rich-c: bomjpur, Daniel, tu es en avance encore Daniel Bienvenu: :) rich-c: (mon dactylographie a besoin de beaucoup d'attention) Daniel Bienvenu: je croyais que c'était à 14h rich-c: that's teh trouble with 24-hour clocks rich-c: also at times the benefit... rich-c: so how is the weather down in Quebec City today? Daniel Bienvenu: Do you know well VDP registers Daniel Bienvenu: ? Daniel Bienvenu: In quebec? it's raining rich-c: video registers? no, on that sort of thing I am completely out of it Daniel Bienvenu: there are clouds and sometime it's raining. rich-c: we have rain too, just started, after much wind rich-c: they are thratening us with 29 today Daniel Bienvenu: rich, your force is about the coleco adam software? rich-c: I'm trying to think - I believe there was a book or something dealt with the video display rich-c: essentially yes, Daniel - I am not a "geek" Daniel Bienvenu: I read somewhere dr.rich scan and distribute copies of an original coleco programming doc. Why I still don't have a copy? rich-c: basically, I'm a librarian and sometime journalist rich-c: I deal with the broad picture, not the depths rich-c: if you have any idea what the document is, it's possible I have it somewhere rich-c: I would guess that the documentation for the TI 9918 processor might have something Daniel Bienvenu: Look at this web page: Daniel Bienvenu: http://junior.apk.net/~drushel/pub/coleco/twwmca/wk970831.html Daniel Bienvenu: I have a 20th-generation photocopy of the ColecoVision Programmer's Manual (obtained in 1992 from A.N.N. founder Barry Wilson), which I have restored and made several copies of for interested parties rich-c: if that's teh big 700-odd page thing with the printout of the OS, I have it too rich-c: anyway, that doc would be part of Rich's "This week with my Coleco Adam" series Daniel Bienvenu: guys here in quebec who love coleco programming but wanted to have this kind of documentation ask me at every four months "where is the doc"? rich-c: well, anything that Rich has on his website is accessible to anyone, and for those who want photocopies of others, they're available often rich-c: of course anyone who wants the Coleco manual copied is going to find it expensive - about $30 I'd guess rich-c: test Daniel Bienvenu: test? rich-c: you were so quieet, I wondered if one of us had fallen off the board Daniel Bienvenu: I readed an e-mail rich-c: oh, when things go quiet on chat I tend to play free cell Daniel Bienvenu: I answered the email Daniel Bienvenu: someone who want to do a multicart with a software menu rich-c: right, you did get that worked out, didn't you? Daniel Bienvenu: I do a gamepack (multigames in one 32K cartridges) but a multicart is many ROM cartridges in a single cartridge. Daniel Bienvenu: I modify my "loader" (doesn't work properly) and I erase sounds for my menu to avoid too many things in memory. rich-c: ok, I am used to "multicart" referring to several ROM images (on a tape of disc) accessed thrpough a single master menu rich-c: yes, with the memory available, it's strictly keep it simple
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changed username to George rich-c: hello George, we missed you on Wednesday George: Hi Rich, Daniel rich-c: BTW, last week when this server booted us, I missed you when I tried the backup George: i'm having a hard time staying up past 7pm. Daniel Bienvenu: hi George rich-c: just general fatigue, or medication, or both? George: both rich-c: I know the feeling; when I have one of my episodes I can sleep 20 of 24 hours George: i even take naps during the day rich-c: I am hoping that that symptom will go away when I get the gallstones dealt with rich-c: yes, I usually have a humungous urge to snooze about three hours after I get up George: ditto rich-c: at least on my good days I have some level of useful energy rich-c: have even had a serious appetite the last two or three days George: i can't even say i get that anymore rich-c: no, when your body isn't burning much energy it isn't eager for replacement George: my doctor found a tumor rich-c: where, and was it active or benign? George: active in my lower right jaw rich-c: will it take surgery, chemo, or radiation? George: not, sure it may take a combination of all three. they want to try to save my lower jaw George: but it may have to go George: it's in the bone rich-c: given the level of supervision you've had for your health of late, it should not be that advanced