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Chat for Wed 2005-08-24 18:27:26

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Daniel B: hello !?
Go Argos: guess who the footballfan is?
Go Argos: and is on the laptop so I can watch the game
Daniel B: i don't know... could be any canadian football fan
Go Argos: any idea where the Argosplay?
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changed username to Dr. D.
Daniel B: hello Dr.D
Dr. D.: Hi Daniel.
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Dr. D.: Hi Richard...Happy #75 again.
changed username to Guy B.
Go Argos: hi Rich Daniel is having problems identifying me
Guy B.: Greetings!!!
Daniel B: hello Guy
Daniel B: hi Rich
Go Argos: hello Guy, you're early
Dr. D.: Daniel doesn't follow football :-)
Dr. D.: Hello Guy
Guy B.: Rich, must be Canadian Football season again, eh!
Go Argos: has been since late June, Guy
Dr. D.: Well, the Browns are nothing to look at this year, so why not the Argonauts?
Guy B.: Bears already lost Rex Grossman again for the season. Broke his left ankle.
Daniel B: I'm not a football fan
Dr. D.: I used to be, in my youth, when I had time to watch games on TV.
Go Argos: No, but I thought you might know the cities, Daniel
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Dr. D.: I haven't followed football since Bernie Kosar stopped being the quarterback of the Browns...
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changed username to erin
Daniel B: hi Bob
Daniel B: hi 'rin
erin: hi Daniel
BobS: AURGGGH maties !!!!!!
Dr. D.: Hi Bob.
Dr. D.: Hi Rin
Go Argos: Hi Rin and Robert
erin: hi Rich
BobS: howdy doody kids!!!!!!!
erin: Hi Uncle Richard
erin: hi Bobs
BobS: who GoArgos ???????
BobS: ERIN me sweet..............
BobS: long time no see
erin: :-)
BobS: bout as olng as the doc
BobS: long
Guy B.: HI Bob
erin: I was here last week...just quiet was all :-)
Guy B.: Hi Erin
BobS: Hi Guy !!!!!! early tonight eh?????
Dr. D.: I was here too, Bob...
Go Argos: the one who is watching the game - they re playing the
Go Argos: stampeders
BobS: no dates, no walks with the Abby.......
Dr. D.: The last Wednesday night before classes start at CWRU...
erin: hi Guy
BobS: oh oh and then ya won't be here?????
Guy B.: Yep. Abby injured her right hind leg last week and this time she may have torn a ligament.
Dr. D.: The last Wednesday Christina is at home before going to college.
Dr. D.: No, I will be here Bob, just the grind starts again :-)
BobS: fer cryin out loud, what is WRONG with that girl ???????
Dr. D.: Wants to get edjikated
BobS: heck the grind is permanent for us
BobS: BUT, good news.......I HAVE RETIRED !!!!!!!!
BobS: I only work now for 40 hours a week for cash money
Guy B.: Everything Bob. We finally found what may have caused her rashed on her paws.
BobS: and that would be?????
Dr. D.: You are retired?
Guy B.: You retired! Not for me at least.
BobS: yup, work for only money now, not a career
BobS: it is overrated
Dr. D.: Well, I gotta work at least another 14 years, get all those gals through college.
Go Argos: working you mean?
Dr. D.: Keep me eating, eventually keep Rin eating.
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BobS: IF you put your mind to it, you also could retire.....tis only a state of your own mind !!!!!
changed username to Harvie
Daniel B: hello harvie
BobS: hey harvie
erin: hi Harvie
Daniel B: anyone have news from james?
Go Argos: hi Harvie
Harvie: Hello folks
Guy B.: The vet is pretty sure that Abby's rashes on her paws are from Poisen Ivy. Hi Harvie
Dr. D.: I have heard nothing about or from James :-(
BobS: OUCH, and it YOUR job to keep her OUT of the poison ivy mon
Daniel B: me either
Dr. D.: Hello Harvie.
Harvie: Is <Go Argos> the birthday boy?
Guy B.: That's what I'm going to do. Keep her away from the woods. The winter time will be the only time she'll go there.
Go Argos: yes
Daniel B: all i know is that james' web server still working fine.
BobS: see, he turned 75 and done forgot his own name..........
Harvie: Can you IM him Daniel?
erin: Uncle Richard, Mom called she is back safely in Windsor now
Guy B.: Meantime I'll have to get an x-ray and a biopsie on her skin to see if this what it is.
Dr. D.: X-ray, for suspected poison ivy?
BobS: doc, she is a DOG
Daniel B: I don't see him online, I sent him an email.
BobS: and doggy vets are different than people vets
Guy B.: Dogs get into EVERYTHING.
Go Argos: that is why I wil be slow tonight - I am using the laptop while watching the game
Guy B.: The x-ray is for her right hind leg, Dr.D.
Guy B.: The biopsy is taking a piece of her skin for an analysis.
Go Argos: good to heAR, eRIN, i'LL PASS IT ON
Dr. D.: What's wrong with the leg, Guy?
