I know there are few people interested in computing history on this list. Would anyone be interested in any of the following historical manuals:
Control Data 6400/6500/6600 Computer Systems Reference Manual, 1969 This was the world's first commercial supercomputer and first RISC architecture based machine; designed by Seymour Cray. PDP 11 bus and processor handbooks, ~1973 VAX 11/780 hardware, software, and architecture handbooks, ~1977 Bell System Technical Journal, 1978, Vol 57, No 6, Part 2 This is a special edition devoted to the Unix Time-Sharing System authored by all of the key players; it might be the first major publication exploring Unix in detail, I am not sure. Bell Laboratories Technical Journal, 1984, 63, 8, 2 Another full issue devoted to Unix by key players. The Oak Language and Oak Virtual Machine Specification Release 0.9, 1994 Oak was subsequently renamed Java. I checked with the Computer History musuem (a great place if you have never been), and they didn't want them, but I am having a hard time just throwing them away. Let me know if you are interested. Just give me your address, and I will mail them to you. thanks, gordon _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers