Lead on a Mark V in Va

BigSky · Post by **BigSky** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:24 am

JPG40504 wrote:Nothing! Those who do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it! The thirst for knowledge is not satiated by a single 'flavor' per glass! That has nothing to with maintenance and repair either.

Perhaps the 'community' branch is where most of this belongs, but then we couldn't discuss any machine related maintenance subjects there.

This thread started on shaky ground/thin ice since it was borderline selling etc. By diverting the subject away from that, it became more legitimate.

Be careful calling stuff 'gibberish'! Saying so implies lack of either understanding or tolerance, or Both! Off 'subject' Yes. Rambling? YES Gibberish? NIMHO!

It is still gibberish and has NOTHING to do with woodworking.

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:07 am

Ed in Tampa wrote:You know the longer I ponder this post I wonder if I have it right?????
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Don't fret Ed. I think it's amazing you guys can even begin to recall any details at all. This knowledge goes back what, a half century?

Whether this subject has anything to do with anything present doesn't matter to me. I see it for what it is / was. The foundation of where we are today regarding computing and automation. Amazing what we've seen in our 'short' lifetime. Thanks for the "gibberish".

It makes me appreciate where we've come from.

BigSky · Post by **BigSky** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 9:05 am

mickyd wrote:Don't fret Ed. I think it's amazing you guys can even begin to recall any details at all. This knowledge goes back what, a half century?

Whether this subject has anything to do with anything present doesn't matter to me. I see it for what it is / was. The foundation of where we are today regarding computing and automation. Amazing what we've seen in our 'short' lifetime. Thanks for the "gibberish". It makes me appreciate where we've come from.

OK, Just for the sake of nostalgia, let's discussion what this bit of gibberish does.

0000 4900FE
0003 4900FF
0006 910022
0009 F100FA
000C D100FE
000F 910022
0012 7100FA
0015 A10020
0018 F1001F
001B 51001F
001E 00
001F 00
0020 0030
0022 000F

Hex Version for the Loader:

49 00 FE 49 00 FF 91 00 22 F1 00 FA D1 00 FE 91 00 22 71 00 FA A1 00 20 F1 00 1F 51 00 1F 00

Doing it in machine language was a real pain. I much preferred Pascal or, even later in the evolution of learning, in Cobol.

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 10:39 am

Ditto, Mike!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 4:38 am

Thank You for the 'Kind' words!(Mike and Just off the Boaticus!) It really did belong in potpouri, but as I recall it started with a bunch of ones and zeros in the First Post!

Mike: There is no 'translator'(not that I know of). Not too much demand since Extended ASCII has taken over. EBCDIC was an IBM thingey that IMHO was an implement to cause dependency on them. Part of it actually makes a little sense though.

Gibber Gibber ish ish:D

BTW I can recall a few things from 70 yrs ago!(My 2nd Christmas)!