Guy B.: I have an optical mouse on my Athlon. Couldn't pass up the price for it.
BobS: YOUCH dat gonna hurt
Guy B.: She may have torn a ligament. She is walking on it, but with a limp.
Dr. D.: I see...but torn ligament won't show up on X-ray, it is soft tissue, right?
Guy B.: She will be under anesthesia for the procedure.
Go Argos: yes, I have optical mice on all my comput3er - they are grat
Guy B.: I'm not sure what the vet has in mind, but it's something close to it.
Dr. D.: I will be kinda silent the next little while, folks; I am eating some corn on the cob.
Dr. D.: Hard to type with hands full :-)
Guy B.: Ohhh man. Pass one here.
Go Argos: anyway we will likely miss the next two chats
BobS: LIVE that stuff
Harvie: My GP had me get x-rays for a torn ligament but I suspect he gets a kick-back from the Radiology lab :)
Dr. D.: I cooked 3 ears...
Go Argos: we hope to leave Saturday for our trip
Dr. D.: Drive safely, Richard, it goes without saying!
BobS: how long you going for??????
BobS: like 2 weeks??????
Go Argos: so far I;ve beenpretty successful at that
Go Argos: hope to be home around Sept. 10
Go Argos: I hope he is not expecting a reply in French
Go Argos: sorry, hat was for Daniel
Harvie: Oops, pump alarm call, gotta go, goodnight all
Dr. D.: Bye Harvie
erin: nite Harvie
Dr. D.: (2 ears down, 1 to go)
Guy B.: Bye Harvie
Go Argos: nite Harvie
Daniel B: bye harvie
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BobS: vie
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BobS: too late
changed username to Guy F.
BobS: Hi GuyF
Guy F.: Hi Bob!
Daniel B: allo Guy F
Guy F.: Hi all.
Go Argos: hello Guy 2
Guy F.: Hi Rich-C!
Guy F.: Hi Dr. D, Erin...
erin: hi Guy
Daniel B: me me me me me!
Guy F.: mini me?
Daniel B: :-P
Guy F.: Aye, it's pretty quiet 'round here tonight.
Guy B.: Hi Guy
Guy F.: Wassup Guy!
Guy B.: Not to much.
BobS: we already discussed GuyB's dog and Dr D's corn onthe cob
Dr. D.: Hello Guy F...I am still eating
Guy B.: My dog may have torn a ligament in her right hind leg.
BobS: GET those buttery paws OFF the keybaord !!!!!!!!
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Guy F.: Guy: Yeah, my dog too tore a ligament in his hind leg, I was running with him while he had his lease, and somehow it got tangled in his hind long. Poor dog.
Dr. D.: It is real butter too, Bob <yum>
changed username to Ronald
BobS: stop !!!!!!
Guy B.: Waht did you do with yours?
erin: hi Ron
Guy B.: My typing is a little off tonight.
Go Argos: hi Ron
Guy B.: Hi Ron
Ronald: Evening All
Guy F.: Guy: Well, he limped for a while, and it got better...
Daniel B: hi ron
Guy B.: How long did it take for yours to recover?
Ronald: Been out golfing all day.... sunburn rules
Guy F.: Guy: Hmm, I can't recall, it's been about 20 years ago. :)
Guy F.: Guy: I remember feeling bad about the incident...
Dr. D.: Hi Ron...you got all the AC17 stuff you needed?
Ronald: Yes sir, that will do fine, thanks
Dr. D.: Corn all done now <mmm>
Guy F.: Dr. D: Did you end up accomodating that student you were talking about last week?
Guy B.: Ohh, that long. Last year, Abby. That's my dog. Injured her left hind leg. The vet thought she torn a ligament. Turned out she sprained her knee while jumping into my car. Took four months for that leg to recover.
Guy F.: Guy: Even with humans it can take that long, or even longer....
Dr. D.: Joe Namath knees...
Ronald: the older you get, the easier it can happen
Dr. D.: I realize I am dating myself terribly there.
Guy B.: That's what I figured. She's walking on the right one which she injured. But, I'm driving her to a big field so, she can do what she needs to do.
Dr. D.: Guy F: still trying to hire an assistant for him.
Dr. D.: I have a lead, waiting for a reply.
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Guy B.: I have her on medicine.
changed username to Roberto
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changed username to james
Ronald: looks like Bob S
Daniel B: JAMES!!!
Guy B.: Ok, Bob. You got dumped, eh!
james: morning
Ronald: and james
Dr. D.: Hi James, glad you are alive...
Ronald: Hi Bob, Hi James
Roberto: YO, phone line went dead
james: i really can't stay long but i wanted to drop in and at least say hi
Go Argos: hey james, your place stoppede shaking niw? ; - )
Guy B.: Hi James. How's everything over there?
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james: fine. no earthquake where i was
Dr. D.: We were hoping you would have told us before now :-)
erin: hi James
Guy B.: Oh thank heavens. We were a little worried about you.
