DWM with OpenBSD.

Loving those LaserWriters hacks!

Huayra GNU/Linux 3.1 Deskshot

Screenshot Homepage de la vieja Red de Interconexión Universitaria en NCSA Mosaic, en UNIX.

The Huayra 5 “Juana Manso” deskshot:

Huayra GNU/Linux is a GNU operating system distribution tailored for educational purposes in Argentina. Its development was started by the CENITAL (Argentine National Center for Research and Development of Free Technologies) for the 2012 Conectar Igualdad project of the Argentine Government, and now is maintained by Educar Sociedad del Estado.

https://huayra.educar.gob.ar/

As such, it includes full localization in Spanish and a complete kit of education applications, several of whom were released by Cenital itself. Cenital got together a great group of educative programmers, who design the Linux distribution.

The Conectar Igualdad technological inclusion project involved providing a portable computer for students. These computers used low-spec Intel Atom microprocessors to provide computing power to 12-inch nationally produced netbooks, 5 millon of such provided for highschool students.

While the portable machines specs has been continuously improved in next computing generations and batches, since the launch of the program in 2011 great care has been taken to provide with a great experience with such low computing power.

The software hearth of Huayra involves a Debian 12 derived-Linux Kernel, a MATE desktop, LibreOffice suite, GIMP and Inkscape graphical apps, several music and sound design programs, video and digital TV experience. All these are freely available. Also provided are serveral local applications (Huayra Motion for stopmotion animation), and many more.

All of the reference material and as many as 12500 highschool educative books and reference materials are already included as PDF documents in the machine hard disk.

All the versions of Huayra GNU/Linux may be found here: https://huayra.educar.gob.ar/

Also, the github projects may be found here:

https://github.com/HuayraLinux

As many other Linux distributions, Huayra (which minds “Wind” in native quechua language) has a “spirit animal”. Vaca Hacker, its Pilot Cow, provides computing knowledge also as a special app.

The newest version its 6.5, but several spin-off has been created, including Huayra Bonaerense (for the Government of the Buenos Aires Province), Huayra Servidor (a server version), Huayra Medios (for cooperative and school FM Radios and Internet broadcasting).

Most of the time, I would use a Huayra GNU/Linux (a Debian distro for educational purposes), as it was tailored for low spec Atom netbooks in Argentina. There is a specialized AntiX for these machines too, with many games/emulators. A ThinkPad T42 with 2 Gigs should run Huayra 3.2 without any issues.

AR.

These fax machines were commonly sold on BR?

That’s an insane deskshot! Congrats!

The argentine super-classic: Super Menem! On the Amber CRT monitor.

Your loop is under control!

DOS disk interface is quite mundante. It was dependant on BIOS recognition, and its not compatible with 32 GB disk at all. An 120MB or 250MB HDD was the usual MS-DOS disk sold during the 6.22 era. The firsts GB disk ware common by 1996. By the way, 2GB is the max recognizable partition size. Use fdisk to create a Master Boot Record, and a 2GB partition, and try it. I tried it with ease with old 1 GB and 512MB Compact Flash cards, but I must say CF has almost direct compatibility with IDE. SD cards require an adapter controller (you seems to have one of those, tho).

Star Wars March for the Atari!

