I’m still here. Sometimes I wonder if you are. Ha! All two of you… It’s like writing to myself (Dear Diary…) but that is OK. I’ll hit a subject sooner or later that will make you put finger to keyboard. Slid to work on the Dallas skating rink er… highways but since it was 6:00 AM there wasn’t much traffic. The Hemi RAM was covered with snow at 5:30 AM about 3 inches deep. Light and...
Continue reading...Connections
I’ve wandered off into writing about computers. What a life changing device the digital computer has become. My initial interest is in electronics. I also love the power in math and numbers. I admit I have never become a total master of either but that has never been my intention. I do have a very good understanding of both and that is what I consider important to me. The digital computer is a tool. It...
Continue reading...$8.00 (64 bits)
You know… “two bits, four bits, six bits… a dollar!” I have been doing some research into the status of the 64 bit personal computer. I built one last year using an AMD dual core processor. This ramble is not inclusive of the “workstation” class of personal computers and applications. I was correct that the PC world was going to the dual processor on a chip route. My AMD box is very good at doing...
Continue reading...Back to BASICs
Just for fun, I have been looking at computer programming at the application level. I have been playing with these machines since before personal computers became a main stream necessity for business and personal life. Well, let me diverge here. My spouse will argue about the necessity for personal life. She has allowed me to play with “Kenny Keyboard” for well over 35 years, uses one herself, but certainly doesn’t consider them a personal life...
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