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motorola quartz generator from the year 1983- worked on the first try after 25 years.
Hitachi MSX H2 commercial 工藤夕貴 new WINDOWS SERVER 2003 website is now added to the internet, and it can be visited. it is a site to represent my PIC, 68000, and software projects. also i want to learn .ASP it is tiny webspace- supported by IT company in Bangalore, India. for the needs of a tiny personal website, the plan i have signed up for is best value. i just do not need unlimited storage, or transfer in the gigabytes range. in addition, i have already "outsourced" my picture files to photobucket. -they can be shown on many pages -people can see them, search them, share them (download), without messing with my sites. -it can be backed up more easily than from web site -the best thing: photobucket can generate thumbnails automatically, as well HTML template. and even flash objects can be shown via website! anti wikipedia links here some evidence that i am not alone... actually because they do not include security disclaimer, they could be fined for passively causing improper handling. for instance, technology, food, biology research, medicine and the like. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nike6/2421790930/ the links are here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731fa_fact http://www.theonion.com/content/node/50902 http://www.dashes.com/anil/2006/07/quitting-wikipe.html 17 abril VISUAL BASIC program... LCD font converter 04 abril windows phones soon- according to BIll Gatesthere are already JAVA phones on the market- for low prices...
but also they do not include real software, or real keyboard.
they can be used to read email, and even to write email, and to upload pictures to flickr.
there is a tiny web browser called OPERA MINI- with compulsory wikipedia link.
this is not so nice- it can not be switched off.
i have not asked for a mobile encyclopedia- indeed, i do not use the feature at all.
and also JAVA is now more or less open source.
so anyone can publish tiny helper applications- they already exist.
well SHOZU is trusted...more or the less.
but WINDOWS phones will be different.
i have seen one MOTOROLA phone available for just the double price of normal phones-
just not on the local market, or with no service provider contract.
the difficulty is not the phone, but how easy people can maintain service contracts...
they need one to surf the internet!
anyway i want one of these WINDOWS phones- including real keyboard!
it is just not practicable to write blog entries, or email, using mobile phone.
few people will do this continuously!
so these JAVA phones are more or less "toys"- the camera's are also not really good quality!
i started to use my "old" digital camera again (old= 1 year, 5 MEGAPIXELS).
it can use ordinary 512MB SD card (but not the ultra tiny card from the phone).
in theory, i could even use the phone as modem for the computer.
but it is horribly expensive to set it up (it it is not set up by default).
i think WINDOWS phones must offer connection to service providers, not just the phones (they are already available in the USA).
over long time, i think such devices will evolve- not the cheap JAVA phones (nice as extra toys),
but devices which can run real software.
OK the JAVA phones can download programs- in the KB (kilobytes) range!
but it is not compatible to WINDOWS standard.
i think the surfaces are "homegrown"- even if they are good, they are different from phone to phone.
and there are no instructions how to adjust the connection settings.
the people in the shop must enter these settings!
i tried 5 hours one time- and giving up.
actually i do not use the built-in walkman very much, or the picture camera.
it is possible even to send tiny video via internet (and SHOZU)- but really low quality.
i tried a few times...but why not use normal digital camera.
there are tools to organize dates, calendar etc. it is just too tiny keyboard...
OK it is maybe even possible to use IrDA...it is just not added to PCs by default.
think i can install different web browsers- including internet explorer- not just OPERA MINI.
indeed i do not use it much.
i think these JAVA phones are tools, are a showcase. few people use the functions on daily basis (except some poor kids maybe with no computer).
and think a MOTOROLA phone with large keyboard is just two times more expensive (maybe no memory card, no earphones).
i have visited the SUN SOFT website (they distribute and maintain JAVA).
and what i read looks not really good. i do not feel good using this free software.
it is not that i want to get rid of the phone or even destroy it- that would be stupid.
but it is not so much fun using it anymore- since i read they include all this GLP stuff:
YOYODYNE, JOE HACKER, and TYCOON- forever! and other, new things as well...not all people really know the truth about "open source".
imagine if they put YOYODYNE on the phones...or TYCOON! not SONY, NOKIA or SAMSUNG. well even MOTOROLA is using JAVA for their "handsets".
