Forum transition scheduled for Tuesday, 8/13. Here's what that means.
- Thread starter Phil Herring
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And the magnets will realalign the stars ????I keep mine on the fridge so I know where it is.
Ooooohhhhhhhh... TRaSh-80. Best computer ever made, next to the Commodore VIC20. Even better, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Whoot!
I was discussing the upcoming forum changes with on of the locals.
She was not upset or even concerned.
“Not my problem! I got to get out of this speckled winter coat.“
She was not upset or even concerned.
“Not my problem! I got to get out of this speckled winter coat.“
Only reason we needed the paper tape was if the computer crashed. Then we’d shutdown and boot strap the start code to teach the bugger basic. Then we were back in business. Next batch of IBM cards. Pray there were no more hanging chads.
I saw that happen when the reader went gunny bags.
Brian you likely returned the cards to the programer.
“Don’t know what happened. Probably a misplaced variable. Better check your code.”
Then the pleading occurred.
“Please, please can you run it again. No, You know the rules. Three fails and we return them to the programer.
But but but. I got this paper due tomorrow. I know the code is solid. One more time. You like White Castle burgers, don’t you. Why don’t you give it one more run while I pick up a bag of burgers for you....
Well.....”
Brian you likely returned the cards to the programer.
“Don’t know what happened. Probably a misplaced variable. Better check your code.”
Then the pleading occurred.
“Please, please can you run it again. No, You know the rules. Three fails and we return them to the programer.
But but but. I got this paper due tomorrow. I know the code is solid. One more time. You like White Castle burgers, don’t you. Why don’t you give it one more run while I pick up a bag of burgers for you....
Well.....”
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I would think that anyone "stuck in an elevator" would be more concerned with cleaning the chaff out of their shorts than surfing a forum so we don't need to worry about them.
I had the Tandy. When I upgraded to an HP to use for email, I ask my brother what can I reuse the Tandy parts for. He said, "do you need another anchor for your boat?".
Skipper: “Get on the floor mat or go for a run”?
Wayne: “Sorry Skip I said, no! They’re changing the FORMAT on the FORUM”.
Skipper: “Ughmph”
Wayne: “Sorry Skip I said, no! They’re changing the FORMAT on the FORUM”.
Skipper: “Ughmph”
It took me about 3 times to understand what you were saying. I’m glad Skipper understood you.
Well not so fast!
Basic is alive and still has a heart beat.
I was helping a young and up and coming "coder" [actually Encoder] begin in the APP world for smart devices.
I thought...
Boy I wish BASIC was still around.
It's ALIVE...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET#2019_(VB_16.0)
Jim...
c'mon man, dont shut it down. Spin up the Disaster Recovery servers and let us use those for a while. Jyst dont swap back to production afterwards. Let us post anything as it will be hosed down and disinfected afterwards
Yes @Dan_Y, all data will be preserved. We ran the whole process as a test and it worked perfectly. But if anything does get screwed up we've got data backups to work with.