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Writing an Assembler

Posted on 2007/06/10 by lost

My first real experience with computers at any level was with the TRS80 Color Computer back in the 1980s. That machine has a Motorola 6809 CPU in it (which is an 8 bit cpu with a 16 bit address space). … Continue reading →

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Compiler Mismatch

Posted on 2006/08/20 by lost

I managed to figure out why some software on my system simply refused to work (or even crashed) when using the SCIM input method scheme. It turns out I had upgraded my compiler for whatever reason and that was causing … Continue reading →

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Multilingual Typing…

Posted on 2006/08/18 by lost

I have managed to get my system configured to allow me to type in multiple languages with my bog standard english keyboard. While that might not sound particularly exciting, it is somewhat cool. And also somewhat useful if you want … Continue reading →

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Memory Failure

Posted on 2003/09/23 by lost

You wouldn’t think that memory that was working perfectly for two years would up and fail causing a computer to stop booting. And you would be wrong. I had just such an event happen to me. It manifested itself as … Continue reading →

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Stupid Verisign Tricks Redux

Posted on 2003/09/19 by lost

Reactions to the actions taken by Verisign as described in my blog entry from September 16 have been heated and varied. It currently appears that Verisign has no intention of ceasing this nonsense. However, certain internet authorities have finally been … Continue reading →

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Stupid Verisign Tricks

Posted on 2003/09/16 by lost

On Monday, Verisign, the company that manages the contents of the .com and .net zone files, hijacked all non-existant domains to point to an intermittently functional search service. This does not affect any top level domain other than .com and … Continue reading →

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