+mizapf Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I thought it was Nazi Germany and Japan?! (Ah, so it wasn't a documentary series?) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5523948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Switch1995 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 hours ago, Gary from OPA said: Goodbye USA, after Canada invades from the north and Mexico from the south... After the Battle of Myrtle Beach, the Canadians could have advanced further South, but their wise General thought, "Let the Mexican's keep Marjorie Taylor Green!" Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5523983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duewester Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Being from SC, I'd have to believe that SC would rather insure a steady supply of tequila than face the idea of Molson being more accessible. 1 4 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5523985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Florida ain't going out like that. Our population of Canadian "Snow Birds" would never allow this. The Québécois know a thing or two about incendiaries. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 8 minutes ago, jrhodes said: Put a calculator and a camera together will blow their mind Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dhe Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 I sent a small parcel to a friend in Canada. I found out the minimum parcel charge for "International Mail" was $18. I tried to tell them, I wasn't shipping anything internationally, I was sending it to Canada... {Sigh} I looks like despite the best efforts of the Canadian and United States Postal systems, it made it! 😃 Delivered Delivered CANADA August 28, 2024, 1:35 pm Out for Delivery CANADA August 28, 2024, 10:49 am Arrival at Post Office CANADA August 28, 2024, 5:53 am Departed Facility CANADA August 28, 2024, 12:33 am Arrived at Facility CANADA August 27, 2024, 6:04 am Processed through Facility TORONTO-A, CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:23 pm Customs Clearance Processing Complete CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:22 pm Customs Clearance CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:20 pm Processed Through Facility CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:20 pm Departed TORONTO, CANADA August 23, 2024, 12:18 pm Departed CHICAGO, UNITED STATES August 23, 2024, 7:52 am Departed MIAMI, UNITED STATES August 22, 2024, 8:32 pm Arrived MIAMI, UNITED STATES August 22, 2024, 12:03 pm Processed Through USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 21, 2024, 7:37 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER, UNITED STATES August 21, 2024, 8:14 am In Transit to Next Facility August 20, 2024 Arrived at USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 4:03 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility OPA LOCKA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 3:42 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility OPA LOCKA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 12:06 pm In Transit to Next Facility August 18, 2024, 11:30 am In Transit to Next Facility August 18, 2024, 6:48 am Departed USPS Facility JACKSONVILLE, FL 32218 August 18, 2024, 3:45 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JACKSONVILLE FL PACKAGE SORTING CENTER August 17, 2024, 10:06 pm Departed Post Office HAWTHORNE, FL 32640 August 17, 2024, 5:16 pm USPS in possession of item HAWTHORNE, FL 32640 August 17, 2024, 9:51 am Hide Tracking History 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TheBF Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 1 hour ago, dhe said: I tried to tell them, I wasn't shipping anything internationally, I was sending it to Canada... {Sigh} I beg your pardon? Not internationally? We have British Royalty on our money here. Ever since that little party was held in 1776 (which Canada was invited to but declined) the monarchy is kind of sensitive about us remaining separate. ( I didn't know I was not American until I was 7 years old, when moved away from the border. We lived across the river from Detroit in Windsor ) 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 2 hours ago, dhe said: I sent a small parcel to a friend in Canada. I found out the minimum parcel charge for "International Mail" was $18. I tried to tell them, I wasn't shipping anything internationally, I was sending it to Canada... {Sigh} I looks like despite the best efforts of the Canadian and United States Postal systems, it made it! 😃 Delivered Delivered CANADA August 28, 2024, 1:35 pm Out for Delivery CANADA August 28, 2024, 10:49 am Arrival at Post Office CANADA August 28, 2024, 5:53 am Departed Facility CANADA August 28, 2024, 12:33 am Arrived at Facility CANADA August 27, 2024, 6:04 am Processed through Facility TORONTO-A, CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:23 pm Customs Clearance Processing Complete CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:22 pm Customs Clearance CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:20 pm Processed Through Facility CANADA August 26, 2024, 6:20 pm Departed TORONTO, CANADA August 23, 2024, 12:18 pm Departed CHICAGO, UNITED STATES August 23, 2024, 7:52 am Departed MIAMI, UNITED STATES August 22, 2024, 8:32 pm Arrived MIAMI, UNITED STATES August 22, 2024, 12:03 pm Processed Through USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 21, 2024, 7:37 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER, UNITED STATES August 21, 2024, 8:14 am In Transit to Next Facility August 20, 2024 Arrived at USPS Regional Facility MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 4:03 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility OPA LOCKA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 3:42 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility OPA LOCKA FL DISTRIBUTION CENTER August 18, 2024, 12:06 pm In Transit to Next Facility August 18, 2024, 11:30 am In Transit to Next Facility August 18, 2024, 6:48 am Departed USPS Facility JACKSONVILLE, FL 32218 August 18, 2024, 3:45 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JACKSONVILLE FL PACKAGE SORTING CENTER August 17, 2024, 10:06 pm Departed Post Office HAWTHORNE, FL 32640 August 17, 2024, 5:16 pm USPS in possession of item HAWTHORNE, FL 32640 August 17, 2024, 9:51 am Hide Tracking History Yeh, you are required to fill out a custom form sending things to Canada. I recently sent a couple of items to Opa Gary and found that out. mailed two small envelope size packages a day apart, the first as international first class mail, cost about 2 dollars no custom form, the second priority, because the mail lady, a different one, stated I had to ship with custom form and it cost about 18 or so to ship. Same type of item, in small envelopes. