Forum: General Discussion
11-21-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
11-15-2020
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This is the first time I have heard of JCL so...
This is the first time I have heard of JCL so naturally I had to look it up to get some information. I have never worked on mainframes so now I know why I hadn't heard of JCL. It's always good to...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-30-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
09-26-2020
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A couple pictures I found today that have been...
A couple pictures I found today that have been turned into memes:
Cassette decks can't really be called computer technology, but at one time it was possible to save files to them. I wonder how...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-11-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
08-21-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
08-05-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
06-25-2020
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Forum: General Discussion
04-03-2020
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The whole purpose of my post was to dispel the...
The whole purpose of my post was to dispel the misconception some people have that Doppler radar is something new or something special. I was merely stating, for those interested, what Doppler...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-01-2020
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Doppler just means the change in frequency...
Doppler just means the change in frequency between the transmitted signal and the received signal. All radar does and always has worked by the Doppler effect.
The difference between early radar...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-17-2019
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Yep, 75 baud was teletype. It was analogue...
Yep, 75 baud was teletype. It was analogue communications though and not digital. The method of transferring data is somewhat similar except that analogue communications usually measured the...
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Forum: General Discussion
12-10-2019
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300 bps was far faster than the first modem I...
300 bps was far faster than the first modem I ever used. It transferred data at the screaming rate of 75 baud.
Actually I do remember 300 bps modems. I also remember having to put a telephone...
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Forum: General Discussion
11-18-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
10-12-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
09-02-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
09-01-2019
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If all else fails that what I also do. :)
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If all else fails that what I also do. :)
Those are some good screenshots. :respect:
I think the floppy icon is a 5 1/4" disc; when floppies really were floppy.
I'm thankful for the...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-01-2019
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The reason why if you've ever tried to sort...
The reason why if you've ever tried to sort numbers on your computer and got a string that went like this:
1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 2, 20
is because Bill Gates and, by extension, Microsoft don't...
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Forum: General Discussion
09-01-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
07-21-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
07-16-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
06-06-2019
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I always pronounced ME as the two separate...
I always pronounced ME as the two separate letters. I liked XP a lot. It worked so well that many people I know would not give it up until their computer died and they had to upgrade because their...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-05-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
03-12-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
03-06-2019
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Forum: General Discussion
03-02-2019
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