Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-10-03 Thread Austin L. Denyer
I know z80 asm. I need my reference chart of course, but I have writen programs. Anyone here managed to get windows 95 to run on an amstrad with a z80 and 64k ram? I have. I had to rewrite the gui part so it would run. There were no drives, but it did have a working start menu. It used a

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-10-02 Thread Goldenpi
ot; [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 2:00 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts. Ozz: Can't resist it -- I once had a boss who claimed that he learned to program in octal. The hard part was punching the holes in the cards with a nail file. (oh well, it

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-10-01 Thread Gavin
ubject: Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts. Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is it about US Politics that "even vaguely relates" to Linux? Please, humor me, this bemused Linux user is eager to learn... I agree that "you post messages to a list for

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-10-01 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Ozz: Can't resist it -- I once had a boss who claimed that he learned to program in octal. The hard part was punching the holes in the cards with a nail file. (oh well, it is labeled off-topic, right..) -- Carroll "Austin L. Denyer" wrote: It also helps for programming. Those of us who can

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-10-01 Thread John Rye
Paul R wrote: So what do you use it for? -Paul R Yup and I still have a working 6502 Sym-1 from Synertek (circa 1975) Wouldn't let it go for .. either !! Runs 24/7, still my only means of burning EPROMS, is the front end of a security system, and

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is it about US Politics that "even vaguely relates" to Linux? Please, humor me, this bemused Linux user is eager to learn... I agree that "you post messages to a list for the benefit of that list seeing and responding". BUT What

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Dan LaBine
Hear, Hear, or Here, Here !! Thanks for some common sense ! I'm Canadian, and and I'm sick to death of this crap! - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:36 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread GAPrichard
In a message dated 9/29/2000 6:09:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: be moderated. If not then anything that even vaugely relates should be fine. When people start telling others what they can or can't talk about then things just go to hell w/ flame wars etc. A new

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Vic
TED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:36 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts. Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is it about US Politics that "even vaguely relates" to Linux? Please, humor me, this bemused Linux user is eager to learn... I

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread GAPrichard
Oh, if it were as simple as that to get away from U.S. politics. -Gary- In a message dated 9/30/2000 2:27:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm thinking about moving to Canada. On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Dan LaBine wrote: Hear, Hear, or Here, Here !! Thanks for some

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Austin L. Denyer
be moderated. If not then anything that even vaugely relates should be fine. When people start telling others what they can or can't talk about then things just go to hell w/ flame wars etc. A new list is great but minor snip Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Austin L. Denyer
Thank you Ozz...very well put. I'm glad that someone has finally said it and it couldn't have been said any better. I live in the States and I definately don't want to hear about this crap on the list. It's all ya hear about in the stinkin news all the time. Enough already! Thanks for the

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Vic
I remember programming in computer repair class, we used the old Z80 cpu with just an alphanumeric keyboard with a ribbon cable to the MB and the old blue alphanumeric vacuum fluorescent display using hex code, cpu instrucitons, accumulator register, BC register, and all those other little wierdo

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Patti Wavinak
tin L. Denyer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.: be moderated. If not then anything that even vaugely relates should be fine. When people start telling others what they can or can't talk about then things just go to hell w/ flame wars etc.

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Vic
CLANG CRASH! It has been dropped and broken On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Patti Wavinak wrote: Everyone keeps saying to drop the subject so PLEASE CAN WE NOW DROP IT?

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Damnnow I have to put another subject in my spam catcher. Alan

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Mark Weaver
of this crap! - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:36 AM Subject: Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts. Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is it about US Politics that &qu

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-30 Thread Vic
Well, if old is all it is, that does not bug me any. Hmm. Maybe I should get dual citizenship??? I sure would like to be in Canada's weather, much cooler in the summer than here in blazing hot Kansas, plus the countryside is awesome. On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: it's a real

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-29 Thread Austin L. Denyer
So run your email through a filter before downloading it? Combine that with serious bitching at your phone company for being overpriced. For a start, I would have to download at least the headers (which are often several k) in order to filter. Secondly, International roaming rates are

Re: OT [newbie] Off-topic posts.

2000-09-29 Thread Austin L. Denyer
No you don't. Just set your email host up with the filters you want. It's not at all hard unless you have a retarded server. *shrugs* Which is fine if your ISP allows it (I do not have my own permanent mail server yet). It's not just about OT messages. If a list is moderated then fine let