Ronald: good
Ronald: Good close game eh, Go Argos?
Ronald: I'm watching
james: very little happens in the part of japan where i am
james: very little of consequence anyway
Go Argos: yes, both teams are playing very well
Ronald: agree
james: so how has everone been?
Go Argos: have the laptop out in the living room
Guy F.: James: Otaku!
Ronald: well enough James, thanks
Roberto: good here in Michigan james
james: glad to hear it
Go Argos: prepping for a two-week trip
Ronald: played golf today with 5 others - two threesomes
Dr. D.: Getting ready for classes next week James.
james: oh yeah, school starts soon
Dr. D.: Christina leaves for college Saturday.
Dr. D.: CWRU starts Monday.
Dr. D.: Public schools start Tuesday.
james: that's early, i think it's changed since i went to school
Dr. D.: Hehe, it is "late" compared to last year.
james: public school used to start the first tuesday after labour day weekend
Dr. D.: Alas, the semester here at CWRU ends 23 December.
james: 23.. wow.
Dr. D.: Exams end the 21st.
james: dan, sorry to be so quiet lately
Dr. D.: And of course all my exams are the 20th and 21st.
Daniel B: it's ok, but ... "Ne me fais plus de peur comme celle-là!"
Dr. D.: Final grades due the 23rd at 11 AM.
Ronald: Daniel, have you got a powerpoint copy of your Adamcon session?
james: doesn't give you much time for grading, does it?
erin: well all I am heading out...haven't been feeling well and need to go to work
erin: have a good night
Dr. D.: Nope...2 sets of written exams, a lab practical...56 exams, 41 lab practicals.
erin: hope to see you next week
Ronald: Nite Erin....... hopt that passes soon
Dr. D.: Poor Rin..
Dr. D.: Feel better.
Dr. D.: <hugs>
erin: thanks....nite nite
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Go Argos: nite Erin
Guy F.: Erin: Hope you feel better, been sick for the past 4 days, so I know how you feel.
Dr. D.: She said she had an earache and sore throat.
Ronald: Oh OH
Daniel B: If the powerpoint was in the cd-rom, i got it
Dr. D.: Would have stayed home from work except that there were 1.5 days of Human Resources mandatory training about some touchy-feely stuff.
Ronald: No.... just your pictures - no powerpoint
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Go Argos: there have been two field goal attempts tonight - and both hitthe goalpost
Ronald: sensitivity training, I remember it well
Guy F.: Rich-C: What's an Argo? :)
changed username to Frank E.
Dr. D.: Argonaut.
Frank E.: Hello everyone
Go Argos: the kicker couldn't do that onpurpose if he tried for a week
Dr. D.: As in jason and the Argonauts from mythology.
Daniel B: football team
Daniel B: i think
Dr. D.: Hi Frank.
Roberto: Hi Franki
Daniel B: hello compyprog
Guy F.: Speaking of sports, Montreal is getting a basketball team! woo-hoo.
Ronald: Comme les Alouettes de Montreal - mais anglais
Roberto: Frank
Frank E.: How are you doing Dr.D and Roberto?
Guy B.: Hi Frank
Ronald: Hi Frank
Roberto changed username to BobS
Go Argos: hi Frank
BobS: good mon...........
Frank E.: Hello Guy B
Guy F.: Yo Frank! Long time no see.
Ronald: be right back
Frank E.: Yep
Dr. D.: I am getting ready for the semester to start next week.
Dr. D.: And shipping eldest daughter off to Erie on Saturday.
Frank E.: So I am Dr.D
Dr. D.: hehe
Guy F.: Dr. D: You have a daughter who goes to college? Woah! I thought we were about the same age there....
Dr. D.: I am 42, will be 43 in November.
Dr. D.: Christina turned 18 in January.
Guy F.: Dr. D: Awesome! Good use of Oil of Olay!
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Dr. D.: No Oil of Olay for me, or Grecian Formula etc.
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changed username to Frank E.
Frank E.: Hello everyone.
Frank E.: I will wait for you guys
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Guy Foster: Anybody home?
Frank E.: knock knock
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changed username to Dr. D.
Dr. D.: Well, that was interesting.
Guy Foster: So, no, haven't got it done yet, still working on some things, I did some phenomenal discoveries about interrupts though.
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Frank E.: Cool what did you find out --Guy F
Dr. D.: Must be Dale's overloaded server again.
changed username to BobS
Guy B.: Ok, I'm back.
BobS: m too
Guy Foster: I am able to test whether the interrupts are enabled or not. So in an NMI, I can do that test, and exit if the interrupts are disabled, turning my non-maskable interrupt into a semi-maskable interrupt.
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Frank E.: Whoa that is cool Guy F
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Guy Foster: It's an undocumented feature of the Z80.
Ron: somehow or other I managed to shoot myself in the foot
Guy Foster: Ron: Did it hurt?
BobS: nope, was Dale's server Ron
Ron: quite
BobS: liimpintg are you ?
BobS: limping
Ron: yep.
