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From: Ken Smith on 12 Feb 2007 09:49 In article <afa80$45cfdb41$49ed00c$26853(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >MassiveProng wrote: > >> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:35:32 +0000, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >> >>> >>>Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>>IMO The best processor line Intel introduced was the 8051. It is too bad >>>>that they didn't think to extend it in the obvious ways. Others have now >>>>taken up the lead on that. >>> >>>The 8051's been going for 25 years now. >>> >>>Is there any other processor whose original core has lasted as long as >is still >>>in widespread volume use ? >>> >> >> >> The 80186 has gotten a lot of use over the years as well. > >Z80 Do we count Rabbits? -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 12 Feb 2007 09:55 In article <6089c$45cfce19$49ed00c$26536(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >Ken Smith wrote: >> In article <OtidnQWNJOAtcVTYnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >> T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> [.....] >> >>>yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you >>>do call the OS? >> >> >> The Linux on the other partition. > >A properly installed Linux uses all the available >partitions. Yes, this is true. If you want to run DOS applications, "dosemu" and "bochs" are better options than the "DOS window" so there is no need any more to keep a DOS 5.0 partition. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: unsettled on 12 Feb 2007 10:16 Ken Smith wrote: > In article <afa80$45cfdb41$49ed00c$26853(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: > >>MassiveProng wrote: >> >> >>>On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 22:35:32 +0000, Eeyore >>><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Ken Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>IMO The best processor line Intel introduced was the 8051. It is too bad >>>>>that they didn't think to extend it in the obvious ways. Others have now >>>>>taken up the lead on that. >>>> >>>>The 8051's been going for 25 years now. >>>> >>>>Is there any other processor whose original core has lasted as long as >> >>is still >> >>>>in widespread volume use ? >>>> >>> >>> >>> The 80186 has gotten a lot of use over the years as well. >> >>Z80 > > > Do we count Rabbits? And Cabits and all the other oddly compromised direct descendants. It did say "core".
From: MassiveProng on 12 Feb 2007 10:31 On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:28:38 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> Gave us: >MassiveProng wrote: >> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:16:56 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> >> Gave us: >> >> >>>Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>>>In article <OtidnQWNJOAtcVTYnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>[.....] >>>> >>>> >>>>>yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you >>>>>do call the OS? >>>> >>>> >>>>The Linux on the other partition. >>> >>>A properly installed Linux uses all the available >>>partitions. >> >> >> You're an idiot. I have had systems with 5 OSes on them at the same >> time. > >What's your point? > >> I have done plenty of Linux installs, and nearly ALL add menu >> selections for windows, beos and other systems. > >What's your point? > >> If you have ANY brains, you do NOT let linux "set things up" for >> you. ANYONE with ANY brains goes through the pain of learning how to, >> and setting it up him or herself. > >> That is a ridiculous statement you have made. > >As it has been with everything else you've written, you >know nothing about this subject while understanding less >than nothing. > >I'll repeat it since you're a slow learner: > >A properly installed Linux uses all the available >partitions. And I repeat: You're a goddamned idiot.
From: unsettled on 12 Feb 2007 10:34
MassiveProng wrote: > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:28:38 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> > Gave us: > > >>MassiveProng wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:16:56 -0600, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> >>>Gave us: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Ken Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>In article <OtidnQWNJOAtcVTYnZ2dnUVZ8qrinZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >>>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>>>>[.....] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>yes, but I am confused on terminology. With a Windows XP machine, what you >>>>>>do call the OS? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The Linux on the other partition. >>>> >>>>A properly installed Linux uses all the available >>>>partitions. >>> >>> >>> You're an idiot. I have had systems with 5 OSes on them at the same >>>time. >> >>What's your point? >> >> >>> I have done plenty of Linux installs, and nearly ALL add menu >>>selections for windows, beos and other systems. >> >>What's your point? >> >> >>> If you have ANY brains, you do NOT let linux "set things up" for >>>you. ANYONE with ANY brains goes through the pain of learning how to, >>>and setting it up him or herself. >> >>> That is a ridiculous statement you have made. >> >>As it has been with everything else you've written, you >>know nothing about this subject while understanding less >>than nothing. >> >>I'll repeat it since you're a slow learner: >> >>A properly installed Linux uses all the available >>partitions. > > > > And I repeat: > > You're a goddamned idiot. So when, despite being a slow learner, you do learn something, it is invariably wrong. LOL |