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  • What's happening to Comp.Sys.Sinclair and Acorn?

    From outsoft@3:770/3 to All on Wed Oct 25 10:47:03 2023
    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these channels?

    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.

    Best regards to all here.



    --Simon

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  • From Felice Murolo@2:335/206 to outsoft on Wed Oct 25 12:41:30 2023
    On 25-10-2023 10:47:02, outsoft writes:

    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these channels?
    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.
    Best regards to all here.
    --Simon
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    Hi.

    Here, however, everything seems to work. 1-2 messages per day in this conference.

    Ciao.
    Felix

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  • From Jan van den Broek@3:770/3 to outsoft on Wed Oct 25 09:26:30 2023
    2023-10-24, outsoft <outsoft@f173.n1.z21.fsxnet> schrieb:
    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these channels?

    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.

    In a nutshell, spammers from GoogleGroups.
    In comp.lang.c there as more than thousands messages per day.

    --
    Jan v/d Broek balglaas@dds.nl

    "Ich kenne das Leben, ich bin im Kino gewesen."

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to OUTSOFT on Wed Oct 25 10:09:00 2023
    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these channels?

    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.

    Best regards to all here.

    I am not seeing them here, but was seeing them in comp.lang.cobol. The
    spam appears to be binary or otherwise encoded. I was able to filter most
    of it as the FROM names being used followed a similar pattern.

    Mike


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  • From Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood@3:770/3 to All on Fri Oct 27 09:31:25 2023
    Groovy hepcat Jan van den Broek was jivin' in comp.sys.cbm on Wed, 25
    Oct 2023 08:26 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

    2023-10-24, outsoft <outsoft@f173.n1.z21.fsxnet> schrieb:
    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these
    channels?

    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.

    In a nutshell, spammers from GoogleGroups.

    That explains why I'm not seeing them. I have GG killfiled. I long ago
    found it more productive to plonk GG altogether and "un-plonk" those
    few clueful individuals who post via it (i.e., raise their score in the killfile).

    In comp.lang.c there as more than thousands messages per day.

    I am blissfully unaware of those. :)

    --


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    Ain't I'm a dawg!!

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  • From Jan van den Broek@3:770/3 to Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood on Fri Oct 27 14:25:15 2023
    2023-10-26, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> schrieb:
    Groovy hepcat Jan van den Broek was jivin' in comp.sys.cbm on Wed, 25
    Oct 2023 08:26 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

    I'm not quite sure if I'm really a groovy hepcat, but I've listened to
    Go! bij Dexter Gordon this morning.

    2023-10-24, outsoft <outsoft@f173.n1.z21.fsxnet> schrieb:
    I continue receive 300 messages per day, are spamming on these
    channels?

    The problem starts 15 days ago and never stops.

    In a nutshell, spammers from GoogleGroups.

    That explains why I'm not seeing them. I have GG killfiled. I long ago

    Same here.

    [Schnipp]

    But to get a bit on-topic, here is a Basic-program:
    10 poke 53280,0:poke 53281,0
    20 s$="acgt"
    30 c$=chr$(28)+chr$(30)+chr$(31)+chr$(158)
    40 r=1+int(rnd(0)*4)
    50 print mid$(c$,r,1);mid$(s$,r,1);
    60 goto 40

    Also a JavaScript-version on
    https://balglaas.home.xs4all.nl/mvzi/dna/dna.html
    --
    Jan v/d Broek balglaas@dds.nl

    "Ich kenne das Leben, ich bin im Kino gewesen."

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  • From Dave Drum@1:2320/105 to Jan van den Broek on Sun Oct 29 03:24:00 2023
    Jan van den Broek wrote to Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <=-

    2023-10-26, Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> schrieb:
    Groovy hepcat Jan van den Broek was jivin' in comp.sys.cbm on Wed, 25
    Oct 2023 08:26 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

    I'm not quite sure if I'm really a groovy hepcat, but I've listened to Go! bij Dexter Gordon this morning.

    A little Alligator Boogaloo with Long Tall Dexter is always groovy.

