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Bored? Good news - 16-bit DOS door games now available on CHIMPY::

by sampsa＠mac.com

Being a retard, I only tested the scripts under my own account - they were of course totally broken under a captive account. It should work now, for those of you are interested (Tradewars 2002 really is quite a good game, and the backgammon does rock). sampsa On 26 Jan 2015, at 22:54, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: Oh, forgot to mention, log in as "16BIT" to launch these. sampsa On 26 Jan 2015, at 22:51, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: CHIMPY:: has just signed up with BBS Interlink to provide retro door games for anyone, well, connecting to CHIMPY. The games run on a shared server so you might encounter up to dozens of players online at once, so not exactly an MMO portal but good fun to be had still (especially Global Backgammon, still my favourite backgammon game for over 20 years). Anyway, the games on offer are: Global War (risk clone) Global Backgammon LORD LORD 2 Planets: TEOS Operation: Overkill 2 Trade Wars 2002 Pimp Wars Lunatix BBS Crash Enjoy. sampsa

11 years

[DECtec] [HECnet] VAXstation 4000/VLC clock battery?

by macro＠linux-mips.org

On Sat, 24 Jan 2015, Mark Wickens wrote: Yes DS12887A is the right part number. Or search online how to cut the top off and add your own battery. These are generally available on eBay from China as well. NB the original is actually a DS1287A rather than a DS12887A. While being pin compatible they are not identical and the difference between the two is the latter has 128 bytes of internal addressable locations while the former only has 64 bytes, and consequently ignores the value of bit #6 written to the address register. So hope that no clever software relies on that bit being ignored before assuming a DS12887A can replace a DS1287A! Maciej -- DECtec mailing list http://dectec.info To unsubscribe from this list see page at: http://dectec.info/mailman/listinfo/dectec_dectec.info

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Number of nodes online a bit low?

by jsteve＠superglobalmegacorp.com

Come to Asia, where you can live the dream of both high volage, *and* crap wiring. Not to mention a mixture of fuses, and breakers. And it seems every time I pop open anything with a fuse, it's rated for something insanely high like 13A @ 220V for a simple fan.. But at least in HK we don't have the 50/60Hz split of Japan. -----Original Message----- From: Hans Vlems [mailto:hvlems at zonnet.nl] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 6:19 PM To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Number of nodes online a bit low? You can touch a live wire here and provided it's just one hand and your feet aren't in salty water nothing much will happen. Higher frequencies will pass your skin more readily. I'd rather touch 230V/50Hz than 80V/1000Hz. Verzonden vanaf mijn BlackBerry 10-smartphone. Origineel bericht Van: Johnny Billquist Verzonden: maandag 26 januari 2015 17:49 Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Number of nodes online a bit low? On 2015-01-26 17:40, John Wilson wrote: From: Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> This is Europe, remember... Normal mains are 230V, and 3-phase are 410V phase to phase. All the DEC equipment around here are designed to run on that stuff. Sure ... I remember reading the back plate on a dryer at a laundromat once (in I forget which country) and suddenly not wanting to touch it any more. I just have trouble getting used to the fact that although you *already* run most things at what Americans would consider double voltage, you *still* double the voltage for the big toys (things which we grudgingly whip out the 230 VAC for). But then again, once it's lethal, I suppose it doesn't matter how lethal. And copper costs more than insulation so being able to use wimpier wire for the same wattage is good design. Less loss too. Plus, this is stuff you pretty much never unplug/replug, so your fingers are almost never near the live prongs. Still ... around here, it's hard to find wire that's insulated for more than 300V. Yeah... That "lethal" aspect have never been my issue. 110V or 230V. Who cares? If it comes to the wrong place, either will kill me. And just through two fingers on the same hand, they both just annoy the hell out of me, and I swear loudly for a few minutes... I am much more nervous about the (to my view) really crappy and scary plugs you use in the US. They actually have a fair chance of actually exposing me to contact... You really cannot touch the prongs when they have power on plugs around here... Johnny

11 years

Bored? Good news - 16-bit DOS door games now available on CHIMPY::

by jg＠jordi.guillaumes.name

CHIMPY:: has just signed up with BBS Interlink to provide retro door games for anyone, well, connecting to CHIMPY. The games run on a shared server so you might encounter up to dozens of players online at once, so not exactly an MMO portal but good fun to be had still (especially Global Backgammon, still my favourite backgammon game for over 20 years). Just as a reminder, BITXT1 hosts DECWAR, and it should be accessible from anywhere in HECNET. ;)

