Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread Paul McJones via cctalk
I’m sure they are if you travel to Seattle. The ACM has a Digital Library containing essentially everything they published, plus additional material such as the AFIPS conference proceedings (annual and semiannual Joint Computer Conferences), ALGOL Bulletins and more. (Thanks go to Al Kossow for

Re: RSTS source tape

2018-12-30 Thread Will Cooke via cctalk
> On December 30, 2018 at 7:44 PM Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 1:59 PM, B M via cctalk wrote: > > > > Does anyone know the OFFICIAL status of RSTS/E source? I am aware of the > > Mentec license, but it appears to only grant a license to the binary > >

PDP-11/45 RSTS/E boot problem

2018-12-30 Thread Fritz Mueller via cctalk
Hi all, Some here may know I’ve been working on an 11/45 restoration off and on for some time now. My ’45 currently has floating point, KT11-C mem mgmt, 124 kword MS11-L, and an RK11-C with one restored RK05 drive. Last week I decided to see if I could bring up RSTS/E on the machine. I managed

Re: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?

2018-12-30 Thread Nemo via cctalk
On 30/12/2018, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote: > >> On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:37 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> What is dox? > > New-era-internet term for illegally gaining access to someone's real world > “documents" (place of employment, home address, phone numbers, medical >

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 2:37 PM, Paul McJones via cctalk > wrote: > > Chuck, > > I’ve found the Living Computers Museum in Seattle is interested in building > their collection of paper copies of journals, and will pay for shipping. Yes, but are those documents accessible to others?

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 29, 2018, at 7:35 PM, Guy Dunphy via cctalk > wrote: > > At 12:05 PM 29/12/2018 -0800, Al Kossow wrote: >> On 12/29/18 12:00 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>> Stupid question, but doesn't IEEE CS already have these archived? >> >> of course they are >> >> we are speaking with

Re: RSTS source tape

2018-12-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 30, 2018, at 1:59 PM, B M via cctalk wrote: > > Does anyone know the OFFICIAL status of RSTS/E source? I am aware of the > Mentec license, but it appears to only grant a license to the binary > distribution. > > I believe I have source tapes to RSTS/E version 5 & 6 that I would like

Re: RSTS source tape

2018-12-30 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
If you can't get these released, please send images to people that have been entrusted with other sources from the current rights holder, like Johnny Billquist. On 12/30/18 10:59 AM, B M via cctalk wrote: > I believe I have source tapes to RSTS/E version 5 & 6 that I would like to > release

Re: Osborne-1 with prototype-based motherboard

2018-12-30 Thread Jules Richardson via cctalk
On 12/29/18 6:59 PM, Brad H via cctalk wrote: And then other boards used a 3A-xx number instead of the 2A2001 number. Kind of confusing. For what it's worth, looking at a photo, my[1] machine's board looks more like "3P10083 REV A" down by the front edge of the board, unless there's some

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 6:35 PM Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > At 12:05 PM 29/12/2018 -0800, Al Kossow wrote: > >On 12/29/18 12:00 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> Stupid question, but doesn't IEEE CS already have these archived? > > > >of course they are > > > >we are speaking with

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
RIGHT ON! In a message dated 12/29/2018 5:35:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: The prime benefit of silverfish infested bulky piles of old paper, distributed widely among individuals who value history, is that no central entity can just suddenly decide to destroy

Re: wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

2018-12-30 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
yep IEEE  lets none of thier  stuff into the open  that  is  sought  after... Worse  yet... Lucent  gave them Bell System  Tech  Journals  which  Lucent  had    up  for  free... then  then  IEEE  slapped them  behind a  paywall. Ed# In a message dated 12/29/2018 1:00:29 PM US Mountain

Re: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?

2018-12-30 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
We don’t know yet. Looks like a very difficult repair. Marc > On Dec 29, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote: > > think that core pack will ever live again? >

Re: Controlfreaks Digest, Vol 177, Issue 3

2018-12-30 Thread dave mausner via cctalk
Peter, the second one in your list is an example of a 6X00 cordwood package. -- Dave Mausner. +1-312-925-3694. +1-708-848-2775. Rem tene; verba sequentur -- Cato On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 3:01 PM < controlfreaks-requ...@lists.controlfreaks.org> wrote: > Send Controlfreaks mailing list

General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"

2018-12-30 Thread sop00000h--- via cctalk
Pdp 8 tapes... I have a bid i for these. Was planning to duplicate - not for profit - and stick em up on a we-site for others to view/download Is there a repository for such tapes?? Bitsaver?? Sent from my HUAWEI P10 on Three