For the below, small 3MB video. Max upload size… in MultiPHP INI Editor…in cPanel. Changed from 2MB to 500MB.
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VSCodium acting weird… out of the blue
Used vscodium to make changes to a program. Added a comment about the change. Pressed Ctrl-S to save like I always do. It adds a line above my comment. I’m I going crazy? Look at File menu, sure enough Ctrl-S is the save shortcut. If you save from the menu… same thing. So this particular …
WordPress… not a comment
Why does WordPress sometimes tell me something like this is a comment? It’s NOT. It’s part of the main text!
Fortran example problem on IBM 1401 emulator – solved
I solved the problem, I described here. I was using the IBM 1401 simulator V3.8-1. All I did was switch to IBM 1401 simulator Open SIMH V4.1-0, and now the results match the video and the IBM 1401 Fortran manual. Here is the new output. I actually contacted Mike Albaugh, from that video. He’s working …
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Simh & Unix 6
As a fan of DEC and Linux… I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to put Unix on the PDP-11. My thought process tells me Version 6 sounds like it might not be so old, however it was released in May 1975. Anywho… the end of the install https://decuser.github.io/unix/research-unix/v6/2022/10/19/installing-and-using-research-unix-v6-in-open-simh-pdp-11-emulator.html I don’t know why …
Ran Fortran example on IBM 1401 emulator
A computer announced by IBM in 1959. Older than the 360. It was actually a very successful computer for it’s time. Lot’s of interesting stuff here. Using simh, and this. It seemingly compiled/ran successfully, but results don’t match book. Perhaps a source problem. It’s late getting tired, more tomorrow. It’s cool that it ran, however …
A great history of Space War
I found this very interesting article about the history of Space War and the different computers it ran on.
What 7 updates? Where?
The red circle with 7 in it implies there are 7 updates to apply. But when I go to the page…what…where are they? And yes, I scrolled down.
Put together ITS basics video
Don’t know if I’ll upload it to YouTube though. Perhaps, but make it private.
Installed Ruby
Per my previous post… installed Ruby. Well I ran one of my old programs… and it worked!