Frequently I want to pause a video. So I click on the screen. Very frequently it doesn’t pause… but the screen maximizes. WTH? I recently switched to Brave. But this isn’t a Brave problem because it’s been happening for a while. Clicking in that big red area below is supposed to pause. Only that small …
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Looking to replace Firefox
Firefox has been my default browser for years. But I’m looking to replace it. Very slow startup… sometimes… often. I just changed my default to Brave. I also thought about Vivaldi, but will have to pass as of now because of Tabs size. The only way to know what those tabs are below (bordered below …
Missing Log entries
Went to look (before 7AM) for a date in my log and it couldn’t find it. I knew it was there. Here it is in a backup. Went on a bike ride, and when I returned it was there. Perhaps some file maintenance was going on.
Zilog Discontinues the Z80 Microprocessor
I think it’s worth noting, Back in April 15, 2024, Zilog announced the discontinuation of the Z80 processor. The processor of my TRS-80. It had a good run… 48 years.
MACRO-11 errors
I assembled a program and got errors. But when I looked at the MACRO-11 listing the only place i see the word error, is where it told me I have errors. Where are they? WTH? I guess I need to RTDM (read the darn manual). I need to look into at this more. For example …
Might not renew judoplaces.com
I created this static site many years ago when my kids were little, because It wasn’t easy finding Judo dojo’s (or dodo’s as my spell checker suggests) in South Florida. I still love the sport, but at my age and health it’s very unlikely I’ll ever participate again. Also all my kids are 30+ yo, …
Assembled MACRO-11 listing
Without fully understanding it (I just began looking into this yesterday), here is the PDP-11, MACRO-11 listing of a “Hello, World” program (not my code) I ran on RT-11 from the preceding post. At this point I just wanted to learn the steps from source creation to execution. And this was a successful assemble. I …
Higher than expected call volume
Every time I call somewhere for support it just happens to be Higher than expected call volume.
Firefox browser search sucks
Dave referenced one of his videos with a link on twitter, and YouTube responded “Video Unavailable”. Apparently the words “Bare Metal” was in the title. So I went to his channel and did a browser search for “Bare metal”. As you can see below the browser reported a match. However it doesn’t appear on this …
Dave Cutler
Very interesting video, interviewing Dave Cutler. He’s worked on so many important things. I was mostly interested in his work on PDPs and RSX11. Still working at 81. Amazing!