Text 40, 57 rader
Skriven 2004-08-17 20:06:24 av Roy J. Tellason (1:270/615.0)
     Kommentar till text 38 av Bill Birrell (2:25/200)
Ärende: [C] Code File Structure
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Bill Birrell wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 > I actually have one of those machines,  which
 > unfortunately has a problem with the floppy drive.
 > And no HD in there.  Maybe at some point I'll acquire
 > an S100 card to handle that.

 BB>     Those voice-coil drives needed regular servicing. They're
 BB> obsolete now. I doubt if you can find an engineer who can still set
 BB> them up. Try contacting Cromemco.

I doubt that would do me any good.  Besides,  I have service data on it
somewhere.  The obstacle to me working on it before was for me to find the
appropriate connectors to extend the power cable out of the box,  it was
awkward as all hell trying to work on it in place.

I would suspect that the need for reqular servicing had something to do with
the use of _incandescent light bulbs_ for such things as index sensors,  etc.
:-)

 > Seems to me I remember BDS being out around then too, and I may even 
 > have it on an 8" floppy somewhere.  I remember some kinda c 
 > compiler,  anyhow,  though it's been a bunch of years since I even 
 > looked at any of those.

 BB>     That's true. I didn't have time to investigate true unix fully
 BB> on a System III, but it was about. I had one for only a couple of
 BB> days. It had its own C compiler. Worked perfectly satisfactorily,
 BB> but it cost the Earth unless you were a student.

 > Now *that* might tend to upset me a bit.  :-)

 BB>     It forced you to back things up. Good habit, especially with
 BB> Z80 Macro assembler source files!

Yeah.

 > I'd still like to fire up and play with the old hardware once in a 
 > while,  if I had a bit more space to work with than what I have 
 > here.  Just for fun.

 BB>     It's only a few weeks ago since I dumped dozens of S100 boards
 BB> from the garage to make room for the car.

Ooh.  I wish I'd known!

 BB> Then I had a mini-stroke, lost a chunk of my visual cortex and had 
 BB> to sell the car because I couldn't see to drive it safely. Never 
 BB> rains but it pours!

Always something.  I just recently found out that my immune system wasn't real
happy with one particular prescription drug,  that resulted in a visit to the
emergency room,  and now I have to stay away from a whole family of drugs--
including aspirin!

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