,
but I just can't find the answer and I can't remember the correct
command line syntax to save my forgetful life this morning.
I'm trying
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:31 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
Ok...I've been a wrackin my poor brain for the last few hours and burnin
up the Google search engine trying to find the answer to this question,
but I just can't find the answer and I can't remember the correct
command
Also:
cp black\ out.txt chancellor\ kohl.txt
Woody
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 04:59, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:31 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
Ok...I've been a wrackin my poor brain for the last few hours and burnin
up the Google search engine trying
-Original Message-
From: Wolfgang Bornath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 1:00 PM
To: expert list
Subject: Re: [expert] a stopid question
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:31 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
Ok...I've been a wrackin my
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 13:19 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Wolfgang Bornath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
cp 'black out.txt' 'chancellor kohl.txt'
can you also use
$ cp black\ out.txt chancellor\ kohl.txt
You can use both, just tested it. For me the version with quotes is
Woody Green wrote:
Also:
cp black\ out.txt chancellor\ kohl.txt
Woody
Ok...lets have a show of hands here. How many hard-core Unix system
heads have we here with 10 or more years of experience. I'm starting to
feel as though there is a vast chache of untapped knowledge lurking in
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
James
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 06:27, Mark Weaver wrote:
Woody Green wrote:
Also:
cp black\ out.txt chancellor\ kohl.txt
Woody
Ok...lets have a show of hands here. How many hard-core Unix system
heads
Hi.
Well, only about 8 years of UNIX, not 10. And 18(?) years with
computers. Don't know if I would call me a hard-core UNIX head
(I don't like vi, you see? ;-).
On Wed 2002-09-04 at 12:32:52 -0700, James Sparenberg wrote:
Over 10 years on computers not always nix (I miss my Amiga *grin*)
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 05:59, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:31 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
Ok...I've been a wrackin my poor brain for the last few hours and burnin
up the Google search engine trying to find the answer to this question,
but I just can't
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