Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/19/24 4:30 PM, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Charlie Gibbs wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

On 2024-12-19, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>

I have contemplated ditching planes for trains, but I don't think the
result would be much better. Perhaps less security theater?

>
     Some people like to travel by train because it combines
     the slowness of a car with the cramped public exposure
     of an airplane.  -- Dennis Miller

 My dad took us (I and my sister) on train trips. I remember in the
dining car being asked if I wanted a Continental Breakfast. My kid's
mind imagined a breakfast feast, with eggs and sausage or bacon.
 Bleh, it was a pastry.  :-(

   Obviously not a 'luxury' train  :-)
   The old Orient Express was reputed to offer better,
   but it catered mostly to wealthier clients.
   There IS a certain niceness to train travel - seems
   more 'organic' than planes, the rhythm of the tracks.
   Alas, in the USA, the tracks tend to be poorly maintained.
   Derailment is always possible. Euro rail is likely much
   more reliable.

Similar with my mother. She asked if I wanted a "pine float". I
imagined a nice soda with ice cream and whipped cream.... It
was a toothpick floating on a glass of water. She cackled.
 ObLinux:
 Grepping for FLT_MAX, partial list:
      /usr/include/values.h:#define   MAXFLOAT    FLT_MAX
     /usr/include/values.h:#define   FMAXEXP     FLT_MAX_EXP
 Now look for defines of FLT_MAX.