Re: God we're dumb
That is so vacuumist.
What is wrong with Dyson, Brazier or Grey?
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Oracle staff say Larry Ellison's fundraiser for Trump is against 'company ethics' – Oracle, ethics... what dimension have we fallen into?
25 years of Delphi and no Oracle in sight: Not a Visual Basic killer but hard to kill
Monday 17th February 2020 15:23 GMT
Funny how so many of the Clipper tool writers went to Dephi.
I have had exposure to most of the various databases, found bugs in some, I could crash some on demand.
Was a tester for an AS400 database engine, best described as slow.
Just had three different tools up using our data.
Advantage Data Architect (part of server software in Dephi)
My own DBU (multi RDD version recompiled with Alaska XBase++into WIN32 Console)
Our own software in Visual Objects.
If I wanted I could go to an XP PC and load up our last gen software.
All playing nicely.
Sunday 16th February 2020 23:30 GMT
Re: OT
Clippers great tricks were, very basic OOP in places. Replacable Database Drivers (If you didn't use Advantage your software was born to corrupt indexes.)
I used to like the VGA mode in 5,3B and managed to make a DOS application pretty usable and good looking even in XP days.
Oh and EVERYONE had Blinker
Friday 14th February 2020 14:22 GMT
Re: not Cool
Actually it was something completely different.
MANY Delphi programmers came from the Clipper world, a big selling MSDOS database handling compiler which could handle a number of databases.
As to the replacement environment there were many.
Number one rules was - can my new development environment use the same database?
In most cases yes, but Delphi not straight away.
A large number of Clipper applications used the data formats DBF CDX FPT.
This was supported in a few other environments including Visual Objects and Alaska XBase++, Delphi used Paradox.
HOWEVER serious systems using Clipper used client server systems with Advantage XBase Server, this was a server based NLM handling the data, later on a Windows service and even more recent a Linux versions were added.
When the Advantage wrappers for Delphi appeared it took off. It was one of the bigger DOS escape routes.
I would put its escapee market share as similar to Visual Objects but with more non Clipper programmers on top.
The writers of AXS later ADS also used Delphi themselves.
But with the improvement in hardware specifications making SQL more usable for medium sized systems the need for fast client server ISAM is dropping, also we do not trust SAP with Advantage, SYBASE were fine.
Also all us older Clipper programmers are either retired, or within a decade of retiring, so systems are now moving to more main stream stuff like C.
We are currently benchmarking tools for our post WIN32 world. We took one choice to WIN32, Delphi users took another.
Oh and in the DOS days it was almost open warfare between Clipper and F*x developers.
Judge Vulcan-nerve pinches JEDI deal after Amazon forks out $42m to pause Microsoft's military machinations
Friday 14th February 2020 11:12 GMT
Re: It was the end of history....
B5, Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly.
Lots mentioned.
Seen bits of all, but still favourite is Trek.
I liked Firefly but the film ending upset me (Wash).
Wars, prequels, and the latest films seem odd.
Now when will ElReg channel a few other series?
And what will they be?
Aw, look. The UK is still trying really hard to be the 'safest place to be online in the world'
It's a Bing thing: Microsoft drops plans to shove unloved search engine down throats of unsuspecting enterprises
Hear, hear: The first to invent idiot-cancelling headphones gets my cash
Friday 7th February 2020 14:09 GMT
Re: Selective attention
My hearing is a bit duff.
I cannot bear being interrupted, it starts me stuttering (and I don't stutter) and breaks train of thought.
Two people talking at once, I do not even TRY to work out as to me it is a wall of noise.
I actually have to concentrate to listen to people.
EU tells UK: Cut the BS, sign here, and you can have access to Galileo sat's secure service
Thursday 6th February 2020 11:47 GMT
Re: foot, shot.
Imperial and Metric
I use both
Miles for distance, HP for car power, but NM for torque, fuel in litres but quick conv to gallons for consumption.
DIY all mm and m, none of this cm or inch nonsense.
Use kg most for weight except people weight when stones, converting stones to pounds is easy
10 stone x 6.35 = 63.5kg, 63.5 x 2.2 = 140 pound, I do not know how many pounds in a stone, some even teen number I think.
Fed-up air safety bods ban A350 pilots from enjoying cockpit coffees
Bada Bing, bada bork: Windows 10 is not happy, and Microsoft's search engine has something to do with it
Thursday 6th February 2020 11:36 GMT
Used it once WTF, never again
I never knew because I do not use it, nor the menu, they are too weird. I wanted to reboot new PC, no obvious button, so added one.