11 years

Bored? Good news - 16-bit DOS door games now available on CHIMPY::

by sampsa＠mac.com

Oh, forgot to mention, log in as "16BIT" to launch these. sampsa On 26 Jan 2015, at 22:51, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote: CHIMPY:: has just signed up with BBS Interlink to provide retro door games for anyone, well, connecting to CHIMPY. The games run on a shared server so you might encounter up to dozens of players online at once, so not exactly an MMO portal but good fun to be had still (especially Global Backgammon, still my favourite backgammon game for over 20 years). Anyway, the games on offer are: Global War (risk clone) Global Backgammon LORD LORD 2 Planets: TEOS Operation: Overkill 2 Trade Wars 2002 Pimp Wars Lunatix BBS Crash Enjoy. sampsa

11 years

Bored? Good news - 16-bit DOS door games now available on CHIMPY::

by sampsa＠mac.com

CHIMPY:: has just signed up with BBS Interlink to provide retro door games for anyone, well, connecting to CHIMPY. The games run on a shared server so you might encounter up to dozens of players online at once, so not exactly an MMO portal but good fun to be had still (especially Global Backgammon, still my favourite backgammon game for over 20 years). Anyway, the games on offer are: Global War (risk clone) Global Backgammon LORD LORD 2 Planets: TEOS Operation: Overkill 2 Trade Wars 2002 Pimp Wars Lunatix BBS Crash Enjoy. sampsa

11 years

DCL Question - weird input problme

by sampsa＠mac.com

Ah it has to be immediately before the command, I did it a few lines before. Cheers - works fine now. sampsa On 26 Jan 2015, at 21:53, Mark Pizzolato - Info Comm <Mark at infocomm.com> wrote: To get the behavior you are expecting when invoked from a command file, the command immediately preceding the python invitation should be: $ define/user sys$input sys$command This is from 20+ year old memory, but that should be close.... - Mark On Jan 26, 2015 2:47 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: On 2015-01-26 20:41, Sampsa Laine wrote: > So I've got this Python script which reads commands from stdin, basically in the form of <cmd> + <cr(lf?> > > When I run it standalone, it works fine, but when invoked from a COM file it acts as if stdin is nothing but CRLF's.. > > Any ideas? Are you sure it is not EOF? When run from a command file, programs will get their input from the command file, up to the next line starting with a dollar sign, which would be the next DCL command. So I would assume you'd get an EOF in your python program at that point. Johnny

11 years

DCL Question - weird input problme

by Mark＠infocomm.com

To get the behavior you are expecting when invoked from a command file, the command immediately preceding the python invitation should be: $ define/user sys$input sys$command This is from 20+ year old memory, but that should be close.... - Mark On Jan 26, 2015 2:47 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote: On 2015-01-26 20:41, Sampsa Laine wrote: > So I've got this Python script which reads commands from stdin, basically in the form of <cmd> + <cr(lf?> > > When I run it standalone, it works fine, but when invoked from a COM file it acts as if stdin is nothing but CRLF's.. > > Any ideas? Are you sure it is not EOF? When run from a command file, programs will get their input from the command file, up to the next line starting with a dollar sign, which would be the next DCL command. So I would assume you'd get an EOF in your python program at that point. Johnny

11 years

DCL Question - weird input problme

by bqt＠softjar.se

On 2015-01-26 20:41, Sampsa Laine wrote: So I've got this Python script which reads commands from stdin, basically in the form of <cmd> + <cr(lf?> When I run it standalone, it works fine, but when invoked from a COM file it acts as if stdin is nothing but CRLF's.. Any ideas? Are you sure it is not EOF? When run from a command file, programs will get their input from the command file, up to the next line starting with a dollar sign, which would be the next DCL command. So I would assume you'd get an EOF in your python program at that point. Johnny

11 years

DCL Question - weird input problme

by sampsa＠mac.com

So I've got this Python script which reads commands from stdin, basically in the form of <cmd> + <cr(lf?> When I run it standalone, it works fine, but when invoked from a COM file it acts as if stdin is nothing but CRLF's.. Any ideas? sampsa

11 years

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