1 GRAPHICS 2+16
2 ? #6;"STAR WARS THEME"
3 ? #6;"BY JOHN WILLIAMS"
4 REM ARR. BY AARON NESS
5 REM FROM ACE NEWSLETTER, VOL.2,NO.3, MARCH 1981
8 FOR W=1 TO 500:NEXT W
9 GRAPHICS 0
10 READ S,N0,N1,N2,N3
20 IF N0=-1 THEN END 
25 ? S;"|";N0;"|";N1;"|";N2;"|";N3
30 SOUND 0,N0,10,4:SOUND 1,N1,10,4
35 SOUND 2,N2,10,4:SOUND 3,N3,10,4
40 FOR X=1 TO S*150:NEXT X:GOTO 10
100 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
101 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
102 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
104 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
105 DATA .2,108,0,0,0
110 DATA 1,81,108,128,162
111 DATA 1,81,108,128,173
114 DATA 1,53,64,81,193
116 DATA 1,53,64,81,217
120 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
122 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
124 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
125 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
128 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
129 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
140 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
141 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
144 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
145 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
148 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
149 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
160 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
161 DATA .3,64,72,91,182
164 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
165 DATA 2,72,85,108,217
168 DATA .6,108,0,0,0
169 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
172 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
173 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
180 DATA 1,81,103,128,162
181 DATA 1,81,108,128,173
184 DATA 1,53,64,81,193
185 DATA 1,53,64,81,217
190 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
191 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
194 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
196 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
198 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
199 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
210 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
211 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
214 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
215 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
218 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
219 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
230 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
231 DATA .3,64,72,91,182
234 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
235 DATA 1,72,85,108,217
236 DATA .6,108,0,0,0
237 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
238 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
250 DATA 1.5,96,121,162,0
251 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
252 DATA .5,96,0,0,217
254 DATA .5,60,81,96,217
255 DATA .5,64,81,96,217
256 DATA .5,72,81,96,217
258 DATA .5,81,81,96,217
270 DATA .3,81,96,0,217
271 DATA .3,72,96,0,217
274 DATA .3,64,96,0,217
275 DATA 1,72,0,0,217
278 DATA .25,96,0,0,217
279 DATA 1,85,108,144,217
282 DATA .6,108,0,0,0
283 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
284 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
290 DATA 1.5,96,121,162,217
291 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
292 DATA .5,96,121,162,217
294 DATA .5,60,81,121,217
295 DATA .5,64,81,121,217
298 DATA .5,72,81,121,217
299 DATA .5,0,81,121,217
310 DATA .75,53,68,91,136
311 DATA .25,72,0,0,0
314 DATA 2,72,85,108,217
315 DATA .6,108,0,0,0
318 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
319 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
320 DATA 1.5,96,121,162,0
321 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
322 DATA .5,96,0,0,217
324 DATA .5,60,81,96,0
325 DATA .5,64,81,96,0
328 DATA .5,72,81,96,217
329 DATA .5,0,81,96,0
340 DATA .3,81,96,121,217
341 DATA .3,72,96,121,0
344 DATA .3,64,96,121,0
345 DATA .6,72,96,121,217
348 DATA .3,0,96,0,0
349 DATA 1,85,0,0,0
352 DATA .6,53,0,0,217
353 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
354 DATA .3,53,0,0,0
360 DATA .6,40,50,60,81
361 DATA .3,45,60,81,128
364 DATA .6,50,60,81,243
365 DATA .3,53,0,81,217
368 DATA .6,60,0,81,204
369 DATA .3,68,0,0,182
372 DATA .6,72,0,0,162
373 DATA .3,81,0,0,144
380 DATA 1,53,0,0,0
381 DATA .1,72,85,121,217
384 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
385 DATA .1,72,85,121,217
386 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
387 DATA .1,72,85,121,217
388 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
389 DATA .5,72,85,121,217
390 DATA .3,0,0,108,0
391 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
392 DATA .3,0,0,108,0
393 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
394 DATA .3,0,0,108,0
395 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
400 DATA 1,81,108,128,162
401 DATA 1,81,108,128,173
404 DATA 1,53,64,81,193
405 DATA 1,53,64,81,217
410 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
411 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
414 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
415 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
418 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
419 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
430 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
431 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
434 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
435 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
438 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
439 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
450 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
451 DATA .3,64,72,91,182
454 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
455 DATA 2,72,85,108,217
456 DATA .6,108,0,0,0
457 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
458 DATA .3,108,0,0,0
462 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
470 DATA 1,81,108,128,162
471 DATA 1,81,108,128,173
474 DATA 1,53,64,81,193
475 DATA 1,53,64,81,217
480 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
481 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
484 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
485 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
488 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
489 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
500 DATA .3,60,81,96,243
501 DATA .3,64,81,96,243
504 DATA .2,72,81,96,243
505 DATA 1,40,53,64,128
508 DATA 1,40,53,64,144
509 DATA 1,53,64,81,162
520 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
521 DATA .3,64,72,91,182
524 DATA .3,60,72,91,182
525 DATA 2,72,85,108,217
528 DATA 1,53,108,217,0
530 DATA .5,0,0,0,217
540 DATA 1,40,53,64,162
542 DATA 1,40,53,64,173
544 DATA 1,40,53,64,193
546 DATA 1,40,53,64,217
550 DATA 1,40,53,64,243
552 DATA 1,40,53,64,217
554 DATA 1,40,53,64,193
556 DATA 1,40,53,64,173
558 DATA 2,40,53,64,162
559 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
560 DATA .1,40,53,64,162
561 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
562 DATA .1,40,53,64,162
563 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
564 DATA .1,40,53,64,162
565 DATA 0,0,0,0,0
566 DATA 1.7,40,53,64,162
600 DATA 0,-1,0,0,0

That used to be true in my country too. For some bureaucratic issues, fax was legal-binding. For example, for public health/social pharmaceutical deliveries, it acted as a valid receipt, it was “official”. I noted fax used to improve delivery times, reducing errors.

Also there was that psychological effect of paper.

On the Health&Edu sector, most of the secretaries were young girls and they loved to be written something after the official receipt was delivered (the first page in the call). I would write them something as a personal sidenote, and they will do the office work like a charm. Low-rank bureaucrats love to be addressed. These “Social skills” were not used on the official first page of course, but it worked! It saved me lots of headache and phone-drama.

Fax is vintage tech since at least a decade, but it was useful.

My first contact with them was not on a fax machine, but using a Sportster Winmodem/fax. Faxing was possible using a Windows 3.1 computer, using QuickLink II software.

Later on, I got this “marvelous” Panasonic KX-FT38 fax machine, with its markings in Spanish of course. A noble 300dpi device, with 20min digital recorder for voice and data (delayed thermal printing was possible). Also has an automatic cutting blade. 14.4 kilobauds of pure faxing power!

