Re: Jim Warren has passed away
On Fri, 26 Nov 2021, dwight via cctalk wrote: Wasn't it Jim that had the house overlooking the Pacific ocean that was off Skyline Blvd? Dwight Yes I was never at that house, he came to Berkeley instead, but I'd heard about it. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
Re: Jim Warren has passed away
Wasn't it Jim that had the house overlooking the Pacific ocean that was off
Skyline Blvd?
Dwight
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On 11/25/21 12:11 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> When he founded DDJ ("dr. dobb's journal Of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics And
> Orthodontia : Running Light Without Overbyte"), they considered it to be
> a reference, not a newspaper, and kept reprints of the old issues
> available in bound form.
>
Still have my Vol 1, No. 1 of DDJ.
I suspect that many of the kids revisiting vintage computers are unaware
of his contributions.
I find it increasingly difficult to remember many of the early 1970s faces.
--Chuck
Re: Jim Warren has passed away
On 11/25/21 12:11 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> When he founded DDJ ("dr. dobb's journal Of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics And
> Orthodontia : Running Light Without Overbyte"), they considered it to be
> a reference, not a newspaper, and kept reprints of the old issues
> available in bound form.
>
Still have my Vol 1, No. 1 of DDJ.
I suspect that many of the kids revisiting vintage computers are unaware
of his contributions.
I find it increasingly difficult to remember many of the early 1970s faces.
--Chuck
Re: Jim Warren has passed away
When he founded DDJ ("dr. dobb's journal Of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics
And Orthodontia : Running Light Without Overbyte"), they considered it to
be a reference, not a newspaper, and kept reprints of the old issues
available in bound form.
But, after Jim was gone, the title became merely "Dr. Dobb's Journal" with
subtitles that ranged from "Tools for professional programmers", "World Of
Software Development", etc. I think that it ended with "management
Information Systems"?Much as "Tinker-Toys" became "Morrow Designs",
"Kentucky Fried Computers" became "NorthStar", and "Intergalactic Digital
Research" became "Digital Research, Inc."
Jim used to roll around WCCF (1977 - 1983) on roller skates, which put his
head above the top of the crowd, and let him keep an eye on everything
going on. His assistant in those days was Nels Anderson. I'm not sure
that Jim needed the skates to be head and shoulders above most.
After WCCF had deteriorated badly under the new owners, he was the guest
of honor at S.O.G. ("Semi Official Gathering" put on in Bend Oregon, by
Dave Thompson of MicroCornucopia magazine). We presented him with a pair
of skates, and told him that it was time for him to put them back on, that
the world of computers needed him. I don't know who provided them; I was
the one who had suggested it to Dave Thompson.
I was tied for #1 for booth selection, even though I never had a booth
larger than 10x10 and hadn't exhibited at the first three Faires (SF, San
Jose, Los Angeles), when the suits discontinued the booth selection
priority list.
I think that it was Jim's "Journal Of Intelligent Machines", that
eventually decomposed into "Infoworld", or maybe "Silicon Gulch Gaqzette",
that had the subtitle of "machines who think", instead of the canonical
"machines that think". But, it might have been one of his other
periodicals; can anybody pin that down?
GOOGLE'ing people we knew tends to be very sad.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
Re: Jim Warren has passed away
On 11/25/21 9:16 AM, Christian Liendo via cctalk wrote: > https://web.stanford.edu/~allison/JimWarren.html > > For those who do not know about Jim Warren > > Jim Warren's wiki page > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren_(computer_specialist) As a longtime subscriber to DDJ and attendee at WCCF, I'm sorry to hear that. But then, when I ask my Lovely Wife if she's heard from so-and-so, the usual response is "he (or she) died a couple of years ago". --Chuck
Re: K12MIT on PDP-12
On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Christian Corti wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: Are you running SerialDisk on the same DP12 that K12MIT is trying to use? Hmm... good point, I think that I have tried both, from LINCtape and from SerialDisk. I know, the latter won't work, but at least I should get the prompt, no? Just tried without SerialDisk... no difference. K12MIT is broken on the PDP-12. Christian
Jim Warren has passed away
https://web.stanford.edu/~allison/JimWarren.html For those who do not know about Jim Warren Jim Warren's wiki page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren_(computer_specialist)
Re: Extra books
On 11/24/21 4:18 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: I find myself with some extra books (acquired as part of an auction) that I don't have any interest in keeping. As such, they are available to move to a home that will appreciate them more than mine will. All of the books have been spoken for. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: K12MIT on PDP-12
On Wed, 24 Nov 2021, Vincent Slyngstad wrote: Are you running SerialDisk on the same DP12 that K12MIT is trying to use? That might not work well, though I'm not sure why K12MIT would commit suicide about it. Hmm... good point, I think that I have tried both, from LINCtape and from SerialDisk. I know, the latter won't work, but at least I should get the prompt, no? I haven't had much use for K12MIT -- the tools that come with the latest SerialDisk can take apart and rebuild/modify bootable/server images, so I just copy whatever to or the directory those tools are using and rebuild the image (or re-explode the server image and copy it out, to go the other way). I haven't understood the tools to build these disk images. There is no documentation IIRC. But I use SIMH and have a transfer disk image that I can mount with SerialDisk. There is one nuisance, though: SerialDisk won't see the updated image unless restarted. The advantage of SIMH is that I can "import" paper tape images (BIN or ASCII). That is something even PUTR can't accomplish. Christian
