Symbolics “MacIvory”: PCB Photographs. Loper OS

Dec 292018
 

This post concerns the “MacIvory” Model 3 Lisp Machine. It is of interest strictly to bolixologists. Click on a photo to see detailed version. Machine chassis: The Ivory NuBus Board Set (i.e. the LispM itself, the Mac Quadra is otherwise ordinary): “Ivory” NuBus board, component-side: What’s under the labels? Bolix Label Part Notes 115999-B PLUS20L8 PAL, 14 inputs, 8 outputs, no registers 116000-B PAL22V10-10P PAL, 12 inputs, 10 macrocells, can have registers 116001-B PAL22V10-10P PAL,…

External feed Read More at the Source: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=2913

 2018-12-29  Comments Off on Symbolics “MacIvory”: PCB Photographs. Loper OS

Comments Are Open Again

 NO  1 Response »
Dec 292018
 

To all zero of my readers,

Ages ago, I disabled comments on my journal because I posted approximately never and the few comments I did get were always spam so it was just some extra noise for me to deal with. You could always comment if you logged in using openid… maybe a good filter once upon a time, but it feels like that never really caught on and fizzled out over the years (maybe there will be a resurgence now that ActivityPub is catching on).

Since I am posting regularly again (albeit as mindless sharing of links I find interesting), I figured I’d give opening comments in general another shot. You still have to provide your name and email address, and the first comment is always moderated as a trivial spam filter. After I’ve approved your email address, you can post away all you’d like. I am a bit wary of enabling proprietary SaaS like akismet, so that’s not enabled yet… hopefully deleting spam from the moderation queue doesn’t become a huge pain.

I guess that’s that.

Science says your cat’s tongue is ideally suited for grooming fur Ars Technica

Dec 292018
 

That sandpaper-like texture of your cat’s tiny pink tongue is what makes it ideal for grooming fur. The secret: hundreds of hollow, rigid spines lining the surface of the tongue, according to a recent paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is just the latest bit of colorful research from David Hu, who runs a biolocomotion laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology studying how various creatures move. He is…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1432775

 2018-12-29  Comments Off on Science says your cat’s tongue is ideally suited for grooming fur Ars Technica

Metal Band Bans Photographer After Copyright Clash TorrentFreak

Dec 292018
 

When piracy hits the mainstream news, it’s often in relation to books, games, music, TV-shows and movies. These industries grab headlines because of the major players that are involved, but they are not the only ones dealing with piracy. In the age of social media, photographers are arguably the most pirated creators of all. Many people don’t even consider ‘copyright’ when sharing an image they find online. That can be quite frustrating for people whose…

External feed Read More at the Source: https://torrentfreak.com/metal-band-bans-photographer-after-copyright-clash-181228/

 2018-12-29  Comments Off on Metal Band Bans Photographer After Copyright Clash TorrentFreak