Comments for Gerald Brandt http://geraldbrandt.com Stay-at-home Dad/Writer/Computer Programmer   Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:44:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12471 gbr Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:44:51 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12471 I think a PALM version is out, but I'm thinking of a iPhone/iPad version. I think a PALM version is out, but I’m thinking of a iPhone/iPad version.

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Bob http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12470 Bob Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:16:57 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12470 Hey, I found your blog searching for Wordstar clones. Upon looking at wxWidgets I see that it's also portable to some mobile formats. Do you know if Palm would be anywhere near the realm of possibility? Ever since I tried out the Alphasmart Dana (a mobile writing device running PalmOS) I have dreamed of having one with Wordstar on it. Not to mention how wonderful it would be if it could open/edit plain RTF files without having to juggle around with Star Exchange. I had Palmdosbox on an old Palm Treo phone and was able to use Wordstar with it but the Dana has a much slower cpu and an older version of palm. Interesting side note to all this: I find it uncanny how much we have in common. I'm also a work from home Dad who writes fiction, loves Wordstar, and I saw that you quoted Carl Sagan in your blog. That's awesome. Well, take it easy. Hey, I found your blog searching for Wordstar clones. Upon looking at wxWidgets I see that it’s also portable to some mobile formats.

Do you know if Palm would be anywhere near the realm of possibility? Ever since I tried out the Alphasmart Dana (a mobile writing device running PalmOS) I have dreamed of having one with Wordstar on it. Not to mention how wonderful it would be if it could open/edit plain RTF files without having to juggle around with Star Exchange.

I had Palmdosbox on an old Palm Treo phone and was able to use Wordstar with it but the Dana has a much slower cpu and an older version of palm.

Interesting side note to all this: I find it uncanny how much we have in common. I’m also a work from home Dad who writes fiction, loves Wordstar, and I saw that you quoted Carl Sagan in your blog. That’s awesome. Well, take it easy.

]]> Comment on BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server by mahmudin ashar http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/06/08/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/comment-page-1/#comment-12462 mahmudin ashar Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:01:14 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=860#comment-12462 eventually i have answer how to use this reliable tools (rsync) in my windows mechines !! eventually i have answer how to use this reliable tools (rsync) in my windows mechines !!

]]> Comment on BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/06/08/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/comment-page-1/#comment-12449 gbr Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:06:59 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=860#comment-12449 Just to let everyone know, the method described at http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=219 does NOT give a reliable 'bare metal' restore. Lots of permission and service problems. Just to let everyone know, the method described at http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=219 does NOT give a reliable ‘bare metal’ restore. Lots of permission and service problems.

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12445 gbr Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:34:21 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12445 Man, I can't even remember the name of the word processor I used on the Commodore 64... PerfectWriter? Man, I can’t even remember the name of the word processor I used on the Commodore 64… PerfectWriter?

]]> Comment on BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server by BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server « Gerald Brandt http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/06/08/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/comment-page-1/#comment-12439 BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server « Gerald Brandt Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:48:08 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=860#comment-12439 [...] View post: BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server « Gerald Brandt [...] [...] View post: BackupPC with ssh/rsync/VSS on Windows Server « Gerald Brandt [...]

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Darryl http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12437 Darryl Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:17:12 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12437 I loved WordPerfect 4.2. "Reveal codes" was true heaven. I could do pretty much anything with that program. Best was the paper overlay you could put around the function keys to twig you on all the permutations of them plus Control, Alt, and Shift. But if we're talking nostalgia (and we are), my friends, my sister (!) and I banged out a lot of words with AppleWriter //e. I loved WordPerfect 4.2. “Reveal codes” was true heaven. I could do pretty much anything with that program. Best was the paper overlay you could put around the function keys to twig you on all the permutations of them plus Control, Alt, and Shift.

But if we’re talking nostalgia (and we are), my friends, my sister (!) and I banged out a lot of words with AppleWriter //e.

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12436 gbr Fri, 28 May 2010 13:01:51 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12436 Hi Greg, Yeah, I had bad luck then. I did have 2 of the slimline 8" drives -- double side if I recall. You were definitely there when the Big Board died, it was as your mom's house. Thanks for the link to the image. Now I'm thinking my memory is fuzzy, 'cause thats not the Hazeltine I had. Mine was a monster, and has a separate keyboard. I'll have to look through more Hazeltine terminal images. Hi Greg,

Yeah, I had bad luck then. I did have 2 of the slimline 8″ drives — double side if I recall.