    Or Quincy Jones, for that matter.
    ... "A cheapskate won't tip a server. I'm just careful with my money" Dave Drum --- MultiMail/Win v0.52
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  • From Anssi Saari@3:770/3 to Jan van den Broek on Mon Oct 30 21:28:34 2023
    Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> writes:

    But to get a bit on-topic, here is a Basic-program:
    10 poke 53280,0:poke 53281,0
    20 s$="acgt"
    30 c$=chr$(28)+chr$(30)+chr$(31)+chr$(158)
    40 r=1+int(rnd(0)*4)
    50 print mid$(c$,r,1);mid$(s$,r,1);
    60 goto 40

    Pretty cool.

    So what's a convenient command line way to get from an ascii basic
    listing to a prg inside a d64 image? After some looking I used tok64 and
    c1541.

    Second place was bastext to t64 and then to d64 via c1541 but I was
    weirded out since it seems the only binary output bastext is willing to
    do is a t64 file. And while c1541 should handle those, it didn't in this
    case.

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to Anssi Saari on Mon Oct 30 19:08:08 2023
    On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:28:34 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:

    Jan van den Broek <balglaas@dds.nl> writes:

    But to get a bit on-topic, here is a Basic-program:
    10 poke 53280,0:poke 53281,0
    20 s$="acgt"
    30 c$=chr$(28)+chr$(30)+chr$(31)+chr$(158)
    40 r=1+int(rnd(0)*4)
    50 print mid$(c$,r,1);mid$(s$,r,1);
    60 goto 40

    Pretty cool.

    I was also about to type it into the VICE emulator.

    So what's a convenient command line way to get from an ascii basic
    listing to a prg inside a d64 image? After some looking I used tok64 and c1541.

    Second place was bastext to t64 and then to d64 via c1541 but I was
    weirded out since it seems the only binary output bastext is willing to
    do is a t64 file. And while c1541 should handle those, it didn't in this case.

    So no image created?

    I'll write it down then at the weekend and type it into the C64 (emulated
    in VICE). Can upload the image to my web server for others then.
    --
    Andr *can wait to see what it does* eas

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  • From Robert Roland@3:770/3 to ank@spamfence.net on Tue Oct 31 00:30:45 2023
    On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:08:08 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach
    <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:

    I was also about to type it into the VICE emulator.

    You do know that you can simply paste it into the Vice window?

    (On the Windows version, at least)
    --
    RoRo

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  • From Anssi Saari@3:770/3 to Andreas Kohlbach on Tue Oct 31 13:00:51 2023
    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> writes:

    So no image created?

    If I was unclear, not by the bastext + c1541 combo. No issue with tok64
    and c1541.

    I just wanted the image so I could run it in some browser based emulator
    which takes d64 images.

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to Anssi Saari on Tue Oct 31 22:50:23 2023
    On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:00:51 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:

    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> writes:

    So no image created?

    If I was unclear, not by the bastext + c1541 combo. No issue with tok64
    and c1541.

    Sorry, I don't know what these are. Thought some disk emulators.

    I was able to paste in the BASIC code into VICE and run it. Beautiful:
    the C64 creates life. :-)

    Anyway, I was able to "save it on tape" and created an *tap image. If interested I can upload it to my web server.
    --
    Andreas

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to Robert Roland on Tue Oct 31 22:33:10 2023
    On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 00:30:45 +0100, Robert Roland wrote:

    On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:08:08 -0400, Andreas Kohlbach
    <ank@spamfence.net> wrote:

    I was also about to type it into the VICE emulator.

    You do know that you can simply paste it into the Vice window?

    (On the Windows version, at least)

    I didn't know!. Thank you!
    --
    Andreas

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  • From Andreas Kohlbach@3:770/3 to Anssi Saari on Tue Oct 31 22:33:05 2023
    On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:00:51 +0200, Anssi Saari wrote:

    Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> writes:

    So no image created?

    If I was unclear, not by the bastext + c1541 combo. No issue with tok64
    and c1541.

    Sorry, I don't know what these are. Thought some disk emulators.
    --
    Andreas

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