Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Larry Smith
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun > > Did you reach out to my friend Jason? > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone-- >

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Chuck McCown
I was in Bletchley Park, UK. From: Cameron Crum Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 2:24 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun Did you reach out to my friend Jason? On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Chuck McCown wrote: Sent from my iPhone-- AF

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Cameron Crum
Did you reach out to my friend Jason? On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:56 AM Chuck McCown wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone-- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Robert Andrews
@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun I was working Emergency Response Facility design in 79-80 after TMI. DEC wouldn't sell to the nuc industry so we were doing Prime's. Wrote my own networking code on top of their low level device drivers on huge coax -LMR400- connections. M

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Chuck McCown
I think that large disk is a "Bryant Computer Products division of Ex-Cell-O, 1 meter platter ". -Original Message- From: Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 12:46 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun I was working Emergency Response Facility de

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Robert Andrews
I was working Emergency Response Facility design in 79-80 after TMI. DEC wouldn't sell to the nuc industry so we were doing Prime's. Wrote my own networking code on top of their low level device drivers on huge coax -LMR400- connections. My code, frankly sucked, but getting a 500K throughpu

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Chuck McCown
The largest one in the photo is about 36” in diameter. Probably an ESS type of phone switch drive. They were mounted on edge in a super wide rack. From: Bill Prince Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 11:30 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun That big platter on the left

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Bill Prince
That big platter on the left looks almost like the Burroughs (IIRC) garage-style hard drive. The ones I remember had 4 platters like that for a total of ~~ 5 MB (~~ 1.25 MB per platter). Each "garage" was about 1' wide, and the units I saw bolted 4 or 5 garages to

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Tim Hardy
We started Comsearch on a Pr1me 300 in 1977 and moved up to a 750 by the mid 80s before moving on to Unix boxes.. and yes, the computers rooms were freezing. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 29, 2018, at 12:21 PM, Robert wrote: > > We used the Prime computer systems, never had a head crash with mo

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Chuck McCown
What I came to see was the Bombe and the Colossus machines. From: Adam Moffett Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 10:00 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Having fun So the first pic showed disks? I mistook it for tape reels. That is humongous. On 10/29/2018 11:07 AM, Dave wrote

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Robert
We used the Prime computer systems, never had a head crash with more than just a lot of substrate scraped off, but remember getting a lot of colds as a result of computer rooms at 65 degrees then going outside into 85 degree weather... On 10/29/18 9:13 AM, Larry Smith wrote: Worked a lot with

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Larry Smith
Worked a lot with DEC RP-07 drives (washing machine). Believe they were seven platter, and when a head "crashed" it generally acted like pin-ball and took out all of them. The tops of ours were light smoke color so you could watch the "excitement" of all the heads and various parts bouncing around

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread castarritt
What those be for a 5.25' and 3.5' drives, respectively? Unfortunately, I wasn't alive for the days of washing machine sized drives. I guess when a computer "crashed" back then, things were a bit more kinetic. On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:02 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > So the first pic showed disks

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Robert
Washing machine disc drives... reach in and untwist a stack of disks.. 10Mbytes? On 10/29/18 9:00 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: So the first pic showed disks?  I mistook it for tape reels.  That is humongous. On 10/29/2018 11:07 AM, Dave wrote: WOW! I had to take a step backwards LOL I remember

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Adam Moffett
So the first pic showed disks?  I mistook it for tape reels.  That is humongous. On 10/29/2018 11:07 AM, Dave wrote: WOW! I had to take a step backwards LOL I remember the old Disks and the machines that ran them. On 10/29/18 9:55 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Sent from my iPhone -- --

Re: [AFMUG] Having fun

2018-10-29 Thread Dave
WOW! I had to take a step backwards LOL I remember the old Disks and the machines that ran them. On 10/29/18 9:55 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: Sent from my iPhone -- -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com