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Guy Foster: Daniel: Are you going to the Philly Classic this year?
Dr. D.: He hit his foot with a golf club :-)
Ron: that too..... and yesterday, a bowling ball
Guy Foster: I think the chat server is having problems because Dale is running it on ADAMOS.
Ron: I am in tough shape
BobS: man, you are a real sporting nut these days
Frank E.: Dr. D what programming languages do you create Biology software in?
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Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Yello All
Guy Foster: A 3rd Guy!!!
BobS: no....we un;s is RED
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Just was speaking with Pam clee shes with us in a few as they say!
Guy B.: Michael, what have you been up to lately?
Ron: indeed....... trying to get my bowling games up to date, because I'm going to be out of town for all of September and first two weeks of Octiber -- so I'm bowling ahead for 6 weeks
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Surviving Cancer! :-(
Guy B.: Oh my gosh. How?
BobS: 'the wild frontier of stampede land ???????
Dr. D.: Yow, where are you going, Ron?
Dr. D.: Hello Michael.
Ron: Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Ottawa.... more or less in that order
Ron: Bulk of the time will be spent on PEI..... have cousins there...... and it's the place of my birth
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: hello all is well I am doing a special treatment and I am doing well..MRI yesterday am is showing positive results
Ron: Hi Michael
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Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: have been quite sleeepy but am not ill (sick to stomach)
Daniel the 2nd: hello guys!
Dr. D.: Richard Clee sent me home from Toronto with what he believed was a box containing your dead Mini Wini hard drive system, for me to fix...I didn't open the box...but when I got it home, it was just a vanilla Expansion Module #3 system.
BobS: what happened to the ain Daniel ????? GONE
Daniel the 2nd: the ain?
Guy B.: Hope you get better soon.
BobS: main
Daniel the 2nd: ho
BobS: numero UNO Daniel
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Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Hello Everyone ! Just trying to remember everyone and keep up with Hellos Hey Ron and Rich and Guy ! Bobs and Daniel
Dr. D.: So I don't know if Richard still has said MW system, or if he is totally mistaken.
Daniel the main: is it better?
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: yea he told me and I know its there
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Rich
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: can you call rich
Frank E.: Did Rich send anything else? I need to get in touch with him I had a crazy week
BobS: sure daniel whatever ya want mon.........
Daniel the main changed username to Daniel Bienvenu
Colecoguy :- : (Colecoguy :- snickers evilly)
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: right on right on right on
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Dr. D.: This was when I was in Toronto 2-3 weeks ago, Frank...before you even showed up here.
changed username to Pamela
Frank E.: Oh sorry
BobS: just call him......The Mighty CLEE
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: heres Pam! Come on Down
BobS: Pamela, the one and only daughter ofthe mighty CLEE
Daniel Bienvenu: I'm looking for a restaurant... celebrating a special event here this weekend.
Pamela: please, you'll give him a big head : )
Guy B.: HI Pam
Pamela: greetings, all
Daniel Bienvenu: hello pam!
Ron: Hi Pamela
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: your on the Adam Chat!
Guy Foster: Hi Pam!
Pamela: where is Dad?
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: :-))
BobS: and that would be WHAT Daniel?????
Colecoguy :- : Colecoguy :-: Don't know
Guy B.: Watching football.
Dr. D.: The server crashed and your Dad went with it. Hi Pam.
Pamela: hey, Rich
BobS: Richard CRASHED too?????????
Pamela: Michael, I see you made it
BobS: Ouch that will leave a mark
Dr. D.: I presume he said nuts to it and went to have a Guinness
Frank E.: Hello Pam
Pamela: greetings, Frank
Pamela: probably a good bet, Rich
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Pamela: Michael, have you met Guy Foster?
Dr. D.: Or went to watch some more Argos.
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colecoguy: no i don't think so
Guy Foster: Pam: Don't think we have.
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Pamela: Guy is a friend of Daniel's from Montreal -he and his wife made it to the Adamcon this year
changed username to james
Pamela: Hey, James!
colecoguy: frank E. either ;_0 Heloo Boys
colecoguy: oh cool
Guy Foster: Hey there Colecoguy!
Pamela: so now we have a Guy (Gui) and a Guy
james: hi, not here for long. got dumped earlier with everyone else
Guy B.: Michael, in case if you haven't heard. I'm hosting next years Adamcon.
BobS: AND all of us 'good guys'
Dr. D.: James, have you heard the latest about Season 2 of the new Doctor Who?
james: no, has it started yet?
colecoguy: its my handle don't wear it out ... Michael Hurst Long time Adamite
Dr. D.: No, Christmas is first episode.
Frank E.: Hello James how is it there in the land of the rising sun
james: merry christmas indeed
Dr. D.: But they are bringing back The Master...
colecoguy: no not yet Guys
james: hi frank. so-so over here
Dr. D.: *and* Sarah Jane Smith with K-9!
james: the master?
james: guess i need to watch more of the original series
Dr. D.: Elizabeth Sladen is reprising the role...John Neeson is voicing K-9 again...
