Date   : Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:57:42
From   : heyrick.beebsoc@... (Rick Murray)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Re: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

On 24/07/2011 22:52, Rob wrote:

> think got to a point where I could run very very simple apps, but I
> can't find the code any more,

:-(


> That was pretty much how I did it; but actually swapping the stack in
> and out!

Yikes!

Swap to where? Another memory location? What did you do for page zero, 
or was that OS-only?


> The time slices were fairly large so that the swapping wasn't too bad
> an overhead, although response time was fairly slow!

That's why you need short timeslices!


> You can't even open up a PC and point and say This Bit does That
> easily any more!

Google discovers a shocking fact - people think that little blue 'e' is 
the Internet!
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ


And, while you're there, take a look at this:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqi0DwNLJdM
She's very sweet, but an embarrassment to blondes everywhere.

Watch it all the way through, and try really hard not to cringe as... 
no... spoilers...


> So why believe what's written in the other articles?

I don't. But I use sites like Wiki for basic info. I mean, if I wanted 
to see what sort of symptoms milk allergy can cause, I'd Wiki it. If I 
wanted to see if such-and-such a mushroom was safe to eat, I'd probably 
not trust Wiki.


> lol.  But you write copious and entertaining drivel..

Gee, thanks. <beam> 8-)

More on the way!


Best wishes,

Rick.