Windows Key R is all you need.
mspaint
notepad
regedit
services.msc
shutdown /r
these work
Most importantly
CMD
Now I can use it
Find a file C: DIR name.ext /s /p
How easy is that?
Still trying to get open with working properly though, keeps on about a store.
Very little helps: Tesco flashes ancient Windows desktop on Scan-As-You-Shop device
Ever wondered what Microsoft really thought about the iPad? Ex-Windows boss spills beans
Not call, dude: UK govt says guaranteed surcharge-free EU roaming will end after Brexit transition period. Brits left at the mercy of networks
AMD really, really wants you to know its chips are doing OK without any help from Intel and its supply issues
Apple: EU can't make us use your stinking common charging standard
Tuesday 28th January 2020 12:04 GMT
Re: We should just all use SCART
Since I have had DVD always used SCART RGB, even works with NTSC on a PAL only TV.
Decided on newer TV to do multi way tests, and I tested DVD via RGB SCART, Component, and then DVD in the PS3.
TV upscaling and PS3 upscaling were indistinguishable.
SCART provided WS switching and the colour balance appeared better than component.
So I still use an old DVD player for DVD on a HDTV.
Take DOS, stir in some Netware, add a bit of Windows and... it's ALIIIIVE!
Monday 27th January 2020 12:51 GMT
About this time we were still installing
Netware 5 and friends.
Customers were not allowed Windows servers until.
1) Our database could run on it.
2) Our customers had hardware support.
3) Server 2003.
4) They accepted the performance decrease.
We did have one NT family to Netware upgrade as they were hammering the server too hard.
Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 15:37 GMT
Re: Sonos grasped the wrong end of the stick
Get good service from a company they get repeat custom.
Get good life you look at same brand to replace.
Get good performance, the same.
Had 4 TVs same make, 3 Video cameras same make, gone from heavy separates to an all in one with HD tapes.
I am prepared to spend more occasionally to spend less overall. Known people buy a TV every 3 years. I spent £1200 on one, less money than 3x£500.
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 15:33 GMT
Tellies
New one every ten years or so, does me.
First because wanted to see TV
Second because first was portable
Third because it was DVB-T, widescreen and flatscreen
Fourth because HD and HDMI and big
Fifth will be higher resolution, HDR and more HDMI, will probably go same make.
So I had a really good 14" portable from about 1980 or so. An expensive 32" IDTV, now a big LCD which upscales rather well.
Same make as my video recorder from early 80s and my last few games consoles.
Rugby legend Will Carling tells El Reg: Techie stats bods will love this year's Six Nations
Squirrel away a little IT budget for likely Brexit uncertainty, CIOs warned
Step away from that Windows 7 machine, order UK cyber-cops: It's not safe for managing your cash digitally
Tuesday 14th January 2020 09:38 GMT
Upgrade to - nothing there!
Let's think
Got 7 at home, was previously XP.
So what can I use?
Mint, nice but unfortunately WIN32 needed (already have a boot).
8 or 8.1 they are both horrid, had to use a 8 PC for a week recently, the centred titles screwed me over.
10 I have great difficulty with it, I cannot find some screens such as the scren design tools, XP and 7 were fine, 10 cannot see them. No easy way of working out which screen is which.
So stuck on 7, unless I go XP.
Train-knackering software design blunder discovered after lightning sparked Thameslink megadelay
Having trouble finding a job in your 40s? Study shows some bosses like job applicants... up until they see dates of birth
Smart speaker maker Sonos takes heat for deliberately bricking older kit with 'Trade Up' plan
Two missing digits? How about two missing employees in today's story of Y2K
Thursday 2nd January 2020 12:40 GMT
Re: Clipper
Clipper was a great product, I used it for quite a few years.
You may be thinking of Visual Objects, a native compiler for WIN32, I am competent with it.
So why did these two languages last for so long?
1) Quick to write in.
2) Native data handling.
3) Scalable.
4) Flexible.
5) Extendable.
I know of 50+ seat VO systems running 24/7 with high reliability and performance, handling GB of data.
I bet DBase would not last a day without issues.
Fire up an XP PC and Clipper executables can join in the fun as well, Vista started the removal of DOS modes and the essential WIN16 mode for data handling for IP.
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