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 59 minutes ago, RickyDean said: Yeh, you are required to fill out a custom form sending things to Canada. I recently sent a couple of items to Opa Gary and found that out. mailed two small envelope size packages a day apart, the first as international first class mail, cost about 2 dollars no custom form, the second priority, because the mail lady, a different one, stated I had to ship with custom form and it cost about 18 or so to ship. Same type of item, in small envelopes. At least USPS is still better than DHL or UPS both of them always find a way to ding me at least $25 on my side for reading the customs forms that the shipper already filled out. As USPS is slow but never any extra charges UPS is the worse last week I won an VGA monitor on eBay from Canadian seller only in Ottawa which is just 5 hour drive from Toronto but the seller decided to use UPS and everything goes to the USA depot so my package has to go through customs twice for no reason at all. Crazy. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 28 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: Canadian seller only in Ottawa which is just 5 hour drive from Toronto but the seller decided to use UPS and everything goes to the USA depot so my package has to go through customs twice for no reason at all. This is interesting and odd... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Picked up a Amiga 1200 with Sony monitor yesterday. I've got a lot to learn about this machine as far using it. Photos after I get it all outta my truck today. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serafini Lapo Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 28 minutes ago, GDMike said: Ieri ho comprato un Amiga 1200 con monitor Sony. Ho ancora molto da imparare su questa macchina per quanto riguarda il suo utilizzo. Foto dopo aver tirato fuori tutto dal mio camioncino oggi. What a wonderful purchase🤩 I have a 600, but the 1200 has reached too high prices here in Italy..😨😨 I will be delighted to see all your photos of this wonderful computer👍🏻💪🏻 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Some pictures as I'm unboxing 5 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 5 minutes ago, GDMike said: I like the keyboard and overall care design. Back in the day the only Amiga I owed was the original Amiga 1000, which I loved but that was long time ago before all the cool new hardware that was invented like the turbo upgrade boards, etc. As for the 1200 look, that what we need to go towards with a redesigned ti99 at least for sure the keyboard layout. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 (edited) We need a geneve standalone https://www.ebay.com/itm/176000034735?_nkw=tms9995&itmmeta=01J6F52TET0D451WV0W2SJ6MHB&hash=item28fa6b67af:g:xw8AAOSwU9xUNgf6&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnfSITtOtoQ6UZfeM9IjYiTi2XvqLzARQYuzv%2FEeoF7zSlhQVlnYuaXabvYcX6xfptR4%2Fmm5xt9VQqyrseTd4pQG67xD%2Bw75MmnckHPvHW6V5%2F0UxP%2FzoCidXfqeMtUqKnKHpTVIQhEogi9hwgIRtcNT4W3fV8gYiMqejAw%2F7QAA1dl%2B5YdATnl7CiIFd5HzT69HaalZ%2F0rYIg9dpZScnF9FvUCWFq%2FEg0Xoxnwv2GcqS7S74kVhwEtn2ImACykkM0MuazyHsuNpZT7HEN7Pb8n|tkp%3ABFBMuqeL5bNk Edited August 29 by GDMike 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 9 minutes ago, Gary from OPA said: Wait... the first, second, or third time?? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5524968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonACT Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Not really happy about this... https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/29/where_computing_went_wrong_feature_part_2/ Quote And yes, we do remember that Texas Instruments launched the 16-bit TI-99 range years earlier, long before the QL, but the TI-99 was so cut down and crippled that the IEEE called it TI's biggest blunder. Coupling a 16-bit CPU with eight-bit main RAM accessed through the eight-bit video controller chip, the TI-99/4A ended up priced like an eight-bit – with the sluggish performance to match. We're afraid that we consider the 16-bit TI-99 machines to be honorary eight-bitters. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 hour ago, JasonACT said: Not really happy about this... https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/29/where_computing_went_wrong_feature_part_2/ Let the dogpile begin. 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonACT Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) Well, I'll go first... Yes, the /4A did what he says, 5 years after the /4 (with the same design "flaws") appeared. Pretty sure 5 years is a long time to exist in this industry. In '79 they only had 8 bit peripherals, so it wasn't really a blunder, just making it work with what was available and wasn't super expensive. Part 1 of his story didn't mention the TI-99 stuff at all, so I expected more in part 2... To be honest, I didn't bother closely reading the story any further. I skimmed, but found nothing particularly interesting. I had moved on from the TI to a clone PC/XT with an NEC V20 @ 10MHz which only ever had issues with one disk (Ghosts and Goblins, but never worked out what instruction had an issue, though I tried). I have written one Z80 program in assembler, which worked, but was horrible to do. And I really don't like ARM Thumb either, and I have exactly one routine written for that now, which will be my last. ARM-32 itself though is not bad at all. TI 99 assembler is so much better. And I think anyone writing about this stuff now, and criticises a design well ahead of a battle that takes place 5 years later, is an idiot. Edited August 30 by JasonACT 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 We named one of our chickens Alfredo. Looks like Chicken Alfredo is on the menu. 🐓 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 "Well, their bus maybe 8-bit. But friends let me tell ya, Ours is 16! And if they make it to 16, we will have a 32! Friends, do you get my point! Tear down this eight-bit bus!! 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525321 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 hours ago, jrhodes said: We named one of our chickens Alfredo. Looks like Chicken Alfredo is on the menu. 🐓 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 What Star Trek Deep Space 9 predicted modern day computers would look like in the future when they time travelled to today, Friday, August 30th, 2024 2 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/346007-off-topic-dumping-thread/page/246/#findComment-5525478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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