It was so nice I even didn’t care to remove its tacky stickers.

I used it daily. Somewhat people REPLIED to fax transmissions, as it served to speed response time on bureaucratic nonsense. Secretaries did their thing when they got a fax with their names handwritten on them. IDKW but it worked.

10 : CLEAR : PAUSE “Mini Moon Age Calculator “
20 : W=694098 : X=29.53 : Z=365.25 : JN=2460202.6 : REM Julian date for last moon on 25/9/2023 at 2:39am
30 : INPUT “DAY:” ; D , “MONTH:” ; M , “YEAR:” ; Y
40 : IF M<=2 LET Y=Y-1 : M=M+12
50 : A=INT(Y/100) : B=INT(A/4) : C=2-A+B : E=INT(Z * (Y+4716))
60 : F=INT(30.6001 * (M+1)) : JD=C+D+E+F-1524.5 : DS=JD-JN
70 : S=(DS/X-INT(DS/X)) * X : S=INT(S+.5)
80 : PRINT “Age of Moon “ ; USING “###.# “ ; S ; “_days” : END

Stay SHARP!

I made some .cow files anyone may like.

gaucho_hacker.cow:

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
   $thoughts
    $thoughts    _________
         |        |                   ________
     ____|________|____       ~      |        \\
        //// _____)              ~   ||        \\_____
        _|   (o)(o)           ~    ~ ||              \\
       (o        \\|              ~   ||               \\
         |     (..)           ~    ~ ||                \\
         |    /||||\\             ~   ||                 |
         | \\     \\\\           ~    ~ |                  |
        /|  -----_\\\\__           ~   |___________----|--+
       /  \\__/_ )    ( ______ ~____      ======      wwwww8 
      / +___   (/|    )______||_--\\\\--+  -                8
     /      +--- +- \\/        /________|wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww8
    |________---____/
EOC

peron.cow

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
        $thoughts
         $thoughts  ,_____._____
     ,_.    /-_---------_\\
    /  |   ||           ||        /\\
   /  <    \\|.__.   .__.|/       | l
  |    /    |E==<   E==<|      n J |
  |  /     G|    | |    |D     \\   |
  | |      \\|  , q_p ,  |J     _|__/_
 ====       | /._____.\\ |      |\\__/|
 |   |      (   \\___J   )      |    |
 |   |      (  =.___- = )     /    /
 |   |       (.__-___,)      /    /
  \\   |____----+   |________/    /
   \\        \\   \\/   _/        /
    \\_____   \\  /   /   ______/
EOC

17oct.cow

$the_cow = <<"EOC";
 $thoughts
  $thoughts           _______
  \\o/        \\ peron \\     ---------
------+       \\-------    | C  G  T |
:::::::::::::::\\::::::::::|---------|:::::::::::
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\\%%%%%%%%%|%%%%%%%%%|%%%%%%%%%%%
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Darthmouth GRAFIX.BAS!

100 DEF FNF(X)=SIN(X)
105 DEF FNG(X)=LOG(X)/LOG(10)
110 DEF FNR(X)=INT(X+.5)
120 DEF FNX(X)=INT(100*X+.5)/100
130 READ A,B,S
140 READ C,D,N
150 IF N<=50 THEN 180
160 PRINT "ONLY 50 SUBDIVISIONS"
170 STOP
175 :
180 H=(D-C)/N
190 PRINT ""Y-AXIS FROM ";C;" TO ";D;
195 PRINT " IN INCREMENTS OF ";H
200 PRINT
210 PRINT TAB(8);"'";
220 FOR I=1 TO N-1
230    PRINT "-";
240 NEXT I
250 PRINT "'"
255 :
260 FOR X=A TO B STEP S
270    Y=FNF(X)
272    Y1=8+FNR((Y-C)/H)
274    Y=FNG(X)
276    Y2=8+FNR((Y-C)/H)
278    PRINT FNX(X);
280    IF Y2

This a Sharp BASIC suffler for the 40 spanish card deck, for truco and other games.

10:REM BARAJADOR MAZO DE 40 CARTAS ESPANOLAS,SHARP PC-1360
20:WAIT 0: CLS : CLEAR
30:DIM A$(41)*20,S$(0)*32,P$(0)*65
40:C=0:S$(0)="Basto   Espada  Oro     Copas"
50:P$(0)="As   Dos  Tres CuatroCincoSeis SieteSota CaballoRey"
60:FOR S=1 TO 4
70:FOR N=1 TO 10
80:C=C+1
90:A$(C)= MID$ (P$(0),(N*5)-4,5)+" de "+ MID$ (S$(0),(S*8)-5,0)
100:NEXT N: NEXT S
110:FOR C=41 TO 2 STEP - 1:A= RND (40)+1:A$(C)=A$(A):A$(A)=A$(C-1): NEXT C: BEEP 1: WAIT
120:FOR C=1 TO 40: PRINT SRT$ (C);":";A$(C): NEXT C