[02:26] <Experiment-626> I have a problem with my dual screen. I have a radeon graphics card using the additional drivers option. When I plug in my screen, it looks like the screens are not separating and bleeding into each other.
[02:29] <Experiment-626> has anyone seen this before?
[02:55] <Experiment-626> I tried to use a different resolutioned, VGA monitor on my laptop. It looks like it is not separating the screen and they are flickering/bleeding into each other. when I remove the dsub cable, everything goes back to normal. Can any one help me fix my problem?
[03:02] <cmaloney> Experiment-626: Hello
[03:02] <cmaloney> You might want to check on askubuntu.com with the driver version number
[03:02] <cmaloney> unfortunately I moved to a NVidia card a while ago because I didn't have good luck withthe Radeon drivers
[03:15] <Experiment-626> cmaloney: Thanks. I hope it is something easy.
[03:25] <cmaloney> Likely a differnt driver version
[03:25] <cmaloney> or perhaps the OSS driver might do the trick
[03:25] <cmaloney> night!
[15:08] <cmaloney> https://luxinframundisproductions.bandcamp.com/album/farseeing-the-paranormal-abysm
[15:10] <cmaloney> https://www.retrolayer.com/posts/zx-spectrum-is-being-revived
[15:10] <cmaloney> This excites me
[15:10] <cmaloney> I'd love to get my hands on a ZX Spectrum some day.
[15:15] <cmaloney> Also: in celebration of the Groundhog seeing his shadow we'll be having CHC tonight at 8pm
[15:15] <cmaloney> had the Groundhog not seen his shadow we would be having CHC tonight at 8pm
[15:15] <devinheitmueller> http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-48K-COMPUTER-BOXED-TESTED-AND-WORKING-NEW-KEYBOARD-MEMBRANE-/301504167067?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item46330c7c9b
[15:15] <cmaloney> That's how highly we think of the groundhog. :)
[15:16] <cmaloney> devinheitmueller: Yeah, I'm not payig 35Pounds to have one shipped to me. :)
[15:16] <devinheitmueller> Life is full of choices.  :-)
[15:16] <cmaloney> They're rarer over here but they're C64-common in the UK
[15:16] <cmaloney> devinheitmueller: Yeah, I know.
[15:17] <cmaloney> I hope they show up like the ZX-81s I have: Someone cleaning out their house. :)
[15:17] <cmaloney> Also: deleted my eBay account. :(
[15:17] <devinheitmueller> I sometimes miss my CoCo2
[15:17] <cmaloney> I still have my Atari 800 / 800XL
[15:18] <cmaloney> Those were my teething computers
[15:18] <cmaloney> I managed to destroy the 400, much to my father's complete chagrin
[15:18] <devinheitmueller> My NYC apartment has no space to store such things.
[15:18] <cmaloney> devinheitmueller: Yeah, I know the feeling
[15:18] <cmaloney> these are at my parents place
[15:18] <devinheitmueller> Ah
[15:18] <cmaloney> and they're getting itchy to not have the Craig Maloney memorial computer museum much longer
[15:19] <cmaloney> So when the weather breaks some of these are getting "emulated"
[15:19] <jrwren> cmaloney: i had a garage sale zx spectrum back in 87 or so.
[15:19] <cmaloney> aka: donated to the A2 computer game museum
[15:19] <cmaloney> jrwren: That's awesome
[15:19] <devinheitmueller> Nice.
[15:20] <jrwren> the atari 800xl was WAY more powerful and fun to write BASIC on
[15:20] <jrwren> the BASIC on the zx was pretty lame.
[15:20] <cmaloney> Yeah, I'm not looking for it as a work machine
[15:20] <cmaloney> Though JoDee works with a guy that wrote a paper for college and did his calculations using a ZX with basic programs
[15:21] <cmaloney> Not sure if ZX80 or 81
[15:21] <cmaloney> Regardless, he has even more of my respect.
