Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
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: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Glen Slick via cctalk
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

Re: DEC R80 HDA details

2019-05-30 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
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

Re: How to format Dectape (TC08 + TU56)

2019-05-30 Thread David Gesswein via cctalk
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

DEC R80 HDA details

2019-05-30 Thread shadoooo via cctalk
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

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread bobh--- via cctalk
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

Re: RIP: John Parsons

2019-05-30 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
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 <

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Peter Schow 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

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Charles Anthony via cctalk
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: logout

RE: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Grant Taylor via > cctalk > Sent: 30 May 2019 18:31 > To: cctalk mailing list > Subject: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it? > > (Credit the Quotas thread for prompting this.) > > Did anyone ever use process accounting? Did

Re: Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Thomas Kula via cctalk
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

Re: Reddist offer: PDP-11/34a available for free in the Coachella Valley

2019-05-30 Thread Brian Ismay via cctalk
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:

Re: Reddist offer: PDP-11/34a available for free in the Coachella Valley

2019-05-30 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:44 PM Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > 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

Process accounting - did anyone ever use it?

2019-05-30 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
(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

Re: Post?

2019-05-30 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
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 

Reddist offer: PDP-11/34a available for free in the Coachella Valley

2019-05-30 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/bunk5m/pdp1134a_available_for_free_in_the_coachella/ -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: