Was going to install V3 on laptop. It use to be a manual install. But it was offered in the Software Manager of Linux Mint 21.1.
Monthly Archives: July 2023
RSTS/E V9
Was watching a video where the creator boots RSTS/E V9. I’ve always used V7 because it seems more likely that that is the version I started with. This guy has a lot of interesting vintage restoration videos. Anywho the video made me think why I never even tried another version. The startup looked very different. …
Add emulation and other goodies to the laptop
I know many people have done this for years. But this is the first laptop I’ve owned. And there is something very cool about having a complete RSTS/E OS which I was employed to use to run our companies business…back in the day. And to run MVS which I was NOT employed to use…back in …
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Website hosting price increase blindside
Apparently my old hosting company QualityHostOnline (I believe I’ve been with them since 2007 according to my About page…so 16 years!) was bought out by Exact Hosting. And my yearly fee has increased by almost 50%. I had to pay because it would take too long to move everything over to another host. I hate …
My main laptop use
Well if I’m home…I’ll use my desktop computer. Otherwise I mostly see using it short term if anything happens to my desktop computer. It was sheer hell a while back when my desktop computer died and I had to do everything from my phone. Including looking for computer parts! If it was 2007 when Steve …
Linux on the Laptop
Abracadabra…I turned a useless MS-Windows computer into a useful Linux computer.
The Data General and BLIS/COBOL
Looking back if there is one thing I wish I learned at my company…it was the Data General mini computer. I believe the Model was Nova 3. This computer was probably the most significant piece of our companies early success. I’m guessing at all this, it was there before I started, and I never asked …
CICS
I don’t think I ever talked about this. And I must for future days where I forget everything. But I really wanted to learn every aspect of the computer side of my company. Eventually we transitioned from the PDP-11 to a IBM mainframe. I was very fortunate for the opportunities the company I worked for …
Stellarium location
Installed on laptop. I had written briefly about this in a previous post. I said you could get lat/long info from your phone. In my case it was a compass app. I obfuscated (how do you like that fancy word?) some info so as not to reveal my secret spy location š None the less …
HP Laptop
My daughter gave me her HP laptop, model 15-DY1023DX. 15.6″ diagonal HD SVA BrightView micro-edge WLED-backlit touch screen (1366 x 768), 12GB memory, 256GB SSD. Intel integrated graphics. IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-1035G1 (1.0 GHz base frequency, up to 3.6 GHz with IntelĀ® Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 cores). The first Intel processor Iāve used …