Re: NASA Mars 2001 Lander

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 14:00:25 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> posted:
>On 23 Jun 2000 13:18:17 GMT, a.k...@aon.at (Andreas Krennmair)
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:48:53 +0300, Ville Jouppi <vjo...@sci.fi> wrote:
>>> >Ohh, hat kinds do you have?
>>> 
>>> Working:
>>> A4000, A2000B, 2xA500+, 3xA500
>>I once had an A500 emulator installed on my systems, because I had found a
>>german A500 manual in a dustbin. I found the GUI really great, but the CLI
>>was hard to use (and the window it was inside, it couldn't be closed anymore).
>
>You should have read the manual more carefully.. :-) endcli or
>endshell is the command to use. And if you have a recent version of
>the OS (2.x or 3.x), then the console windows also have a
>close-button.

AmigaDOS is quite Unix-like in its function, but uses commands more familiar
to MS-DOS users. Of course, when I first used AmigaDOS I didn't have
anything else to base it on ... I learnt how to use MS-DOS based on what I
knew of AmigaDOS, which led to lots of frustration along the way! :)

>>But what me really fascinated was this cool 'say' program. I believe this
>>speech synthesizer is still used by some musicians doing electronic music
>>(does anybody know 'Console'? I think they use it).
>
>Commodore licenced the speech engine from some company which I don't
>remember right now.. I've heard the same speech in some commercials
>etc.
>
>The speech engine in 2.0x is much better than the one in 1.x. Then CBM
>decided it wasn't worth it to licence the engine anymore so they
>dropped it in 2.1.

Argh, I have 1.2, 1.3 and 2.1... so I've missed the better library
altogether! :)

>>Unfortunately the disk images I downloaded didn't have the MicroEmacs as
>>described in the manual, but the manual sometimes still helps me out when
>>I need a help to a command in GNU Emacs.
>
>Microemacs was quite a good conversion back then, who really needs the
>LISP part of emacs anyway?-)

I never really used MEMACS that much, preferring Ed. I guess it's like the
difference between Pico and EMACS, really :)


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I realise that this is a wholly innaccurate rendition of the KS2.0/3.0 boot
screen, but to be honest I can't be bothered to wander upstairs and boot up
one of my A500+s :)

Kind Regards,
-Martin
-- 
Martin Atkins - Reply address is ROT13 encoded

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