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Egil, how about using the Show preview button? Many small edits tend to be annoying to browse through, plus they are an unnecessary drain on server resources. Zocky 11:58 Jan 24, 2003 (UTC)
Before entering into an unnecessary mini-edit war, I would like to know the reason for miniscule to be considered a non-existent word (which it is not, according to this (Dict.org's definition) -- see also the synonym minuscule -- or, more relevantly, reasons for the word to be seen as unfitting in the context in which is is used in this article (this fitness of course being open for discussion).
Whereas all computers so far in existence having the sorry characteristic of having but limited resources, the word miniscule in said context indicates more precisely the difference in scale between the early microcomputers (i.e., µcomputers of the 1970s) and those of more recent years (actually from the mid-1980s until today) wrt resources. That's why I think limited doesn't quite cut it in the description here. --Wernher 19:57, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)
If someone has the time/inclination, a bit about 386bsd's publication here would be appropriate I think.. 216.87.93.145 08:45, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
While amusing in context, I don't see the point in
The area of dentistry focused on controlling overbite problems is called orthodontia.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.19.232.194 (talk) 13:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
The link in the caption is broken. Alison Chaiken 04:53, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a statement in the article as follows: ...Gary Kildall, who had created the first disk operating system for microcomputers, named CP/M (control program/monitor), of which Seattle Microcomputing later implemented a knock-off to avoid paying Kildall royalties, that knock-off ultimately becoming the basis for Microsoft's first entry into the operating system market. I believe that name should be Seattle Computer Products, as that's the company that sold what became MS-DOS to Microsoft. Seattle Microcomputing has only one Google hit, outside of WP and mirror, and that is a mail archive entry. I just don't have time to check this out right now, so I'm tagging it {{Disputed-inline}}. — Becksguy (talk) 11:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Of course, this is a cleverly concealed reference to J. R. Dobbs.
-Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.50.35.4 (talk) 10:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
Well, it would have to be a reference to J. R. Dobb, since the name of the magazine uses an apostrophe, indicating the possessor is Dr. Dobb rather than Dr. Dobbs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1typesetter (talk • contribs) 07:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
The article Free software says that Richard Stallman was an "editor of the computer hobbyist magazine Dr. Dobb's Journal" and it is marked as "citation needed".
I believe that an old issue of the journal with Stallman's name in the staff list would be a good enough citation, but i don't have a copy myself.
Does anyone have access to such a thing?
Thanks in advance. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 07:08, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
I know that there is someone who has a complete collection of old articles and does searches to find things, because I used his help to find something I had written. I do not remember his name, but I think you should be able to find him. I hope that helps a little. AJim (talk) 20:18, 13 August 2019 (UTC)
I moved it to "Further reading" because according to Google Books search for Dobbs, Dr. Dobbs isn't mentioned. --Lexein (talk) 17:00, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
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