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observation made

Started byhp <ferd@farkel.net>
First post2013-03-18 23:15 -0400
Last post2013-03-24 08:31 -0700
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  observation made hp <ferd@farkel.net> - 2013-03-18 23:15 -0400
    Re: observation made deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-03-19 08:28 +0000
    Re: observation made spike1@freenet.co.uk - 2013-03-19 14:51 +0000
      Re: observation made Matthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org> - 2013-03-19 17:45 +0000
        Re: observation made Andrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk> - 2013-03-19 22:37 +0000
    Re: observation made jgharston <jgh@mdfs.net> - 2013-03-19 12:42 -0700
      Re: observation made Andrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk> - 2013-03-19 22:37 +0000
        Re: observation made hp <ferd@farkel.net> - 2013-03-20 12:49 -0400
          Re: observation made hp <ferd@farkel.net> - 2013-03-20 13:02 -0400
      Re: observation made "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-03-20 00:03 +0100
        Re: observation made Andrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk> - 2013-03-20 08:51 +0000
      Re: observation made SamTek <rogerjowett@gmail.com> - 2013-03-24 08:28 -0700
      Re: observation made SamTek <rogerjowett@gmail.com> - 2013-03-24 08:31 -0700

#2107 — observation made

Fromhp <ferd@farkel.net>
Date2013-03-18 23:15 -0400
Subjectobservation made
Message-ID<ki8l90$i12$1@speranza.aioe.org>
some time ago I latched onto some Sinclair related
torrents that are:

ZX-Spectrum.7z	    a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc

YourSinclair	    pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues

Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
		   ( self explanatory)

and

SinclairUser	    pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues


They continue to be active uploads from my sharing,
so Folks out there are still downloading stuff somewhere.
when I look (ok also when my torrent program is running)
I see activity for these still.

anutter 'Humm"

Anyone recall the comp.sys.sinclair Team SETI project
participation? Is the 'team' still operational?
Anyone doing it any more?

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#2109

FromdeKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid>
Date2013-03-19 08:28 +0000
Message-ID<alpine.OSX.2.00.1303190828300.4645@iMac.dekay.sytes.net>
In reply to#2107
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013, hp wrote:

> some time ago I latched onto some Sinclair related
> torrents that are:
>
> ZX-Spectrum.7z	    a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc
>
> YourSinclair	    pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues
>
> Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
> 		   ( self explanatory)
>
> and
>
> SinclairUser	    pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues

Oooh! Ta!


deKay
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#2110

Fromspike1@freenet.co.uk
Date2013-03-19 14:51 +0000
Message-ID<dkam1a-5j5.ln1@librarian.sky.com>
In reply to#2107
And verily, didst hp <ferd@farkel.net> hastily babble thusly:
> Anyone recall the comp.sys.sinclair Team SETI project
> participation? Is the 'team' still operational?
> Anyone doing it any more?

My god, that was over 10 years ago!
I doubt it lasted beyond 2005 that thing. 
I used to be a part of it and I've not run seti since about then.
Think that was just a passing fad. 

Besides, since then much more worthy uses of distributed computing like
folding@home cropped up. (protein folding, much more beneficial than finding
an alien civilisation that's so far away we'll never be able to do anything
about it anyway)
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|                          | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|   Andrew Halliwell BSc   | operating system originally  coded for a 4 bit |
|            in            |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
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#2111

FromMatthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org>
Date2013-03-19 17:45 +0000
Message-ID<aqrmh0F4a5vU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#2110
On 19/03/2013 14:51, spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> Besides, since then much more worthy uses of distributed computing like
> folding@home cropped up. (protein folding, much more beneficial than finding
> an alien civilisation that's so far away we'll never be able to do anything
> about it anyway)

We've also increasingly moved on to computers that blow hot air at your 
knees whenever they're being used to full capacity, and stay nice and 
quiet and cool the rest of the time (as opposed to 2005-era computers 
that sounded like jet engines no matter what), which tends to dispel the 
notion of all this free computing power going to waste.

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#2114

FromAndrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk>
Date2013-03-19 22:37 +0000
Message-ID<kiapab$8kq$2@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#2111
On 19/03/2013 17:45, Matthew Westcott wrote:
> On 19/03/2013 14:51, spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>> Besides, since then much more worthy uses of distributed computing like
>> folding@home cropped up. (protein folding, much more beneficial than
>> finding
>> an alien civilisation that's so far away we'll never be able to do
>> anything
>> about it anyway)
>
> We've also increasingly moved on to computers that blow hot air at your
> knees whenever they're being used to full capacity, and stay nice and
> quiet and cool the rest of the time (as opposed to 2005-era computers
> that sounded like jet engines no matter what), which tends to dispel the
> notion of all this free computing power going to waste.
>
So, about that steak I owe you. Are you visiting London any time soon, 
or can you recommend a steakhouse in Oxford?