Guy Foster: Hmm, quick question for our fellow americans, philadelphia is inwhich state?
Pamela: Bob, where's Judy?
Pamela: Pennsylvania
Guy B.: Pennsylvania
Guy Foster: Looking up some directions on Mapquest....
Daniel Bienvenu: the special event is an anniversary... my parents wedding.
Guy Foster: Thanks.
Pamela: Mr. Bona, did you send me an e-mail? I haven't downloaded it yet
Frank E.: Why is everyone interested in Philly?
Dr. D.: The Master started in the Jon Pertwee years.
Guy B.: Not recent;y.
Guy B.: recently
Dr. D.: The actor died in a car wreck, sadly.
Daniel Bienvenu: i'm looking for a restaurant in quebec city, something good
Guy Foster: Frank: There's a Philly Classic Gaming Expo happening soon. Want to see if it's doable by car.
james: i'm definitely looking forward to the second season
Dr. D.: Another actor brought back the role during Peter Davison's tenure I think.
Pamela: : ( Guy
colecoguy: Why not I just met a real nice fellow this week fishing from Philly
Frank E.: Oh you mean the VGXPO
Frank E.: That will happen in November
Guy Foster: Frank: Yeah, I'm thinking of making it there, if I manage to get Gulkave working.
colecoguy: i got booted whats up doctor D.?
james: anyway, i really should go. the last few weeks have been mentally tiring and i'm teaching in an hour or so
Frank E.: Cool then we will go together then if I get CVDRUM+ and CVSYNTH done
BobS: gooday James
Dr. D.: Not much Michael.
colecoguy: Ok take care James good to see you again sorry I'm not here more!
BobS: be well and rested too
Pamela: g'nite James
Ron: That's work James, and you know how I feel about work
Dr. D.: Getting ready for classes to start next week.
Frank E.: Take care james
Guy B.: Bye James
Dr. D.: Trying to finish my syllabi "-)
Ron: nite James
Daniel Bienvenu: and james, DON'T HESITATE TO WRITE ME MESSAGE
Dr. D.: Bye James
james: @ron, lol. sad, but i find my work less tiring than other aspects of my life
colecoguy: right on , I meant with chat server?
Ron: one syllabus several syllabi
james: sure thing dan. thank you for your concern
Frank E.: Dr. D what classes are you teaching
colecoguy: Take it easy James
Dr. D.: Re: server, the original system died, beyond resurrection.
Dr. D.: Dale moved it to new hardware.
james: thanks. have a good day/evening, everyone
colecoguy: not I'm talking about tonight
colecoguy: no
Dr. D.: But the OS version, or the Java environment, or something, is kinda flakey now.
Frank E.: I am teaching Intro to A&P and Human A&P
Dr. D.: If too many people use the chat, it seems to just panic and die.
colecoguy: oh I see what operating system
Pamela: (server runs screaming into the night)
colecoguy: huuummmm
Dr. D.: I am not sure, I was not paying attention when Dale explained it at ADAMcon.
james: *poof*
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(Everyone laughs mockingly at Dr. D.)
Dr. D.: So Pam, I heard that your Dad liked Erin's birthday letter.
colecoguy: not really !!!
Pamela: apparently so - he got quite a kick out of it : )
Pamela: and I hear it was your idea
Pamela: good call
Daniel Bienvenu: err.. what do you think of this restaurant? http://www.auxancienscanadiens.qc.ca/
Dr. D.: Well, I figured it would make him happy to see her using that ADAM system.
Pamela: for what purpose, Daniel?
Dr. D.: Erin wrote her Uncle Richard a birthday letter with SmartWriter and printed it on the ADAM printer, and gave it to him at his birthday supper.
Daniel Bienvenu: celebrating the anniversary of my parents wedding
Ron: the Canadiens of old
Pamela: I can't check right now without dumping myself
BobS: Daniel.....nice girl, she married (cause you are single)......cna't tell about menu, it is all in french
Dr. D.: Reminds me of a bad joke, Ron.
BobS: cool !!!!! how many years????
Dr. D.: What do you call an old French woman?
Ron: ??
Pamela: belle
Dr. D.: Nope
Guy B.: I'm finally going to get rid of three old systems, I have to wait till October. That's when a recycling fair is going to held. And no fee charged, like some other places.
BobS: ly, she in BOT old Dr
Dr. D.: Antediluvienne
BobS: NOT
Pamela: French women don't get old - they age gracefully
BobS: ahso
Ron: :(
Pamela: groan
Daniel Bienvenu: dinde/dindon = turkey
Frank E.: What systems are you going to get rid of Guy B?
(Guy B. gives Pamela a can of Diet Coke.)
Daniel Bienvenu: poulet = chiken
Dr. D.: I told you it was a bad joke, Pam.
Pamela: thank you sir!
Guy B.: Three old Pentiums and two 14" monitors.
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Pamela: funny meeting you here
Guy B.: I know. We should meet more often.