rich-c: though it's likely, I'd guess, that a three-way hit may be needed George: at least the'll have to cut the nerves to my lower jaw rich-c: if they go in surgically I don't see how that can be avoided George: it's not a pleasant thought rich-c: that it isn't - shall we change to thoughts more pleasant? Daniel Bienvenu: I'm really sorry, George. I don't know what to say. A tumor, poor George. rich-c: I think, Daniel, George is going to end up as poster boy for his hospital George: and i still have to get approval from insurance rich-c: he has so many ailments all at once it's unbelievable rich-c: yes, I'm going to be in a slight insurance go-round myself soon, I suspect rich-c: you remember how back half-past June my truck was hit in a collision? George: if i get denied it's because i'm already too far gone rich-c: doesn't sond like the never give up American medical system to me, George George: this is the second tumor they found rich-c: oh, where was the first one? George: in my bak next to my spine below my shoulder rich-c: that is a considerably more worrisome location unless it's just a surface carcinoma George: no rich-c: what is the story with that, then? George: please don't let me think about it rich-c: ok - so how's the weather today in Philly? George: hazy and HOT rich-c: like how hot is hot? Daniel Bienvenu: here it's not hot, there is no sun, only clouds. George: excessive heat warnings all over rich-c: ah, Daniel and I both have rain, but his is chilly while we're to get 84 today and staying humid rich-c: at least it will make Frances' tomatoes grow! George: 98F rich-c: ok, that's pretty warm George: heat index 112F rich-c: though my cursor crony in Phoenix would call that a cold wave - he had 114 this week rich-c: of course as he keeps telling me, theirs is a dry heat George: it's very sticky and humid here Daniel Bienvenu: it's humid here too. :) it's raining again George: it feels like being basted in an oven rich-c: I remember one July on the Ile d'Orleans - we drove the perimeter of the island rich-c: up in the hills on the shore there was one that was a visible rain generator - clouds streaming out from the top George: thank GOD for central air rich-c: actually, we don't even have the air conditioning on at the moment rich-c: we've had a succession of cool days so the house hasn't heated up yet Daniel Bienvenu: :) Orleans Isle? it takes one-two hours drive the main road? rich-c: maybe more, we did the full circuit and wre not in a hurry George: i also have small fans going rich-c: I have never figured out why you con't buy Orleans strawberries away from Quebec City George: 10" personal fans rich-c: we use a couple of big exhaust fans in the kitchen window to draw through the cooler night air rich-c: it's fine until someone provokes a skunk under your window... George: YUK rich-c: and George, this island we're talking about, the whole thing is nothing but strawberry farms George: HEAVEN rich-c: every one is licence and number for pick your own = at good prices George: i'm hungry rich-c: that was a year we travelled following the strawberry season, starting in Ontario in mid-June till we got the last in August in Prince Edward Island George: gimme those berries rich-c: the day the last strawberries ran out, the first peaches appeared Daniel Bienvenu: if I remeber well, a part of the strawberries from Orleans Isle are sell to a compagny to do a strawberry jam. rich-c: ah, they go into commercial canning, then rich-c: if I weren't such a fan of strawberry jam, I'd say what a pity! George: on, well rich-c: Ontario's crop doesn't last long, only about ten days, but it's glorious when available Daniel Bienvenu: best strwaberries are from St-Nicolas (yeah, the guy who is Santa Clauss in english) rich-c: is that on the island or on the mainland? rich-c: I get confused - everywhere in Quebecis St. Something ;-) Daniel Bienvenu: No, St-Nicolas is only at the south river or the St-Laurent, after the birdge. rich-c: right, just on teh south side of the island, then Daniel Bienvenu: I'm writing to fast... rich-c: well, in chat a few typing errors are excusable George: my eyes are too goofy to notice rich-c: anyway, you should have seen us trying to cram four quarts or more into a trailer refrigerator Daniel Bienvenu: No, it's right after the Chaudière falls Daniel Bienvenu: it's beside Levis George: they would be in my stomach rich-c: OK, then that puts it out east along the shore, north