I only assume it is effective, but I have a keyboard click that blanks the screen by just writing a blank and skipping the entire screen-write section. Forget...
My 95 and 98 machines have a startup menu option of starting in pure DOS without Windows, as well as the option "Restart in MS-DOS Mode" on the shutdown...
I have to question calling DOS a "real-time" OS. Ever tried to print a big document and the whole computer went to sleep. What's that all about. Amazing how...
At 02:22 PM 2/1/2002 -0600, Paul Cesak wrote: By the way, I run my CMRI on a 1GHz. processor under Windows 2000 and VB6. Surely not real time...but pretty dang...
Paul, You found the rub with DOS; if you asked it to interleave more than one task at a time, DOS folded. But, if you only have one program to run and you...
At 14:22 -0600 2/1/02, Paul Cesak wrote: [...] Well, RSTS was mighty fine, but both RT-11 and RSX-11 were the real-time systems. RT-11, if your application was...
... My Turbo Pascal hasn't worn out yet, nor has my MS-DOS 6.22. Yes, no one is supporting them anymore, but its not like I need to replace the points and...
Hello Group Bruce Chubb's Appendex A shows the relationship of the baud rate to the number of nodes and IO cards. The speed is dependent upon baud rate once we...
DOS is ok if indeed you are satisfied with being in a character mode only. Frankly, the world has left this OS in a time tunnel....although even NT uses it as...
... Dear Mr. Zuhn, Defining a "reasonable implementation" when you are talking about loop time could be recast as the following questions. How quickly should...
Dear Don Wood ( and everyone else,) Here's a message to let you know that the Sonoma County Model RR Society's Layout and C/MRI system has been broken down and...
Folks, Just to offer a gentle counter to Paul Cesak's "stagnate" comment. *All* of the operating systems available to us have strengths, weaknesses, and costs ...
Paul, Before you think I'm picking on you, I need to say that I teach this stuff at a university and I feel it's important for folks to understand the "real"...
And the C/MRI system is still supported by Bruce Chubb.... Steve Bartlett Glenn wrote: .................. No, MS-DOS isn't a modern operating system. All I'm...
To All ... of ... costs ... lot ... I feel the same way. I've had C/MRI up and running for the last year and a half in DOS using Basic 6.2 (or whatever the...
... This statement is totally erroneous. NT was written from scratch to solve DOS problems such as the inability to multitask, inability to use large amounts...
... time ... railroad? This sums it up nicely, and closely reflects the intent of the question. I understand the mechanics of writing real-time software ...
Dave , thanks for sharing your experiences with us on the old layout. This is what this list is about. We can share both our success and our failures WP Steve...
Hey guys, All I'm saying is don't limit yourselves. Don't stay at DOS just because it is easy. When I first started this project 12 years ago, DOS was a bear...
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From Norm Evans signals@... Hello Paul and list: For most modelers the Trains and the layout are the things that they are spending enjoyable time doing....
What we have here is a failure to communicate. I have been where you are. I started writing code in Qbasic on a 386 machine. Eventual moved to Quick Basic,...
Why is it I seem to see so much about USIC? I know windoz makes it hard to mem map I/O but I don't think it is impossible (except maybe for XP, Nah , there's...
At 01:36 AM 2/7/2002 +0000, nkpberk wrote: Why is it I seem to see so much about USIC? I know windoz makes it hard to mem map I/O but I don't think it is...
One more reason. On a large layout, serial allows distributing the interface cards around the layout putting them close to where the inputs/outputs are used....
I've been lurking for a while but I will wade in on this one. My background is in automation for industry so when faced with automating my MRR I took a long...
... opening the box is not an issue, all of the wireing is in place at a central location already, and i don't wish to impress serial overhead on the system....
WOW! I never thought of that little item. I have two short (2 #8 switches point to point) interlockings that are treated as blocks. Mighty happy I'm working...
... Hmmm... This sounds like it could be collapsed into a double-slip turnout... which I have on the plans for the next portion of my layout (actually there...
The discussion about the merits of serial versus parallel interface has been quite interesting. As an industrial automation engineer I'm regularly faced with...
I am looking for 3 DIN and 6 DOUT cards. Before I order the blanks and build them, I was wondering if anybody has any to sell, working or not. If you are...
