On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Grant Taylor via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.)
>
> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill
> departments (funny money)?
>
> I was always intrigued by process accounting, but never
re: the last paragraph about "Cliff Stole" (actually Clifford Stoll)
and accounting discrepancies:
https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/spring-2016-war-stories/how-berkeley-eccentric-beat-russians-and-then-made
“It was a 75-cent accounting error in the computer usage accounts,”
says
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 8:20 PM shad via cctech
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I'm in the process of cleaning and hopefully restore to operation of a DEC
> R80.
> The unit has some minor sign of corrosion, however it's VERY dirty, even
> inside the hood.
> The filters are obviously to be removed and
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:21:43PM -0700, Marc Howard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I fired up the 8/A tonight and the TU56's are failing diags. I want to
> format a tape for scratch use but I can't find the MAINDEC that does this
> (along with flipping up the backplane switch.
>
> Can someone refresh me on
Hello,
I'm in the process of cleaning and hopefully restore to operation of a DEC
R80.
The unit has some minor sign of corrosion, however it's VERY dirty, even
inside the hood.
The filters are obviously to be removed and replaced, as they are
disintegrating.
Also foam parts between the boards must
Not sure of the reference in the last paragraph, but I know a company that
processes seafood; clams, lobster, scallops, etc. They track every process so
they know exactly what it cost to produce each product that they sell. The
General Ledger had over 1,000 accounts.
- Original Message
That's sad to hear. I'd wondered why I hadn't heard anything back about the
S-100 system he was working on. He had me build up a s100computers.com IDE
controller for it. Thanks for letting us know.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 2:53 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk <
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 2:01 PM Dave Wade via cctalk
wrote:
> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill departments
> (funny money)?
Starting in the 60's, many centralized academic computing centers
(mine included) operated on a cost-recovery basis and had accounting
groups
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:31 AM Grant Taylor via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.)
>
> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill
> departments (funny money)?
>
>
I am not billed for it, but the data is collected:
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> Subject: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?
>
> (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.)
>
> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 11:30:51AM -0600, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.)
>
> Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill departments
> (funny money)?
When I was an undergrad at Drake University the 'academic' VAX, running
VMS
I'm located only a few hours away and have a trailer. I could do a
retrieval and temporary storage on the 9th if there is someone seriously
interested.
--
Brian
On 5/30/19 10:38 AM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:44 PM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:44 PM Liam Proven via cctalk
wrote:
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> https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/bunk5m/pdp1134a_available_for_free_in_the_coachella/
A mere 2100 miles from me, but hopefully a list member is a lot closer.
-ethan
(Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.)
Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did they actually bill
departments (funny money)?
I was always intrigued by process accounting, but never had a use for it
myself.
I guess I can thank process accounting for causing the discrepancy that
ah yes I remember selling a few of these when our customer wanted nice
multi part forms printing .. usually tried to ask them to convert to
laser and have laser print form fill in added info and print X amount
of copies needed if the freight was not such a
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/bunk5m/pdp1134a_available_for_free_in_the_coachella/
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