__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 11:32 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 05 March 2007 09:37 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Saturday 03 March 2007 16:12 \__
>>>>
>>>>> From: chukst Sun Sep 29 17:16:46 1991
>>>>> To: mikedr; philba; scottq
>>>>> Subject: Bambi on DR-DOS 6.0
>>>>> Date: Sun Sep 29 17:16:39 1991
>>>>>
>>>>> I tracked down a serious incompatibility with DR-DOS 6 - They don't use
>>>>> the 'normal' device driver interface for > 32M partitions. Instead of
>>>>> setting the regular START SECTOR field to 0ffffh and then using a brand
>>>>> new 32-bit field the way MS-DOS has always done, they simply extend the
>>>>> start sector field by 16 bits.
>>>>>
>>>>> ..
>>>>>
>>>>> I've patched a version of Bambi to work with DRD6, and it seems to run
>>>>> Win 3.1 without difficulty. This same problem may have caused other
>>>>> problems with Win 3.1 and the swapfile under DRD6.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is possible to make Bambi work, assuming we can come up with a
>>>>> reasonably safe method for detecting DRD6.
>>>>> ..
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think? Should we test further with the patched Bambi to see
>>>>> if there are any more incompatibilities?
>>>>>
>>>>> From: philba Mon Sep 30 08:15:02 1991
>>>>> To: bradsi
>>>>> Cc: davidcol
>>>>> Subject: Bambi on DR-DOS 6.0
>>>>> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 91 07:57:50 PDT
>>>>>
>>>>> hey, hey, hey ....
>>>>>
>>>>> my proposal is to have bambi refuse to run on this alien OS, comments?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_0981.pdf
>>>>
>>>> That's the part of the Iowa plaintif's collection that fits under the
>>>> "technical sabotage" category. If you can'y beat them, break them
>>>> (quietly).
>>>>
>>>
>>> So where is lolbill/amicus_curious, to tell us all this didn't happen?
>>> Hey?
>>
>> He's an the payroll. I was told this by someone who knew him.
>>
>
> Very unsurprising, of course, he's certainly always given the strong
> impression of someone who was on the inside of the mafia, not the
> outside.
Only if a University is considered to be a Mafia (or if it's in cahoot with
MS). The same goes for Erik, but for reasons, which he never elaborated on,
he no longer works there. Maybe he's just busy job hunting these day. This
would explain the long absence. I'll stop here though. I'm sick and tired of
personal attacks and speculations, but sometimes they lead me to it. I never
addressed a person's character until I joined COLA. Even mild insults were
extremely rare and -- where they happened -- people got told off. I always
remember an incident in the Palm newsgroups. I argues that WEP should
probably be secure and did so naively and politely while assisting someone
with a query. Someone else said to me "you're full of it" because,
apparently, WEP was by no means secure. It got cracked. At the time, without
thick skin, I took it very hard, but later I saw people going on the
offence, criticing the person in question for lack of manners. That was
then, pre-COLA days. COLA shouldn't have become the so-called "armpit of
UseNet", but the trolls were here to ensure that the culture here was rough,
repellent, and lowered credibility. If the reputation of the group can be
elevated, then the archives of COLA as a whole (san WinTrolls) can be
appreciated by an outsider or a UseNet person who lurks.
--
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