RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2020 About time we went back to PIpex ..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Just remember to put the bit bucket under the overflow pipe. Its easy to forget! Good luck, hope all goes well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted July 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2020 It might be prudent to remove the word "planned" from the topic title while you still have access to the database. Just in case. Hope it all works first time. Martin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Best of luck Andy. I hope it's not too Munch. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amand Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 On 16/07/2020 at 17:26, Vistisen said: As an professional (?) database man I would be interested to know how large the database(s) are and what tecnology they use? The price of 8 inch floppy disks has trebled in the last week, so I'm guessing quite a few have been bought to copy the data over. The tecnology will be a system with a built in spell chequer 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Amand said: The price of 8 inch floppy disks has trebled in the last week, so I'm guessing quite a few have been bought to copy the data over. The tecnology will be a system with a built in spell chequer I bought a smell checker once. No instructions though so nobody nose how to use it. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 Just over an hour to go. See you on the other side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted July 19, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 minutes ago, Colin_McLeod said: Just over an hour to go. See you on the other side. It's tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AY Mod said: It's tomorrow! Silly me. Calendar is a day out! I hate Mondays. Edited July 19, 2020 by Colin_McLeod 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 Is a methadone equivalent being supplied to help us get through the withdrawal symptoms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Amand said: The price of 8 inch floppy disks has trebled in the last week, so I'm guessing quite a few have been bought to copy the data over. The tecnology will be a system with a built in spell chequer You mean they aren't using magnetic core storage? How things have progressed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Just over an hour to go. See you on the other side. Seams to have gone smoothly then I didn't see nuffink !!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 13 hours ago, Amand said: The price of 8 inch floppy disks has trebled in the last week, so I'm guessing quite a few have been bought to copy the data over. The tecnology will be a system with a built in spell chequer 1 hour ago, melmerby said: You mean they aren't using magnetic core storage? How things have progressed. I believe Williams storage tubes are used for cache memory with magnetic drums for longer term storage. The main problem is transporting the drums from one location to another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Make sure you brush up on the relevant Internet Engineering Task Force publications: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Matt C Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said: Make sure you brush up on the relevant Internet Engineering Task Force publications: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149 Avian carriers. . . That a bloomin Pigeon isnt it ? Never had Andy down as a pigeon fancier ! More of a . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DIW Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) @Andy Y Nerve-wracking as it is, surely the server maintenance will come as a welcome change from moderating the Covid19 Facemasks thread? Edited July 19, 2020 by DIW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Hroth said: magnetic drums for longer term storage. The first hard disks where I worked were called "Winchesters" and had a 10Mbyte capacity in a unit about 18" square by 6" high and were connected to an Apple 2. We thought 10Mb would never be filled............ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 45 minutes ago, melmerby said: The first hard disks where I worked were called "Winchesters" and had a 10Mbyte capacity in a unit about 18" square by 6" high and were connected to an Apple 2. We thought 10Mb would never be filled............ I still have a 20MB 3.5" hard disk - so the current standard size unit but only 20MB. It has it's own metal box with fans in, and you have to send a command to manually park the heads before shutting it down. It is for use with BBC computers and has thousands of games on it and still only about 3/4 full. I had an Apple 2 once - got it working but then found you could hardly do anything with it and certainly nothing that a BBC couldn't do already but better so in the bin it went. And so began my hatred of anything Apple. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 So, is it all over? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 27 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: So, is it all over? Wrong topic See "World Cup 1966" It is now............. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) One of my colleagues said on Friday, "It's only 2Meg"... I had to hold myself back from explaining what things were like when I started in computing. I feel like Grampa Simpson sometimes! Edited July 19, 2020 by Harlequin 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Harlequin said: One of my colleagues said on Friday, "It's only 2Meg"... I had to hold myself back from explaining what things were like when started in computing. I feel like Grampa Simpson sometimes! I'm a relative noob - My Dad had to produce punched cards! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted July 19, 2020 Author Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Bucoops said: My Dad had to produce punched cards! When I were a lad... That was the only bit of computing we ever did at school, trotted off to the Poly up the road with them all that had a computer . They all failed to run so my disappointment can be traced back 40+ years. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, Amand said: The price of 8 inch floppy disks has trebled in the last week, so I'm guessing quite a few have been bought to copy the data over. The tecnology will be a system with a built in spell chequer I've worked on them 8 hours ago, Hroth said: I believe Williams storage tubes are used for cache memory with magnetic drums for longer term storage. The main problem is transporting the drums from one location to another. Worked on them too, don't over fill the oil. 2 hours ago, melmerby said: The first hard disks where I worked were called "Winchesters" and had a 10Mbyte capacity in a unit about 18" square by 6" high and were connected to an Apple 2. We thought 10Mb would never be filled............ Worked on them as well, swapping out 5s for 10s Did someone mention Phoenix drives?, Delay Lines? And loading with paper tape.. Oh and at one time I lived in Bletchley Park.. Not till the 1970s though Why do I feel like I'm getting old. Edited July 19, 2020 by TheQ 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam88 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 6 hours ago, Bucoops said: I still have a 20MB 3.5" hard disk - so the current standard size unit but only 20MB. It has it's own metal box with fans in, and you have to send a command to manually park the heads before shutting it down. It is for use with BBC computers and has thousands of games on it and still only about 3/4 full. I had an Apple 2 once - got it working but then found you could hardly do anything with it and certainly nothing that a BBC couldn't do already but better so in the bin it went. And so began my hatred of anything Apple. One of my colleagues invested in an early Apple - it turned out to be a lemon though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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