Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection

On 23/04/2014 10:09 AM, MikeS wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clockmeister" 
> <clockmeister@internode.on.net>
> To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection
>
>
>>
>> On 23/04/2014 9:15 AM, MikeS wrote:
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>> <snip>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clockmeister" 
>>> <clockmeister@internode.on.net>
>>> To: <cbm-hackers@musoftware.de>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 9:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Interesting programming description for bank selection
>>>
>>>>> Pshaw! That's why the Americans invented Vise Grips!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Heh ;-)
>>>>
>>>>> Can't please some people; complain about the Yanks using the 
>>>>> (British)
>>>>> *Imperial* system, and still complain when they try to make you 
>>>>> happy by
>>>>> switching to metric...
>>>>>
>>>>> Bet you don't have those odd Torx-like bits/sockets they use in 
>>>>> Audis and
>>>>> Mercs either, for example...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do as a matter of fact, and there is nothing odd about them.
>>>
>>> There is in the US ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Given that you have plenty of European cars driving around in the US, 
>> as well as being a product of US manufacturing industry 
>> conglomeration I beg to differ ;-)
>>
>>> What are they called, BTW?
>>>
>>
>> We call them Torx bits/sockets but they are also known as star 
>> bits/sockets in other places.
>
> Oops; you're absolutely right, they're just normal Torx screws; for 
> some reason I thought they were the five point variant.
>
> Sorry for the detour; let's get back to memory bits instead of Torx 
> bits....
>

Agreed, lets...


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