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Wer kann mir erklären: Warum braucht ein Windows10-Update heute immer noch me…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/29

Some historic perspective (although on Windows since quite a long time, you can rename files before replacing them: that works very well):

[WayBack] Wer kann mir erklären: Warum braucht ein Windows10-Update heute immer noch mehrere Reboots? – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Zu MS-DOS Zeiten gab es kein Netz und kein Multiprocessing. Als Netz und Fileshares dann dazu kamen, funktionierten viele Anwendungen nicht korrekt.

Zu dieser Zeit hat Microsoft die Entscheidung getroffen, vom Betriebssystem aus Mandatory File Locking für geöffnete Dateien zu implementieren, es sei denn, ein Prozeß stellt das von sich aus anders ein.

Mandatory File Locking heißt in diesem Fall, daß nix und niemand eine Datei anfassen kann, die offen ist, Ein laufendes Executeable, eine DLL oder ein Logfile sind aber immer offen.

Daher gibt es einen Reboot Hook, mit dem ein Updater Dateiersetzungen für einen System Neustart hinterlegen kann. Beim Reboot werden die Dateien dann schnell ausgetauscht bevor sie geöffnet werden.

–jeroen

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Dennis1000/mos6502-delphi: A MOS 6502 CPU emulator written in Delphi (a very basic C64 + VIC20 emulator included)

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/25

Really cool history: [Archive.isDennis1000/mos6502-delphi: A MOS 6502 CPU emulator written in Delphi (a very basic C64 + VIC20 emulator included)

It should run on most 32-bit Delphi versions.

via:

–jeroen

Posted in 6502, C64, Commodore, Delphi, Development, History, Software Development, VIC-20 | 2 Comments »

GitHub – oldcompcz/SpaceAssault: DOS space shooter in ASCII.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/05

Cool [WayBackGitHub – oldcompcz/SpaceAssault: DOS space shooter in ASCII. written in pure C using Turbo C.

You can likely compile this using this:

[WayBack] Turbo C++ or C for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 32/64-bit Full Screen Free Download – CodePlex Archive

The download is actually a small Windows wrapper around Turbo C++ 3.2: github.com/vineetchoudhary/turbocpp/releases.

Via: [WayBack] Space Assault Game The complete source code of very nice ascii-art invaders is now at GitHub. This game of Roman Hocke won second place in the High-Voltage 2017 competition… – Jaroslav Beran – Google+

–jeroen

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Chris Osbornes picture of (Almost) Every Wedge Computer he has Got : retrobattlestations

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/04

On reddit: [WayBackWedge Week(Almost) Every Wedge Computer I’ve Got (i.redd.it)

Via: [WayBack] My entry for #WedgeWeek on #RetroBattlestations. (Almost) every wedge computer I’ve got. No exact duplicates but a few are from the same series. Glad … – Chris Osborn – Google+ where I commended “Nice collection! I’ve used at least 10 or 12 of them in one way or the other (: Need to take a closer look when not on the road.”

So behind a normal machine instead of a smartphone, I think this is the list going from the top left in a counter clockwise and spiral order to the center:

  • I marked the ones I ever used (either at school, friends or university) with a star, and added some links later; mostly from Wikipedia/Wikimedia.

** I’m still not sure why, as there was a Dutch user group (see trs80.nl), but somehow no people in my “circles” me had one.

Original image is a [WayBack] highres 3211*1942 one and easier to see the model numbers (;

–jeroen

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Horace Dediu on Twitter: “Personal computing, the first 40 years.… “

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/01

[WayBackHorace Dediu on Twitter: “Personal computing, the first 40 years.… “

–jeroen

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DRAM Access Timing – now and then (then = during 6502 times) TL;DR: Modern DR…

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/28

DRAM Access Timing – now and then (then = during 6502 times)TL;DR: Modern DRAM ist faster old stuff, but not much. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Source: [WayBackDRAM Access Timing – now and then (then = during 6502 times) TL;DR: Modern DR…

Full article: [WayBackdram_latency_then_and_now.md by [WayBackPer Vognsen.

–jeroen

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Apple II Ethernet Module – a2RetroSystems

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/25

Reminder to self: see if I can order this:

Apple II Ethernet Module – This product is based on the Wiznet W5100 chip. It has an embedded hardware IP stack. Contiki, IP65, Marinetti and ADTPro have been updated to work with the new card.

We will be using Itead as our current PCB supplier.
The card will be assembled by Circuits Central

Source: [WayBackWelcome to a2RetroSystems

Other links:

–jeroen

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MMX – speed up your Delphi development, now maintained by Raabe Software

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/23

New home [WayBackMMX – speed up your Delphi development

Old home [WayBack] ModelMaker Tools

Thanks a lot to Gerrit Beuze for al the efforts and insights while he created and maintained MMX for such a long time

Thanks a lot to Uwe Raabe for taking over the maintenance and providing the binaries for free.

I have posted links to some archived site pages below, just in case anybody needs them (when QC went off-line after a while the Google Search failed to show search results for this; hopefully this will keep some of the information retrievable).

As a follow up to:

–jeroen

Archived links (in semi-random order) hopefully they survive the shutdown of the links:

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The Businesses Apple Has Left Behind – MacStories

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/21

Since I’m in history mode: [WayBackThe Businesses Apple Has Left Behind – MacStories

  • Digital Cameras
  • Printers
  • Scanners
  • External Speakers
  • External Storage Devices
  • Monitors

–jeroen

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Open Apple #66 (December 2016) : Glenda “The Atom” Adams | Open Apple

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/21

From a while back: [WayBack] Open Apple #66 (December 2016) : Glenda “The Atom” Adams | Open Apple

This month on Open Apple, we sit down with Glenda Adams, better known on the Apple II as The Atom. She was a cracker of some note back in the 1980s, and she shares great stories with us…

It reminded me of the days I started to learn programming. Good memories. @glenda_atom was way ahead of me (:

–jeroen

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