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#2112

Fromjgharston <jgh@mdfs.net>
Date2013-03-19 12:42 -0700
Message-ID<d88eae59-abab-4ab8-a1d3-dffff01fb522@hq4g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2107
hp wrote:
> ZX-Spectrum.7z      a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc
> YourSinclair        pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues
> Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
>                    ( self explanatory)
> SinclairUser        pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues

The plural of cat is cats.
The plural of dog is dogs.
See how it works?
The plural of ROM is ROMs.
The plural of TAP is TAPs.
The plural of PDF is PDFs.

JGH

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#2115

FromAndrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk>
Date2013-03-19 22:37 +0000
Message-ID<kiapc1$8kq$3@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#2112
On 19/03/2013 19:42, jgharston wrote:
> hp wrote:
>> ZX-Spectrum.7z      a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc
>> YourSinclair        pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues
>> Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
>>                     ( self explanatory)
>> SinclairUser        pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues
>
> The plural of cat is cats.
> The plural of dog is dogs.
> See how it works?
> The plural of ROM is ROMs.
> The plural of TAP is TAPs.
> The plural of PDF is PDFs.
>
> JGH
>
Apostrophe pedantry is so 1990's. :p

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#2120

Fromhp <ferd@farkel.net>
Date2013-03-20 12:49 -0400
Message-ID<kicpba$8ka$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#2115
On 3/19/2013 6:37 PM, Andrew Owen wrote:
> On 19/03/2013 19:42, jgharston wrote:
>> hp wrote:
>>> ZX-Spectrum.7z      a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc
>>> YourSinclair        pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues
>>> Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
>>>                     ( self explanatory)
>>> SinclairUser        pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues
>>
>> The plural of cat is cats.
>> The plural of dog is dogs.
>> See how it works?
>> The plural of ROM is ROMs.
>> The plural of TAP is TAPs.
>> The plural of PDF is PDFs.
>>
>> JGH
>>
> Apostrophe pedantry is so 1990's. :p

can't I like the possessiveness of using '?

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#2121

Fromhp <ferd@farkel.net>
Date2013-03-20 13:02 -0400
Message-ID<kicq3n$bb7$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#2120
On 3/20/2013 12:49 PM, hp wrote:
> On 3/19/2013 6:37 PM, Andrew Owen wrote:
>> On 19/03/2013 19:42, jgharston wrote:
>>> hp wrote:
>>>> ZX-Spectrum.7z      a LOT of spectrum ROM's TAP's etc
>>>> YourSinclair        pdf's of all the Your Sinclair issues
>>>> Roms - Sinclair Zx Spectrum - Games 80+90.rar
>>>>                     ( self explanatory)
>>>> SinclairUser        pdf's of all the Sinclair User Issues
>>>
>>> The plural of cat is cats.
>>> The plural of dog is dogs.
>>> See how it works?
>>> The plural of ROM is ROMs.
>>> The plural of TAP is TAPs.
>>> The plural of PDF is PDFs.
>>>
>>> JGH
>>>
>> Apostrophe pedantry is so 1990's. :p
>
> can't I like the possessiveness of using '?

At least I didn't try and employ a palindromic malapropism.  :-)

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#2116

From"Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com>
Date2013-03-20 00:03 +0100
Message-ID<5148FCED.MD-1.4.17.chris.young@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk>
In reply to#2112
On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:42:56 -0700 (PDT) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC jgharston:

> The plural of ROM is ROMs.

Whilst I'm a fan of the apostrophe police as much as the next man, the
issue here is not the misplaced apostrophes, but the fact they are
unlikely to actually be ROM images.

Chris


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#2117

FromAndrew Owen <aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk>
Date2013-03-20 08:51 +0000
Message-ID<kibtav$n6t$1@speranza.aioe.org>
In reply to#2116
On 19/03/2013 23:03, Chris Young wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:42:56 -0700 (PDT) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
> to MC jgharston:
>
>> The plural of ROM is ROMs.
>
> Whilst I'm a fan of the apostrophe police as much as the next man, the
> issue here is not the misplaced apostrophes, but the fact they are
> unlikely to actually be ROM images.

Good point. Burn him!

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#2156

FromSamTek <rogerjowett@gmail.com>
Date2013-03-24 08:28 -0700
Message-ID<90ccc448-be02-42b8-b846-0d38653feba7@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2112
128k cant bank switch into rom area - unless it has interface 2 cartrdige of 256kb from Paul Farrow
only +2ab3 can do the ram in rom area
that and the sam coupe
i know i know
eggnchips

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#2157

FromSamTek <rogerjowett@gmail.com>
Date2013-03-24 08:31 -0700
Message-ID<b8d5a680-69c3-4fa9-a34d-e7683d751aa0@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#2112
plural of BBC is 
whole in pocket oh and dont let the poor kids onthem we dont want them earning money - line up now  and walk forwards slowly...

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