Roundtable July 2016

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IBM "clicky" keyboards
by Adam Thompson 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Enough people have wondered/asked/complained to me about this that I'm posting this now as a public service. IBM Model "M" keyboards are still available, *NEW*, today. They are expensive, but they are the original design that you can use as a melee weapon. The catch is that they don't say "IBM" or even "Lexmark" on them. They are available for purchase from the manufacturer, Unicomp, who can be found online at http://www.pckeyboard.com/. You can also find some vintage NIB units from time to time at http://www.clickykeyboards.com/. There are also a number of other manufacturers now making similar, but not quite as good, keyboards. - CVT Inc., the maker of the Avant Stellar (I own two of them), which is the direct descendant of the Northgate Omnikey, seems to have restructured and no trace of their keyboard manufacturing operation can be found online. However, Northgate keyboards are still available new-in-box from (this is a horrible site, beware) http://www.northgate-keyboard-repair.com/. - The Happy Hacking keyboard (now owned by Fujitsu, apparently) is equally comforting to some people despite having a totally different feel. They, and many others, can be had from http://www.elitekeyboards.com/ - Das Keyboard - Anything using Cherry MX Green, Blue, or White keyswitches. The "green" switches apparently are the closest anyone's come yet to emulating the IBM/Lexmark/Unicomp switches... and they can be had in MUCH cheaper keyboards, like the Rosewill RK-9000 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201040 and http://techreport.com/review/23405/rosewill-rk-9000-series-mechanical-ke yboards-reviewed). - And there are an increasing number (yes, again, after the big die-off ca. 2009) of speciality manufacturers of "ergonomic" keyboards that are making clicky keyswitches available as an option. One of the better ones is a tiny shop in Ontario, but I can't find the name right now. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicomp http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX -Adam Thompson athompso(a)athompso.net

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monster size 6502
by Trevor Cordes 31 Jul '16

31 Jul '16

This will bring a smile to some of us oldsters. http://monster6502.com/ (The picture halfway down the home page is cool)

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help me test tcsh?
by Trevor Cordes 30 Jul '16

30 Jul '16

(If you want to help me, this will only take you 1 minute!) I've hit a bug in the new Fedora 23 version of tcsh. Can someone help me confirm this bug on another box? It *only* happens on 64-bit x86_64 so I need someone running 64-bit. Also, it only seems to happen if gcc5 is used to compile, so your distro has to be pretty new (Fedora 23 or newer for example). Preferably kernel 4+ too. You can tell if you're 64-bit using: uname -i If you see 64 in there, you're 64. Try: gcc --version If it's 5+ that's good. Lastly, see what kernel ver: uname -r If it's 4+ then we're in business... All I need from you if match the above is start tcsh: tcsh If it says command not found then you need to install it with your package manager, like "dnf install tcsh" or "apt-get ...whatever". Then start tcsh by typing tcsh. Here's the actual test, paste this in tcsh: complete find 'n/-user/u/' 'n/-exec/c/' then type: find . -user [TAB] (hit TAB key where I put tab above, don't type the brackets) Does it list the users on your system or does it list the files/dirs in the current directory? My bug is that it shows the files, not the users. Could also try: complete tcsh n/-c/c/ then type: tcsh -c [TAB] Should give the same results (showing files instead of commands). One last thing, please let me know your tcsh version: tcsh --version I've only gotten this bug to occur on 6.19. Aside: this is a first, the bug is ONLY on my x86_64 boxes and not my i686 PAE ones! Ha! Thanks all!

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Looking for Web Developer
by Gerald Brandt 30 Jul '16

30 Jul '16

Hi, I'm looking for a web developer (preferably PHP) to convert an existing Access 97 application to the web. Any recommendations? Gerald

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Looking for a PHP dev
by Gerald Brandt 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Hi, We have an old app written in Access we'd like moved to a web interface with an SQL backend. The app is fairly straight forward, as is the DB. We're looking for a PHP dev to port from Access to the web for us. Any good recommendations? I'm a bit short on details, but can make an appointment to see the existing app and the DB structure. Gerald

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Roundtable July 2016