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script to add custom extensions to local mirror

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Rich:
Hi GNUser

--- Quote from: GNUser on March 24, 2023, 08:25:46 PM --- ... What do you do in real life? ...
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Let's see, after I dropped out of college, I worked as a technician debugging the circuits
engineers designed at several companies. Eventually I was promoted to engineer and
and got to debug my own designs. Taught myself assembly language and did some work
writing software for 8085 based measurement equipment. I taught myself C just for the
fun of it. Later it proved useful when I got involved working on an embedded system that
was programmed in C. Also dabbled with single chip micros (PIC16C55, 16C71, Signetics
87C750, 87C752, etc.). I retired in 2000 and life is simpler now.


--- Quote --- ... Retired professor? :) ...
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Hardly. Though I still have memories of teachers whose answer to "I don't understand" was
"Read the textbook". A byproduct of their poor attitude is if someone wants to learn something
and I have something to offer, I do my best to help them out.

GNUser:
Hi Rich. Thank you for sharing your background. I have often wondered about it. Given that you always seem able to view problems from all levels--from high all the way down to electrons--I'm not too surprised that you are experienced in C, assembly language, and embedded circuits.


--- Quote from: Rich on March 24, 2023, 10:19:08 PM ---if someone wants to learn something and I have something to offer, I do my best to help them out.

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You sure do, and I'm very grateful for it. Please keep it coming. One would have to be very unwilling or very incapable (or just plain foolish) not to learn something from you.

Happy hacking!

GNUser:
I updated the script so that it also updates dep.db.gz. I will keep the latest version of the script at this link:

http://gnuser.ddns.net/public/add-tcz-extra

Happy hacking!

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