Jim Fathman

Linux, BSD, C/C++, Node, IoT.

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

Now would be a great time to authorize a Cold War Victory Medal to recognize our veterans whose military service contributed to the defeat of the Soviet Union. Make victory great again! Thank you for your attention to this matter! @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @PeteHegseth @SecWar

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

#RedHat putting #RHEL source behind a paywall could trigger the long awaited GPL legal test. If this stands, it could be the beginning of a trend away from truly open source.

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@mogensb The media invented to support IML (Initial Microcode Load) during mainframe cold boot became floppy diskette technology in the IBM PC.

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@mogensb As I recall, the IBM mainframes had loadable 'microcode' that determined the instruction set. You loaded a 'scientific' instruction set to run FORTRAN, else a 'business' instruction set.

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@mogensb We did not actually use any high level languages like FORTRAN or COBOL. That required too much memory (core, main storage), which was very expensive. We only coded in assembly language well into the 1980s, because you could do so much more, with better performance.

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@mogensb We spoke of FORTRAN and COBOL compilers, but also commonly referred to 'compiling' when we were actually assembling an assembly (assembler) program.

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@mogensb I grew up around the IBM 1401 (and 704), and assembly language was routinely spoken of as 'autocoder'. Then on the IBM 360 autocoder usually meant emulation to run existing 1401 programs.
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[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

Intel Q4 2022: PC chips down 36% as PC market shrank sharply. Intel should sign up to manufacture Raspberry Pi hardware. Ready market with no end in sight. #Raspberry_Pi #Intel #chipshortage

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@JohnKennedyEsq In the early days, Turbo products were mostly designed by developers scratching their own itch, with a complete feature set, but no fluff. "Simple is the killer feature". So easily forgotten.

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@redrapids Longevity.

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@JohnKennedyEsq Turbo C, Turbo Assembler, Brief Editor, Norton Utilities, SpinRite.

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@BastilleBSD FederationBSD

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

@nixcraft Alpine. Simple is the new killer feature. #alpinelinux

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

@traversymedia Node architecture, internals. Trace JS from V8, to libuv, to system calls. Examine Node APIs. No Express, no long front-end demo projects, no TypeScript. Just the raw JS and Node technology layers and below. Go deep. #nodejs #libuv #javascript

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@freebsdfndation

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We will simplify the system using #Kubernetes.
- George Orwell

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@FreeBSDHelp Docker/Kubernetes.
VS Code remote.
New logo.

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

I've been working on a business plan to offer CP/M 2.2 cloud instances. Comes with 64KB RAM, and 1.44 MB persistent storage. Untapped market. #Z80 #RC2014 #Z50Bus #CPM #RetroComputing #CloudComputing

[Jim Fathman @FathmanJim]

Auto makers should be authorized to manufacture the '66 Mustang and the '69 Camaro until the chip shortage is over. No chips required. Unprecedented sales. Full employment. #chipshortage #semiconductor #automotive

[Alasdair Allan @aallan]

What have I done for you lately? Well, after several months of back-breaking work, the results of what has internally been called "documentation-ng," launches today. Welcome to the new #RaspberryPi documentation site. https://t.co/UsVGq4z6dT