Pamela: : )
Pamela: I have trouble keeping up with everyone now
Guy B.: It can be a chore.
Pamela: it took me this long to get on tonite because I fell asleep on the couch until just after eight
Pamela: I just finished dinner
Guy B.: Must have been a busy day for you.
Pamela: so much for all my grand plans to get stuff accomplished
Pamela: it was a very busy day at work plus I never get enough sleep at night
Pamela: too stubborn to go to bed
Guy B.: I have my company picnic this Friday. Only a half day of work.
Pamela: and I spent almost an hour and a half on the phone with Michael
Pamela: wow, they give you the time off? I'm jealous
Pamela: I really need to find a better job
Guy B.: Yep, this is our 12th annual picnic. Our IT dept is giving 9 laptops with carry cases for prizes.
Guy B.: I hope I win one.
Pamela: very jealous : )
Pamela: you won one at the Christmas party, didn't you?
Pamela: by the way, how is the new processor now that you've had it for a while?
Guy B.: No, I won a desktop two years ago in a raffle. And my friend Peter gave me another one along with a 17" monitor.
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Daniel: Goodnight!
Guy B.: Looks everyone is returning. Welcome Daniel.
Daniel: Talk to you next week
Pamela: goodnight?? are you leaving Daniel?
Guy B.: Ok, Daniel. Hopefully this will be more stable next time.
Pamela: bonsoir, mon ami
Daniel: yeah. long journey finding a nice restaurant with accomodation for a baby.
Pamela: good luck. I'm trying to plan my parents dinner so I know how you're feeling
Daniel: colour me gone :-D
Pamela: 'nite
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Pamela: so what about the processor, Guy?
Guy B.: The two Dells are Pentium III's. One is at 400 and the other at 450. They are good PC's. My Athlon is an 850. That's the one I built.
Guy B.: Motherboard already installed, just added everything else.
Pamela: Michael says he's going to give me another computer
Guy B.: That's great. Did he say what it is yet?
Pamela: he is (he says) cleaning out the junk. What is it about this year that everyone is shovelling out?
Pamela: PIII 800, I think
Pamela: does that make sense?
Guy B.: That's a good one. I'm getting rid of three old Pentiums. I took out the drives.
Pamela: i'm glad someone knows what the heck they're talking about. I'm still a novice when it comes to technology.
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Pamela: our phone went dead last Thursday and we had Bell Canada in to fix it
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Dale: Hi.
Guy B.: I do have a older Pentium. My 133, that one I will turn into a Windows/DOS computer and hook up Adamserve to it.
Dale: Did I miss it all?
Pamela: they say that if the problem is inside the suite, it'll cost $150 to fix.
Guy B.: Hi Dale, what's going on with the server. Crashed twice tonight?
Pamela: not much, Dale
Dale: I don't know. I've been out of town for a couple of days.
Pamela: so we have two jacks that work but they're at the front of the apartment
Dale: I just got home.
Guy B.: Where did you go?
Dale: I'll look into it though.
Dale: I went to visit Jillian's relatives in Quebec.
Dale: Jill's still there, but I have to be at work tomorrow.
Pamela: where in Quebec, Dale?
Guy B.: She has Geoffrey?
Dale: Near Sherbrook
Dale: Jeffrey stayed with her. They are visiting with both her father and her mother.
Guy B.: He must be having a nice time up there.
Pamela: so now I'm thinking - jacks, I don't need no stinking jacks - I'm goin' wireless and the heck with Bell Canada
Pamela: so does Jillian speak French???
Dale: No one likes Jillian's long grass. I got a by-law infraction notice on my door tonight. I let Jill grow it long in the back yard.
Pamela: oops
Dale: I have until Friday to make it short again. It is about 18 inches right now.
Guy B.: That's a little long there.
Pamela: that is a bit out of control. So, do you own a lawn mower yet?\
Pamela: Otherwise, it's gonna take a while with scissors
Dale: Jillian says that it attracts nicer wildlife. We'll have to move somewhere remote I'm thinking.
Pamela: they just like drinking from your pool : )
Guy B.: But, you don't want to upset everyone.
Dale: I've been keeping the front lawn nicely trimmed. I have a push mower which I use on the front lawn.
Pamela: so the sod took alright?
Guy B.: Been getting more rain up there?
Dale: Well, Jill reasoned that mostly the front lawn is visible to the neighbours.
Dale: Lots of rain in the last week or two.
Pamela: Guy, did you hear about our super storm on Friday?
Dale: mini-flash flood at work, with 6 inches of rain in the parking lot on Friday.
Guy B.: Been getting some more here too. But, still below what we should be getting this time of year. We have some coming in Friday night.
Pamela: we had a nice pond at the office - about 18 inches deep for a while
Dale: But I guess it just isn't enough to keep the neighbours happy.
Pamela: where's your office, Dale?
Guy B.: I think we missed that one here in Chicago.
Dale: Brampton.
Guy B.: That storm hit Wisconsin and produced several tornadoes.