[15:21] <cmaloney> Atari Basic was awesome
[15:22] <cmaloney> Had arrays that were closer to C than Microsoft Basic
[15:22] <cmaloney> which meant you had "fun" converting strings from MS Basic to Atari Basic
[15:22] <cmaloney> Not impossible, but they worked way differently.
[15:23] <jrwren> dude, 8 bit calculations... that is NOT a good idea.
[15:23] <jrwren> it doesnt 'do floating point, does it?
[15:23] <cmaloney> jrwren: It was the tool he had
[15:23] <jrwren> what year was it?
[15:23] <cmaloney> I'll have to ask him next time I see him
[15:23] <jrwren> I'm pretty sure the BASIC on it didn't have a bignum implementation.
[15:23] <jrwren> but I could be wrong.
[15:24] <cmaloney> yeah, I'm pretty sure the ZX series had the most basic of floating point
[15:24] <jrwren> I mean, "did his calculation" - maybe he wrote his own bignum and or float and or fixed point impl, which means, that is pretty sweet.
[15:24] <jrwren> cmaloney: really?  in hardware or in software? either way, I highly doubt it.
[15:24] <jrwren> 1 X=255
[15:24] <jrwren> 2 X=X+1
[15:24] <jrwren> 3 PRINT X
[15:24] <jrwren> RUN
[15:25] <jrwren> 0
[15:25] <cmaloney> I don't have a ZX81 emulator to check that
[15:25] <cmaloney> but most BASIC could handle larger than 255
[15:25] <jrwren> yeah, must have been in software.
[15:26] <cmaloney> I remember the Atari 8bit started putting things into scientific notation at one point
[15:27] <jrwren> O_O i don't remember that.
[15:27] <cmaloney> http://atariage.com/forums/topic/210068-whats-the-highest-number-atari-basic-can-count-to/
[15:27] <cmaloney> Yeah, it's pretty amazing what they shoved into those machines
[15:28] <jrwren> oh yeah, I kinda remember big numbers.
[15:28] <cmaloney> I'm sure whatever he did wasn't fast by any stretch
[15:29] <jrwren> no, very slow
[15:29] <cmaloney> but this dude is both patient and persistent
[15:29] <cmaloney> and infinitely curious
[15:29] <jrwren> wikipedia says all the math in atari basic was using those floating routines.
[15:29] <jrwren> so very slow.
[15:29] <cmaloney> He wrote this paper because he got interested in the subject (subject escapes me) and went out and bought the computer to do the calculations
[15:30] <jrwren> and it sounds like as long as the numbers were less than 1billion, it is accurate.
[15:30] <cmaloney> Yeah, not sure what calc he was doing
[16:21] <PainBank_> where is CHC being held now?
[16:29] <cmaloney> Bean and Leaf in Royal Oak
[16:29] <cmaloney> https://plus.google.com/communities/105711849406316277146
[16:29] <cmaloney> PainBank_: ^^
[16:32] <brousch> What kind of leaves? Is that a cannabis shop?
[16:33] <jrwren> TEA LEAVES!!!
[16:33] <brousch> Are you some kind of dope head?
[16:33] <cmaloney> Holy shit
[16:33]  * cmaloney is listening to Satyrasis - Circumstances
[16:33] <cmaloney> jcastro: ^^
[16:34] <jrwren> evarlast is currently listening to Letterman, by Old Man Markley
[16:34] <cmaloney> https://satyrasis.bandcamp.com/ <- Track 7
[16:34] <cmaloney> Surprise Rush
[16:37] <greg-g> Old Man Markley!
[16:38] <greg-g> saw them in concert a few months back, they opened for Rev Horton Heat
[16:39] <greg-g> The Rev is LOUD
[16:55] <jrwren> greg-g: man, the rev is still touring!
[19:31] <jhansonxi> Check this out: https://www.humblebundle.com/books
[19:32] <jhansonxi> I little OT but I couldn't resist
[19:33] <cmaloney> jhansonxi: Yeah, lots of good titles on there for kids.
[19:38] <jhansonxi> The electronics, Ruby, Python, and JavaScript books I thought would be of interest