You were definitely there when the Big Board died, it was as your mom’s house.

Thanks for the link to the image. Now I’m thinking my memory is fuzzy, ’cause thats not the Hazeltine I had. Mine was a monster, and has a separate keyboard. I’ll have to look through more Hazeltine terminal images.

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Greg http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12435 Greg Fri, 28 May 2010 12:53:55 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12435 Ah, the smell of your big board going *poof* I remember it like it was yesterday. (I'm pretty sure I was in the room with the poor thing when it gave it's all for you :) Didn't you have those slimline Ratshack 8" floppies? I remember some of those running around during that time. You had zero luck with computers back then if I recall. I'm also a Joe fan, I port it to any system I'm asked to work on. (that and bash) As for a pic of the 1400, best I could find on short notice is an ad for one from '79 with a bad pic. http://books.google.com/books?id=DT0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=%22Hazeltine+1400%22+terminal&source=bl&ots=MafvhBq02N&sig=-pVBbn90LD5IoJKTcR8ke8e7ZmQ&hl=en&ei=Jrf_S_64O4vANuez1Ds&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBA Ah, the smell of your big board going *poof* I remember it like it was yesterday. (I’m pretty sure I was in the room with the poor thing when it gave it’s all for you :)
Didn’t you have those slimline Ratshack 8″ floppies? I remember some of those running around during that time.
You had zero luck with computers back then if I recall.

I’m also a Joe fan, I port it to any system I’m asked to work on. (that and bash)
As for a pic of the 1400, best I could find on short notice is an ad for one from ’79 with a bad pic.
http://books.google.com/books?id=DT0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=%22Hazeltine+1400%22+terminal&source=bl&ots=MafvhBq02N&sig=-pVBbn90LD5IoJKTcR8ke8e7ZmQ&hl=en&ei=Jrf_S_64O4vANuez1Ds&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBA

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by runbei http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12434 runbei Wed, 26 May 2010 00:30:48 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12434 In Linux, no WordStar clone that I know of has the full set of WS block commands, especially the ability to define a block, go fiddle around elsewhere, then either copy or move the block to the current location. An ideal WS clone would, for my 2 cents, include the ability to fully customize the keyboard. The choice of ^Q to introduce important commands was just crazy, especially when ^M was available. Whose pinkie finger is that nimble. In my dreams I also see a WS clone having macros, or at the very least a "delete previous word" command. (In MS Word and OpenOffice, I assign this to ^L.) I think I would learn Vi/Vim if someone could assure me that I could use those fine WS block commands. I grew up with WordStar 2.4 on a Morrow Micro Decision I with a single 8 1/2" floppy drive. I absolutely loved it. I practically memorized the manual. Too bad MicroPro shot themselves in the foot in the tradition-honored software company fashion: by growing too important to serve their users. It's a mistake the original WordPerfect Corp. never made. They were Mormons and very attuned to customer service - you could suggest a fix/feature and it would be in the next $15 release. You could pretty much also clone the WS commands in WP, except for those darned block commands. I always say, an ISV could make a fortune building a really sophisticated word processing app. Word processing died in every meaningful sense with WordStar. With each new generation (WordPerfect => Word), we lost word-churning power. Few people remember how wonderful it was to be able to do everything from the keyboard. Control equals creativity and power. Articles like yours bring back fond memories. In Linux, no WordStar clone that I know of has the full set of WS block commands, especially the ability to define a block, go fiddle around elsewhere, then either copy or move the block to the current location.

An ideal WS clone would, for my 2 cents, include the ability to fully customize the keyboard. The choice of ^Q to introduce important commands was just crazy, especially when ^M was available. Whose pinkie finger is that nimble.

In my dreams I also see a WS clone having macros, or at the very least a “delete previous word” command. (In MS Word and OpenOffice, I assign this to ^L.) I think I would learn Vi/Vim if someone could assure me that I could use those fine WS block commands.

I grew up with WordStar 2.4 on a Morrow Micro Decision I with a single 8 1/2″ floppy drive. I absolutely loved it. I practically memorized the manual.

Too bad MicroPro shot themselves in the foot in the tradition-honored software company fashion: by growing too important to serve their users. It’s a mistake the original WordPerfect Corp. never made. They were Mormons and very attuned to customer service – you could suggest a fix/feature and it would be in the next $15 release. You could pretty much also clone the WS commands in WP, except for those darned block commands.

