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Comment: Oregon (Score 1) 451

by certsoft (#38017532) Attached to: Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System
OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) had video for the test on their TV station but no audio. Here's what they said on their Facebook page: "As the hub of the emergency broadcast system for the region, OPB is responsible for sending signals out to all other regional broadcasters. We received the test signal as planned, but a software problem prevented the signal from being sent out to the statewide network of broadcasters."

Comment: Re:Oregon does not have sales tax. (Score 1) 811

by certsoft (#35183932) Attached to: Amazon Pulling Out of Texas Over $269 Million Tax Bill

Oregon does not have sales tax. They do have an inventory tax. The inventory tax is not only on your product, but on your furnishings and equipment.

That's not an inventory tax (there isn't one, see ORS 307.400) but business personal property tax. I think that all of the 4 states I've done business in have that tax.

Comment: That takes me back (Score 1) 124

by certsoft (#30124236) Attached to: Intel Allows Release of Full 4004 Chip-Set Details
Somewhere around 1975 or 1976 I worked at the micro-electronics lab at Point Mugu Naval Air Station. We did a number of projects using a 4004 and those awful 1702 EPROMs. I remember using one to run a X/Y Table and sensor probe to test thick film (might have been thin film) resistor wafers. If a chip wasn't in tolerance a drop of magnetic ink would be dropped on it.

We used a timeshare service via a Model 33 teletype with acoustic modem to access a 4004 assembler. It would spit out a paper tape that we would use for the EPROM burner system. I think I like Eclipse better.

Genius doesn't work on an assembly line basis. You can't simply say, "Today I will be brilliant." -- Kirk, "The Ultimate Computer", stardate 4731.3

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