Continuing retro. Now using the hercules emulator for IBM Mainframes and also the 3270 terminal emulator. Here’s VM/370, IBM’s first version, released in 1972…way before Linux knew what a VM was or, for that matter, the world knew what Linux was. This is very much like the VM systems I was employed to maintain…
Category Archives: Computer
PDP 11/70 running RSTS/E
Feeling nostalgic! Taking a stroll down memory lane. Resurrect working with old computers using emulators [see 3/13/2013 and 4/9/2013] project that I did 5 years ago. First up…the DEC PDP11 running RSTS. However I noticed…thank God for screen captures, that if you look back in 2013 when I did this, that after I logged on …
SQLite
I’ve been working with computers for over 30 years and I still am amazed at how fast they are. I do these little exercises every now and then to remind myself. I ran a Python program I wrote to create real “looking” customer data. It uses sqlite databases of first name, last name and zip …
GnuCOBOL
Continuing my look at COBOL. Previously I had typed/compiled/ran the customary “hello world” program to test the compiler. But wanted to learn to read/write typical PC files with variable length records with each line terminated with a CR. The mainframe programs I’ve written in the past always used blocked/fixed length records. Success! I’m rusty but …
Lazarus
In the past I tried and really liked Lazarus. I had to learn Lazarus AND Pascal…and I enjoyed the process. Lazarus made me want to learn Pascal. I have been using Linux exclusively for years, Lazarus seemed to be a superior replacement from Visual Basic which I use to use on MS-Windows. Recently I was …
Lazarus stuff
In the past I tried and really liked Lazarus. I had to learn Lazarus AND Pascal…and I enjoyed the process. Lazarus made me want to learn Pascal. I have been using Linux exclusively for years, Lazarus seemed to be a superior replacement from Visual Basic which I use to use on MS-Windows. Recently I was …
X-Plane WWII Pacific Islands pack
Re-downloaded [>700MB] my x-plane WWII Pacific Islands pack I purchased from x-plane.org, but couldn’t find.
X-Plane 10 FMC
Finally learned to use the default FMC [X-Plane 430] in X-Plane 10. This comes after a lot of reading, Youtube videos and much trial & error. I claim full credit because I did not find any single source that tied everything together. The X-Plane 430 is a close representation of the Garmin 430, enough so …
X-Plane 10
Finished downloading X-Plane 10. Vary excited to play this game…or should I say fly this sim! Flying is an activity I envisioned myself doing one day…when I was younger. I use to often buy flying magazines. Being that it is so large and took so long to download I wanted to back it up before …
X-Plane 10
Bought X-Plane 10 on sale 30% off from Steam. Probably on sale because X-Plane 11 is coming out in a few weeks. Lower system requirements. Thinking might work better with my old Logotech Wingman Attack 2 joystick that I bought for IL-2 Sturmovik Windows game. X-Plane 11 required 8GB and I have only 4GB. A …