Dale: My desk is on the second floor, but our shipping area has 2 inches of water.
Guy B.: You must have gotten that one.
Pamela: talk about a dark and stormy night - it got black as midnight at 3:30 in the afternoon, then the heavens opened. 90km an hour winds, about three inches of rain in Toronto over about two hours. Caused flooding everywhere in the GTA
Dale: or at least did for a few hours.
Pamela: washed out a section of Finch Avenue that they say is still not stable, and will take up to six months to repair
Guy B.: Whoa. We could use that much rain here.
Pamela: storm sewers everywhere overflowed.
Pamela: they couldn't handle the volume
Dale: I like it better spread over a couple of days, myself.
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Pamela: yeah, really
changed username to Guy F
Dale: Hi Guy.
Pamela: allo, Guy
Guy F: Oh, it's back on.
Guy F: Cool!
Guy B.: Well, folks. I'm going to take off here. I'll see you all next week.
Pamela: we had a couple of tornadoes north and west of the city
Dale: Sorry I didn't manage to put together an Adam for you this week. I'll keep working on it though.
Pamela: g'nite, Guy
Guy F: Dale: Did you get my email? If you can't, it's ok, you can still pick it up no problem.
Guy B.: Poof
Guy B. left chat session
Pamela: have fun at the picnic
Guy F: Dale: It's sitting here with your name on it.
Dale: I'm checking email now.
Guy F: Dale: also sent you a link to a game I'm working on, called gulkave. most people were blown away by it when they say it.
Pamela: Guy, how's Sandra?
Dale: Is this the larger game that you talked about in your blog?
Guy F: Pamela: Sandra's great... she's decided to start losing weight these days, so we have to find her a gym. :)
Guy F: Dale: Yep.
Pamela: good to hear : )
Pamela: what about employment?
Dale: I didn't have access to email until now.
Guy F: I had an interview this morning, don't know how good it went, they seemed to hint that I was too qualified for the job.
Pamela: keep your fingers crossed anyway. I detest it when people say you're "overqualified" - why would you be applying for the position if you weren't interested?
Dale: I didn't get to try it last week, but I've opened it now. Still a space shooter. A bit of an obsession for you?
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Guy F: Dale: It's a space shooter yes. I like that type of game.
changed username to Neil
Pamela: hi, Neil!
Neil: Hi
Pamela: how is life in our nation's capital?
Guy F: Hey Neil!
Neil: It's fine but it seems like I haven't been there a lot lately.
Dale: Pam, from an interviewer's point of view, a person who is employeed and is not challenged is a good candidate for a head hunter to take away before the training investment pays off.
Dale: I gave Neil a personal reminder of the chat tonight.
Neil: Since AdamCon, I drove out to Moncton for a 5-day conference and spent 3 days of touristy things in N.B. and Maine.
Pamela: that's true, Dale, but at the same time, some people are looking to be less challenged
Dale: Guy, have you converted the joystick routines now?
Guy F: Pamela: I'm just looking for a job, period!
Pamela: exactly my point, Guy
Neil: When I got back to Ottawa it took me about a week to recover from that, then I had to come to Brooklin for a family reunion last Sunday.
Guy F: Pamela: Heck, I tried applying at "Staples" and they wouldn't take me for the same reason.
Pamela: it's always the same, Guy - you can't get a job without experience, and you can't get experience without a job
Pamela: so you haven't seen a lot of the inside of your place since the convention, huh?
Neil: On Monday, our Fenelon Falls store printer died and a couple of hours later the computer died, so I had to put together another ...
Neil: computer quickly and take it to Fenelon on Monday.
Dale: I could recommend you for Best Buy on St Catherine.
Dale: I think I still know a manager there maybe...
Guy F: dale: i think it's a future shop there.
Neil: I was missing some things from the computer I took on Monday in a bit of a rush, so I had to gather a few other things and drive up to Fenelon Falls again on Tuesday.
Guy F: Dale: I'm going to start applying all over, including best buy, future shop, etc...
Neil: In conclusion, I'm sure things are fine in Ottawa, but at the moment I'm not there.
Pamela: I can just picture you standing there Neil going "home? Where's home?"
Guy F: Dale: although it's not the career move I was thinking of doing at 32.
Dale: The Best Buy is on Marche Central.
Dale: Not ideal, but I get a referal bonus if you are still there after 6 months ;-)
Guy F: Dale: Yeah, and there opening up in Lasalle too.
Pamela: well, Dale - any need for a receptionist or admin assistant in your office?
Dale: I'm sure you have better thing to do though.
Pamela: since we're speaking of not being challenged
Dale: Pam, I'll have to check. Maybe AA.
Pamela: I have to start doing some looking for myself. Right now it's just a dream.
Guy F: In any case dale, the adam is yours if you want it.. let me know if you'll be in town anytime soon.
Pamela: however, if you hear of anything I'd appreciate a heads up
Dale: Pam, nope, none this week. If you're actually interested, I'll keep my eye out.
