You get what you pay for.

Post by Bg » Thu Jun 10, 2004 1:31 pm

remind me again about the memory limitations of an old XT, and the comparitive complexity of todays 'modern' operating systems.

I started with Pascal and Cobol, and am still using Pascal (Borland Delphi) as much as I can, as its a proper language unlike that piece of microsoft junk 'visual basic'.

I used to program Cobol on a Vax/Vms system, oh the good old days.... NOT...

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 1:56 pm

Will you quit being practical, BG - we're doing fossilising here, d'ya mind?

Post by Bg » Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:29 pm

ah ok... I started out with a Vic 20 with a whopping big 4k of memory

I upgraded to a C16 then finally a C64 whooooop!!!!

Richy11 · Post by **Richy11** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:32 pm

B45-12 wrote:OOOOPs before doing any of the above - try several different amp cords FIRST as the fault can easily be in them!!!

It ain't that cause my other axe works fine.

B45-12 · Post by **B45-12** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:03 am

Richy11 wrote:
B45-12 wrote:OOOOPs before doing any of the above - try several different amp cords FIRST as the fault can easily be in them!!!
It ain't that cause my other axe works fine.

Probably OK then but I'd still try another cord first as you know those 'fine tolerances' they makes the plugs etc to - well my experience is they aint that fine. Variations up to 0.5 mm in the plug diameter and 1mm or so in the plug length is not that uncommon (I measured 50 one day with a feeler vernier guage 'just for jollys' and that was what I found). Probably this is OK for most sockets, but if your socket in the guitar is pushing the tolerances too then the plug will be loose which will mean cutouts/hign resisitance etc.