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   Kerr-Mudd,John to All   
   Re: Command Line Prompt Screen Size   
   29 Aug 19 21:33:31   
   
   From: notsaying@invalid.org   
      
   On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:36:56 GMT, Lori Fairhead    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 5:11:42 PM UTC+1, Kerr-Mudd,John   
   > wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:04:31 GMT, Herbert Kleebauer    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > On 29.08.2019 15:16, Lori Fairhead wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> It's been a real long time since we met - do you remember me? We   
   >> >> used to post on this group together and write assembly language. I   
   >> >> used to call myself Laura in those days... :-)   
   >> >   
   >> > Welcome back! Yes, it's really a long time since you disappeared,   
   >> > even Google couldn't find anything about you. I hope you are ok.   
   >> >   
   >> Same person? I fondly recall admiring CM3.   
   >   
   > Yes indeedy, lemon squeezy: C'est Moi! :-)   
   >   
   > I remember CM3 very well yes, I still have it on my 17-year-old laptop   
   > and trying to copy all the old files off ATM (to my phone this time)   
   > of course now I'm finding the latest technology is not worth much,   
   > damned thing keeps crashing in the middle of a simple copy (not like   
   > the old days at all)   
   >   
   >> >   
   >> > I know, usenet and assembly programming are pretty dead, but I   
   >> > really hope we will see you more often here than in the last 10   
   >> > years.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> Not in my corner! See my recent (ongoing) struggle to get a nice   
   >> "pong" in 256 bytes.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Nor in mine. I don't really take anyone very seriously if they don't   
   > know how about the raw metal to be honest, they should know about that   
   > and then about manufacturing and what the latest developments are in   
   > the evolution of the electronics. That's what it's all based on  at   
   > least!   
   >   
   > So where can I find examples of your work?, would be nice to check it   
   > out :-)   
      
      
   ala; where the xpost was. (Just as a hexdump); I got a bit of fun out of   
   an ASCII encoder that myself and Wolfgang Kern played with over in clax,   
   but he's not been seen recently.   
      
   It's purely hobbyist retro entertainment for me.   
      
   >   
   > I'm personally planning to get back into programming after years of   
   > break and then it will be with an emphasis on low-level.   
   >   
   Great.   
      
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Bah, and indeed, Humbug.   
   >   
   > Thought I remembered your name, but as soon as you mentioned CM3 it   
   > brought the memories flooding back dear, peace :-)   
      
   Actually I may have been someone else back then.   
      
   >   
   > byefornow   
   > Lori   
   >   
   FUPs to ala, if there are any.   
      
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed, Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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