i wonder how the WINDOWS devices will be called...? mini computers? mobile platform? smart phone?
maybe not "handset" or "javaphone".
it is strange- many new names appear- and after a few years, they become unavailable! virtual WINDOWS98...in a box!today i have tried MICROSOFT VIRTUAL PC 2007.
it can run old WINDOWS as guest application in a box!
the good news..it is only 30 megabytes, and it works! it can install WIN98SE into 500mbyte virtual hard disk.
the bad news...no USB support (only serial COM ports).
i need WIN98 for PAL programmer...it only works for 98,2000, and XP.
other versions (VISTA, 64BIT) can not load the driver.
the latest plan is to add a tiny secondary hard drive, and to use the BIOS bootloader.
the vendor for the driver looks like a serious, modern company- not a little office with three people.
i wrote to the hardware vendor for the PAL programmer- they do not have a 64bit driver available...
also AGP graphics card is not supported by new mainboard. i found the card just a few weeks ago in a shop!
then i decided to build a new system.
but do not mind. i do not want my old WIN98 system back...at 500MHz.
there are 1GB memory now (not 256 megabyte).
however even some modern software is not available for 64BIT.
for instance, DVD player works using the 32bit version- it just pops up a compatibility warning.
but the step for 64BIT is required for innovation purpose. so i do not mind the few things not working right now.
a tiny extra 3.2 GB hard drive for £15 will solve the USB problem- i do not use the PAL programmer each day.
just sometimes it is required! OK it would also be good to have a 64bit driver soon!
it is a new piece of hardware, called TOP2007 programmer- but only supporting WINDOWS XP (and of course, WIN98).
the virtual PC can use network driver- i tried to setup a network between the WINDOWS VISTA host, and the WIN98 terminal.
but it is actually difficult to configure it- i am not a networking expert. it is not required functionality-
it is more easy to setup a real network between two real computers, i have done this once...
this time, it is between virtual machines!
i would like to try visit the "Internet", at least, the virtual PC will believe it is the internet.
but it is not that easy to set it up...sure it is possible somehow.
so this is how i get along with new WINDOWS- among other things like using VISUAL STUDIO.
also the graphic subsystem on the mainboard does not include 64bit driver- DIRECTX demos (from the SDK) can not run.
i think adding a new graphics card will make it possible...
it was just my own mistake to buy an AGP card for my old PENTIUMIII board, and then to buy a new board with no AGP slot.
but it is not too bad- it was a beginners model.
so i think to add new graphics card, and extra secondary hard drive to use WIN98 USB.
also i have tried USB to SERIAL converter for the first time- it can not be used for PIC programmer!
but i think it works for normal serial communications.
i want to add serial interface to PIC project!
also the PAL programmer can program PIC chips...
i have 3 different PIC programmers right now.
there are people like me, and for them there is no "one suits all" solution.
i do not like it if they create image gallery software- and it only can be used in some ways.
OK maybe absolute beginners like it- others want to switch off features, or do configuration...
at least WINDOWS still can print to parallel port- even if there is no driver for this ancient hardware anymore.
in the news they write MICROSOFT will now support WIN XP for additional 2 years...
hope drivers will soon be available in 64BIT.
it is not just an option to switch on- many new CPUs are now using 64BIT only.
it is fierce from the LINUX section to try to push their distributions just right now, when WINDOWS made the transition from unsafe 32BIT,
to modern .NET and 64BIT.
they admitted themselves, that some of their programs only work for a certain ditribution, and can not run on other distributions.
i have experienced myself that sometimes there are files missing...with no hint where to find (or even to buy) them.
so the few troubles will definenitely not cause me to try LINUX- with virtually no 64BIT drivers, or drivers for special hardware.
OK 2 DVDs sneaked into the home- included to ordinary PC magazines (PC shopper for instance).
i like it- but i did not try to install it (or to destroy the DVD). i am not that crazy about LINUX...
just let it be what it is- a RESEARCH OPERATING SYSTEM.
i would rather use WIN98 or MSDOS than LINUX.
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