A couple of years ago, I was rejoined with my old Commodore VIC20 software library my brother had kept. Some of which were programs I wrote and saved using ordinary audio cassette tape. I decided to try and resurrect the data, because I still have my old VIC20 and datasette drive. But if the data [...]
Archive for October, 2008
QUIKMAN: 1984 revisited
Oct 27
Hiding the DOS window
Oct 11
Using the free version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition, I was able to construct this tiny utility to use in my BAT command files, so that its annoying DOS window would fade away into oblivion when double-clicking it from Windows. // hideme.cpp #include “stdafx.h” #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) [...]
The following should be construed as a rant, and is not to be taken (too) seriously … well, … We had an interesting “event” the other day, whereas a core display routine was changed and, under certain provider schedules, would get caught in a non-terminating loop. After a few dozen of these processes got created [...]
2009 Projects
Oct 2
Yesterday, I presented a technology roadmap for I.S. Clinical Development (CCC) that will improve the infrastructure of their in-house “colossal” healthcare information system for high availability and disaster recovery. To everyone’s delight, there were no disruptive technologies or controversial implementation details to make this presentation last longer than the 10-minutes requested. Key points follow: Implement [...]
