[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread David Arnold via cctalk
> On 5 Sep 2023, at 06:01, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: … > Weren't the TI 900 series the things called Transputers? Closest thing to a Transputer from TI I can think of were the C-series DSP chips: eg TMS 320C40, although they used 6x byte-wide parallel ports not the 4x bit-wide

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread James B DiGriz via cctalk
On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 18:03:26 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 9/4/2023 4:23 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: > > I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos > > Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as > > Transputers. The 960 was

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 9/4/2023 4:23 PM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as Transputers. The 960 was called a "bit pusher", though. Looked similar to me, too.  I was just curious

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread Chris Hanson via cctalk
On Sep 4, 2023, at 1:01 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Weren't the TI 900 series the things called Transputers? No. Completely unrelated. — Chris

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread James B DiGriz via cctalk
I can see some similarity of the 900 series CRU I/O to the Inmos Transputer serial links, but I've never heard of them referred to as Transputers. The 960 was called a "bit pusher", though. jbdigriz On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 16:01:10 -0400 Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > On 9/4/2023 11:27 AM,

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread Gordon Henderson via cctalk
On Mon, 4 Sep 2023, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Weren't the TI 900 series the things called Transputers? I don't think so... You may be thinking of the Inmos T9000 Transputer - successor to the T800 and T4xx (16-bit) series Transputer... Gordon (Worked for one of the spin-off

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 9/4/2023 11:27 AM, James B DiGriz via cctalk wrote: I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned. jbdigriz On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST) Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: I won't give up my hopes, but

[cctalk] Key to Disk Terminal Video

2023-09-04 Thread Eric Moore via cctalk
https://youtu.be/jkOsvQpNmio I hope yall enjoy!

[cctalk] Language Creators Charity Fundraiser (Seattle Sept 19th)

2023-09-04 Thread Gavin Scott via cctalk
This sounds kinda fun (via the Adafruit weekly Python on microcontrollers newsletter): https://pydata.org/language-creator-fundraiser/ Panelists: Adele Goldberg - Smalltalk Guido Van Rossum - Python Anders Hejlsberg - Turbo Pascal, C#, TypeScript James Gosling - Java "PyData Seattle presents

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread James B DiGriz via cctalk
I'm interested, the ATS-960 automated test system in particular. I think that's what was with the Applicon I mentioned. jbdigriz On Mon, 4 Sep 2023 14:22:53 +0200 (CEST) Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > I won't give up my hopes, but it seems that this system is > practically extinct and

[cctalk] Re: Silly question about S-100 and video monitors

2023-09-04 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 9/4/2023 3:31 AM, Raymond Wiker via cctalk wrote: On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor and no keyboard. I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV

[cctalk] Re: TI 960

2023-09-04 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
I won't give up my hopes, but it seems that this system is practically extinct and that noone is really interested in it, although it was the start for the later 980/990 and 9900 series. Christian

[cctalk] Re: VCFMW

2023-09-04 Thread Geoff Reed via cctalk
Quoting Paul Anderson via cctalk : I wish i were closer, it would be great to replace my 100+ rainbows > The DECSTATIONS are: > > 5000/25 > 2) 5000/125 > 5000/133 > 2) 5000/200 > > Also a bunch of BA350, BA356, etc.storage works towers, with a selection > of > power supplies, drives,

[cctalk] Re: Silly question about S-100 and video monitors

2023-09-04 Thread Raymond Wiker via cctalk
> On 2 Sep 2023, at 15:07, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > > On 9/1/2023 11:45 AM, dwight via cctalk wrote: >> My first computer was a Poly-88. I had no monitor and no keyboard. >> I read and understood the instructions about finding a TV that used a >> transformer power supply.