Dale: Okay Guy. I'm working on a hard disk system for you. I think I might be able to lay my hands on one this week.
Pamela: Please do. Even if it comes to nothing, I need the practice at interviewing as it's been a while.
Guy F: Dale: Oh wow, that's more than I expected. Awesome!!!
Dale: I'll have to work on it Guy. I'm not sure about a disk drive, but I think it has serial/parallel/boot rom and 256k memory expander.
Dale: It could work well for you.
Guy F: Dale: Awesome!
Dale: If I can get it, it should be lots of fun for you.
Pamela: I still have to get my email so I'd better head out if I want to sleep tonite.
Pamela: Dale, thanks for any leads you may find for me.
Pamela: Neil, come back soon
Dale: No problem Pam. I'll keep my eyes open for you.
Guy F: Yeah, have to get going too, have a few things I need to do. Dale let me know when! Take care all.
Pamela: Guy, please say hi to Sandra for me
Pamela: have a good week everyone, and I'll try to be on time next week : )
Pamela: kerpoof
Dale: Talk to you later Guy. my chopper game is coming along with the hostages now appearing.
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Dale: Just have to debug the behaviours of them.
Dale: Right now they seem to be stuck running in one direction.
Dale: Must be a bad carry flag test.
Guy F: Dale: I really like that game, keep it up!
Guy F: I'm working on porting Gulkave to the CV. What I sent you works on emulators but not on the real thing, and it's driving me crazy to find out why.
Guy F: I know it has to do with the interrupts... The original game was designed for an SG-1000 which has maskable interrupts, the CV doesn't.
Dale: Could it be the VDP timing issue? Does it use the OS7 calls for VDP write/read?
Guy F: No, it uses no BIOS routines, the game was written for a SG-1000 which has no BIOS.
Dale: So you've just patched the video display ports?
Dale: Check the timing of the OUT (191),A calls
Guy F: 7F?
Dale: It is recommended to have two NOPs in a tight loop.
Guy F: Oh nice... i didn't know that.
Guy F: When I run my game, some caharacters look garbled. Might be that.
Dale: It works about 80% of the time on the real hardware with one NOP.
Dale: Maybe you can insert a RST call to create the needed delay without having to rearrange the memory map.
Guy F: Thanks for the tip!!!
Guy F: Well, I have the code totally disassembled, and labelled, so it's fine.
Guy F: I can modify it at will and it will recompile fine.
Dale: I spent some time trying to make full screen animation go as fast as I can on the Adam, so I've tried quite a few different things.
Dale: be and bf are the VDP ports, right?
Guy F: Yes, BE is the DATA port and BF the register ports.
Dale: 0BEh, and 0BFh.
Guy F: Same ports as on the SG-1000....
Dale: So probably one of those two are being bombarded faster than the VDP is willing to accept the data, and so is losing some characters.
Guy F: Seems to work on the SG-1000 hardware though.
Guy F: which is the same exact hardware as the CV.
Dale: Maybe it had wait states or something.
Guy F: Um, it has HALTs a bit everywhere.
Dale: Interesting.
Guy F: Wow, I'm glad I talked to you about this, I was running out of ideas.
Dale: I don't use HALTs myself.
Guy F: Yeah, HALTs basically inserts NOPs until a interrupt signal is encountered.
Guy F: Never used it myself.
Dale: But they'd probably work just fine if I was waiting for the VDP interupt handler to complete.
Dale: I usually make a busier idle task.
Guy F: Yeah, sounds like a great thing to try out. how many nops before each write you think I should add? 2 is enough, or morE?
Guy F: 2 is only 2 machine cycles...
Dale: If you try 2 between each data write, that'd be good.
Dale: If the data is going to the wrong address in VRAM, then look at spreading out the timing of the control register.
Guy F: I wasn't aware that the VDP wasn't able to keep up full speed with the Z80.
Dale: I usually just rearrange the code to do some calculations between the bytes, and before the first data byte.
Dale: Sadly, it is a restriction of the VDP. OUTIR tends to work most of the time for the data port, but the TMS chip does need time on the control port for sure.
Dale: On an emulator it wouldn't matter for either one, of course.
Guy F: Ok, so that's why it works on the emulator and not on the CV. makes sense now.
Dale: If you look at the VDP low level routines in absolute listings for the BIOS it talks a little about timing. I find from experimenting that you can make it faster,...
Dale: but you have to be careful about the control port commands.
Guy F: What's wrong with the control port commands?
Dale: I did that experimenting mostly in 1988, so it's been a while.
Dale: I don't know, but the VDP seems to get confused if you send them too fast. It maybe is more attentive during the video retrace, I'm not sure.
Guy F: Allright, I'm going to go and try to do those mods then. I'm selling this game through Atari Age, so they need a working version soon.
Guy F: Let me know when you'll be in town!
Dale: I will.
Guy F: Thanks for the help.
Dale: I may send Jill, I had to return to Whitby for work tomorrow.
Dale: Cath you later.
Guy F: Cool, take care!
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Dale: poof
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