In 1981 I wrote a full medical billing system for a small practice using AppleSoft BASIC on 64k Apple II+ computers tied to a 10MB Corvus HDD (~$8000) via an OmniNet (1 Mb/sec) network. Apple's DOS couldn't understand anything larger than its 143k floppy disk size, so the HDD had to be partitioned into 67 volumes of 143k each. Your random access files didn't just automatically spill over to the next volume. For each record you wanted, you had to calculate which volume it was on and the relative record number to read or write. Corvus had a backup system called "Mirror" that would back up about 1MB/min to a VHS tape recorder.
The good ol' days...
Russ
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 14:14
by garry
SHARP PC-1262 from 1984 , Basic, 8-bit ROM=40-kB RAM=10-kB ... with later made USB connection to Windows-PC
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Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 15:04
by RussF
Sweet! USB to what - rs232?
Russ
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 15:30
by garry
I connected to my XP computer ... had a file-transfer program , now no more used ... but never lost data also when change battery , 3-V lithium battery keeps 20 years
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 15:46
by andymbody
The first i-Can PING device
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Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 15:47
by RussF
Sorry, I should have been more specific. USB didn't exist in 1984, so the Sharp obviously did not have it. What port on the Sharp did you adapt the USB to - rs232 (serial)?
Russ
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 05 Nov 2023, 16:14
by garry
on the left side it has a connector ... someone from Germany made an USB adapter in ca 2005 so it was possible connect to computer
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Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 08 Nov 2023, 17:02
by garry
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/south-korean-killed-industrial-robot-3906756
-- South Korean man killed by industrial robot - CNA
The industrial robot, which was lifting boxes filled with bell peppers and placing them on a pallet, appears to have malfunctioned and identified the man as a box
The robotic arm pushed the man's upper body down against the conveyor belt, crushing his face and chest
I've been using this trick on and off for about 6 months. It has come in handy when I just want to read one or two articles from a pay site. It doesn't always work but it usually does.
also an addon to firefox
Firefox Extension: Bypass Paywalls Clean (D) by dbmiller
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 20 Nov 2023, 19:43
by jballi
Thanks. archive.is has been unusable lately and so this looks like a good alternative.
I installed it on Firefox for now. I tried it on a few of the supported sites and it appears to work as advertised. I only used archive.is infrequently and so it might be a while before I use this extension to read a paywall blocked article that I found in another browser.
There is a Chromecast version but there is no automatic install. You have to download a Zip file, extract the files, go into developer mode, and so on.
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing":
When Big Content makes the paid version *worse* than the free one.
I proposed that all Wired endorsements for DRM-encumbered products should come with this disclaimer:
WARNING:
THIS DEVICE’S FEATURES ARE SUBJECT TO REVOCATION WITHOUT NOTICE, ACCORDING TO TERMS SET OUT IN SECRET NEGOTIATIONS.
YOUR INVESTMENT IS CONTINGENT ON THE GOODWILL OF THE WORLD’S MOST PARANOID, TECHNOPHOBIC ENTERTAINMENT EXECS.
THIS DEVICE AND DEVICES LIKE IT ARE TYPICALLY USED TO CHARGE YOU FOR THINGS YOU USED TO GET FOR FREE — BE SURE TO FACTOR IN THE PRICE OF BUYING ALL YOUR MEDIA OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AT NO TIME IN HISTORY HAS ANY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY GOTTEN A SWEET DEAL LIKE THIS FROM THE ELECTRONICS PEOPLE, BUT THIS TIME THEY’RE GETTING A TOTAL WALK.
HERE, PUT THIS IN YOUR MOUTH, IT’LL MUFFLE YOUR WHIMPERS.
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 09 Dec 2023, 19:11
by TheArkive
@garry ... that is some beautiful poetry
Re: « What's on your mind? »
Posted: 18 Dec 2023, 11:37
by joedf
Whoops! I missed this, but AHK is officially 20 years old! since the first ever public beta on Nov. 10th, 2003.