I always say, an ISV could make a fortune building a really sophisticated word processing app. Word processing died in every meaningful sense with WordStar. With each new generation (WordPerfect => Word), we lost word-churning power. Few people remember how wonderful it was to be able to do everything from the keyboard. Control equals creativity and power. Articles like yours bring back fond memories.

]]> Comment on May 4th, 2010 by » May 4th , 2010 Gerald Brandt Save Gas, Eat Beans! http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/05/04/may-4th-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-12429 » May 4th , 2010 Gerald Brandt Save Gas, Eat Beans! Tue, 04 May 2010 18:22:44 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=845#comment-12429 [...] May the Fourth be with You ! This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 and is filed under Writing. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. …Continue [...] [...] May the Fourth be with You ! This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 and is filed under Writing. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. …Continue [...]

]]> Comment on WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors by Heston T. Holtmann http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/04/26/wordstar-my-choice-in-wordprocessors/comment-page-1/#comment-12428 Heston T. Holtmann Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:15:50 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=827#comment-12428 Wasn't it said once that "Reinventing the wheel is a sure sign of a sick mind?" Nice effort for a version 0.0.1 alpha I say GPL3 the sucker, host all the code on one of the great free Mercurial (Hg) hosting services and let the community take it to the next level. I always thought the Name "WordTsar" was an awsome and fun name.. very memorable. I think the reference to historical Russian Communism is excellent for a non GUI word processor such as archaic as WordStar! Then again.. all the coding effort for crazy command-sequences.. you may has well Learn Vim with all the plug-ins available.. Ha Ha! Heston Wasn’t it said once that “Reinventing the wheel is a sure sign of a sick mind?”

Nice effort for a version 0.0.1 alpha

I say GPL3 the sucker, host all the code on one of the great free Mercurial (Hg) hosting services and let the community take it to the next level.

I always thought the Name “WordTsar” was an awsome and fun name.. very memorable. I think the reference to historical Russian Communism is excellent for a non GUI word processor such as archaic as WordStar!

Then again.. all the coding effort for crazy command-sequences.. you may has well Learn Vim with all the plug-ins available.. Ha Ha!

Heston

]]> Comment on Revisions by Evelin Richter http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/03/23/revisions-2/comment-page-1/#comment-12416 Evelin Richter Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:50:54 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=813#comment-12416 "hideous stepchild of the devil himself" ??! I couldn't stop laughing at that phrase for a full minute. Thanks, I needed that. You are writing a novel? Excellent!! Can't wait to read it. “hideous stepchild of the devil himself” ??! I couldn’t stop laughing at that phrase for a full minute. Thanks, I needed that.
You are writing a novel? Excellent!! Can’t wait to read it.

]]> Comment on Drobo Speed vs Linux RAID5 Speed by gbr http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/02/25/drobo-speed-vs-linux-raid5-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-12410 gbr Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:25:17 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=792#comment-12410 dd reports as MB/s (uppercase B), but not on OSX. the exact out from dd gives me this... dd if=/dev/zero of=ddfile bs=8k count=2000000 2000000+0 records in 2000000+0 records out 16384000000 bytes transferred in 617.999383 secs (26511353 bytes/sec) Have you tried to do a rebuild while watching/recording TV? dd reports as MB/s (uppercase B), but not on OSX.

the exact out from dd gives me this…

dd if=/dev/zero of=ddfile bs=8k count=2000000
2000000+0 records in
2000000+0 records out
16384000000 bytes transferred in 617.999383 secs (26511353 bytes/sec)

Have you tried to do a rebuild while watching/recording TV?

]]> Comment on Drobo Speed vs Linux RAID5 Speed by eric http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/02/25/drobo-speed-vs-linux-raid5-speed/comment-page-1/#comment-12409 eric Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:17:28 +0000 http://geraldbrandt.com/?p=792#comment-12409 Hummm.. 25MB/Second. Looked at your numbers and I think you've miscalculated HD needs. I'm seeing around 2MB/second (or, and I think this is your issue, 16Mb/second ) for my HDHR feeds and a little less for the HDPVR. So, the 3 of them add up to 6MB and we've tested out at 25MB. Dunno, I can only say it works for me. ;-) I'm EXT3 BTW. Right? Hummm.. 25MB/Second.

Looked at your numbers and I think you’ve miscalculated HD needs.
I’m seeing around 2MB/second (or, and I think this is your issue, 16Mb/second
) for my HDHR feeds and a little less for the HDPVR.

So, the 3 of them add up to 6MB and we’ve tested out at 25MB.

Dunno, I can only say it works for me. ;-)
I’m EXT3 BTW.

Right?

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