On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:53 PM Al Kossow via cctalk
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> On 10/30/19 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote:
> > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete
> > immediately.
>
> FWIW, I just uploaded a lot of information on the Honeywell Level 6
>
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy wrote:
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> I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent. I
> will say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it to the
> new system was a lot easier than fighting with the tape drives we had on
> the DPS-8
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Charles Anthony
> wrote:
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> I would think that Multics is well inside the cctalk purview. There are
> several Multics knowledgeable people lurking on this list, and if we can't
> answer a question, we know people who can. Ask away...
Awesome!
On my first
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:50 PM Zane Healy wrote:
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> > On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete
> > immediately. When the CPU executes an I/O instruction, the I/O is
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete
> immediately. When the CPU executes an I/O instruction, the I/O is completed
> and the interrupt posted before the next instruction is executed. As
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> All,
> my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software,
> and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that:
>
> https://xkcd.com/2221/
>
> I found this remarkably
All,
my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, and,
as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that:
https://xkcd.com/2221/
I found this remarkably accurate.
- Mark
> On Oct 30, 2019, at 11:20 AM, allison via cctalk
> wrote:
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> ...
>> But it's not germane. We're not talking about corporate proprietary
>> stuff, or we shouldn't be.
>
> We should as they were existent and ideas grew from them and for periods
> even depended on them. As a result a more
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 02:21:07AM +, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
> Any hints about where in the world this is?
Rule zero: if a location isn't given, it it almost certainly in the USA. Most
Americans think that the world ends at the US border, so this is a very safe
assumption.
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> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 11:11:49 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: Coleco & Atari
> > old? 1983. Coleco ADAM, my favourite, and Atari 600XL, not
On 10/30/19 6:34 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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> The Univac keyboard appears to be for a keypunch. I've seen keyboards that
> look just like that (same distinct keycap shape) in a Burroughs mainframe
> shop, circa 1974.
I've used one of the Univac keypunches when the 029 was still the
On 10/29/2019 10:14 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
Ok, first hurdle is down. In reading the RQDX3 Controller Module Users
Guide it shows that for a BA23 the 50 pin cable goes down under the Q
bus chassis then loops straight up into the RQDX3. Which is impossible
to do with a modern (hee
On 10/30/19 10:18 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 at 03:34, allison via cctalk
> wrote:
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>>
>> The whole story of what was going on was far more complex and interesting.
>
> Conceded.
>
>> Funny thing was DECnet was in 1983 the largest world wide network
>> period.
On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 at 03:34, allison via cctalk wrote:
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> The whole story of what was going on was far more complex and interesting.
Conceded.
> Funny thing was DECnet was in 1983 the largest world wide network
> period. By then is was well over 300 nodes and climbing fast.
> And none of it
> On Oct 29, 2019, at 10:34 PM, allison via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 10/29/19 8:50 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. via cctalk wrote:
>> We celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Internet less than 2 years
>> ago:
>>
>>>
> On Oct 29, 2019, at 10:15 PM, Jeffrey S. Worley via cctalk
> wrote:
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> This link was posted on an Atari forum. I noticed a PDP 8 faceplate, a
> UNIVAC keyboard, and some other seriously retro parts. Might want to
>
> Hit this link:
>
>
> comma, ignoring IBM.
(correction)
--
Will
At 09:21 PM 10/29/2019, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
>Any hints about where in the world this is?
(415) area code and 408 exchange is Novato, CA, just north of San Francisco.
- John
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk On Behalf Of William Donzelli
> via cctalk
> Sent: 30 October 2019 10:49
> To: allison via cctalk
> Subject: Re: 50 yrs. ago today
>
> > Funny thing was DECnet was in 1983 the largest world wide network
> > period.
>
> comma, ignoring SNA.
I am not
> Funny thing was DECnet was in 1983 the largest world wide network
> period.
comma, ignoring SNA.
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Will
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