side of the river rich-c: sorry, I was confusing Chaudiere with Montmorency - got it now George: i always took moms strawberries and ate them before she made the shortcake rich-c: that would put it close to Ste. Foy, wouldn't it? Daniel Bienvenu: Yes! :) rich-c: that's my landmark because it's where my cousin lives Daniel Bienvenu: And sometimes we can buuy strawberries fin Ste-Foy who came from St-Nicola Daniel Bienvenu: writing too fast again... George: oops rich-c: actually, the bridge is sufficiently further upstream that it's a bit of a drive over and back Daniel Bienvenu: which bridge? there are two birdges between Levis and Quebec, and there is the bridge to go to the Orleans Island, and also a bridge to visit the Chaudières falls. George: it's after 4pm. where does the time go? Daniel Bienvenu: i'm still here... George: test Daniel Bienvenu: test? Daniel Bienvenu: \:-S George: is chat working? Daniel Bienvenu: I can see your messages George rich-c: yes, it's still working, no problem rich-c: though time does pass quickly, doesn't it? George: ok, Where is Rich? rich-c: me voici George: huh? Daniel Bienvenu: ok, everybody is here! rich-c: that was for Daniel - to you, I'm here Daniel Bienvenu: :p George: oh Daniel Bienvenu: "me voici" it's an expression. You have to use it when you arrive somewhere.. "hey! me voici!" rich-c: anyway, Daniel, I was thinking of the main bridge over the St. Lawrence George: oh rich-c: you've got to get used to it, Geroge - Canadians are inclined to talk in Franglais Daniel Bienvenu: the main bridge? Laporte bridge or Quebec bridge? I suppose it's the most popular one : Quebec bridge Daniel Bienvenu: They still working on Quebec birdge... they repaint it in gray. rich-c: oops! have they put in a new bridge since I was last there? hoti! George: oh, northerly ebonics rich-c: yes, a mixture of the two languages rich-c: I suspect it reflects the fact that so many of us are sesquilingual Daniel Bienvenu: http://www.geocities.com/kador_98/boatcroqula.jpg Daniel Bienvenu: left : it's Quebec bridge. Right: it's Laporte bridge rich-c: OK, I highlighted it and did a control-C so I can peek at it later rich-c: don't want to leave chat to look at it now, and Windows can get shirty if I use a new window George: control-alt-delete? Daniel Bienvenu: I think Quebec bridge is one of the great human things. "La huitième merveille du monde"? rich-c: now have a utility that keeps a clipboard history rich-c: given the price paid in blood to construct it, you have a point rich-c: it dates back, I believe, to before the days of the wide-flange structural beam rich-c: it took a terrible toll of the Mohawk workers when it fell rich-c: in fact, that was the project that established the Mohawks as the top workers in high steel world-wide Daniel Bienvenu: yes, a lot of mohawks, they were not afraid to climb rich-c: still aren't - their pieds-a-terre in Brookly are still called "downtown Canawauga" rich-c: Brooklyn Daniel Bienvenu: Antoher page says that it the Victoria bridge (Montreal) the "huitième merveille du monde". rich-c: that, I suspect, is a bit of Montreal hubris - with which I'm sure you're familiar! Daniel Bienvenu: Quebec Quiz for you! :p Daniel Bienvenu: http://www.cscapitale.qc.ca/nd-duberger/quizquebec.html rich-c: anyway, the George Washington Bridge in New York (which I watched being built) and the Golden Gate have since eclipsed them rich-c: dont know when I'll get around to it, but it's bookmarked Daniel Bienvenu: I know... but fro the time, it was a remarkable construction Daniel Bienvenu: it = Quebec bridge ;) rich-c: yes, it surely was, an achievent to be rightly proud of rich-c: George, did you know high steel rigging is a largely Amerindian trade? rich-c: ( Daniel would say "autocthones", I would say "First Nations", not sure what Americans say) George: not today all steel mills closed Daniel Bienvenu: autochtones.... First Nations can be translate word by word "Premières Nations". rich-c: they didnt work in the mills, George; they work building the steel skeletons of buildings George: without U.S. steel no U.S. work George: labor cheaper overseas, so companies go there anyway Daniel Bienvenu: i'm still here... George: U.S. workers now in breadlines Daniel Bienvenu: About the multicart, before reseting right after the bankswitching, it may be a good idea to clean up the video memory, no? George: huh?
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