Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, Kyle Owen wrote: I updated the project to include optional OS/8 support. I won't say I've tested it extensively, but it does seem to be working as expected in SimH, anyways. I updated the README to reflect the additions. ... I tried it out: I dowloaded the

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh trying to show transparent aluminum. In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star Trek movie or show.

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 01:03:36PM -0400, Murray McCullough wrote: > What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are > so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many > things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from > a television

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote: > > On 09/08/2016 10:25 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: > >> A few examples are the PADD (iPad and other tablets) and the >> Communicator (Mobile Phones). > > Maybe, but the computer "brain" IIRC was always shipboard. Dick Tracy >

50 yrs. of Star Trek!

What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from a television show of 50 years ago? Happy computing! Murray

Re: Components available - the rest of the story

The rest of the story. As Al pointed out, much to our surprise, the museum has rejected an offer from Art's estate for the donation of a Fast Fourier Transform computing system which included both the Unicomp Computer and a hardware FFT accelerator. This is a very strange decision since the

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote: > What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are > so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many > things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much

Re: Q-Bus Memory Diagnostics and Repair

> From: Jerry Weiss > The first is an MSV11-PL 512KB-Q-Bus 22bit. > Dead to both CSR and Memory address access in ODT. > ... before start poking around with my scope ... can recommend a > particular methodology to finding the fault. Well, the CSR and RAM address detection

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo wrote: > > The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from > Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh > trying to show transparent aluminum. > > In my own humble opinion it is one of

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/08/2016 11:01 AM, Thomas Kula wrote: > I remember reading, ages ago, that the ubiquitous 'memory tapes' > they were always shoving into techno things on TOS were about the > size of a 3.5" disk. And, after they started to become common, I > remember thinking that USB 'thumb drives' were

Powering up a 3741

Hello gents, seeking some advice. I recently brought home my IBM 3741 Data Station that has been in controlled storage since the late 90’s and was working at that time. Given almost 20 years has passed, what would be the best way to power it back up? I believe I have a variac of sufficient size

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/08/2016 10:25 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote: > A few examples are the PADD (iPad and other tablets) and the > Communicator (Mobile Phones). Maybe, but the computer "brain" IIRC was always shipboard. Dick Tracy had the 2-way wrist radio decades before. Perhaps in years to come, the tricorder

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Murray McCullough > wrote: > > What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are > so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many > things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 9/8/16 10:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote: > What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are > so ubiquitous today? The main thing that comes to mind is how often images or references to TOS appear in mid-70's computing magazines.

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Murray McCullough wrote: What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from a television show of 50 years ago? ALL of

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 09:37:35PM +, Rich Alderson wrote: > ("Wagon Train to the Stars", as Roddenberry envisioned it.) Well, specifically, how he sold the concept to the networks. mcl

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, TeoZ wrote: They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit something large in space at the speed of

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

From: "Vincent Slyngstad" Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:07 PM 7 00402 7630 szl cla / Link set? 8 00403 7140 cll cma / Yes, remember it That should probably be: 7 00402 7620 snl cla / Link set? 8 00403

Re: Components available

I am not at all familiar with Unicomp minicomputers, and I'd love to see pictures of this one. I'm sorry that I'm not closer to the machine, but it sounds like heroic rescuers are already lined up to keep it from getting scrapped. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

RE: DEC 871 / 874 power controller engineering drawings?

> > Is there engineering drawings online for the DEC 871 or 874 power > controllers? I don't know if it's any use, but the 874 printset seems to be here : http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/dec/manuals/decimages/moremanuals.htm -tony

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Klemens Krause < kra...@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote: > > I tried it out: I dowloaded the hp35only.pal-source, because it needs only > 4K of memory, kermited it to my PDP8/E and succeeded assembling with PAL8 > without modifying the PALBERT-code. > After

RE: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

My physician uses a Palm Pilot type device specifically to look up medication doses and drug interactions. He knows the fellow who wrote the program, who had the device that was used in sick bay in mind when he wrote it. The telemetry unit I wore in the hospital last week is another take off

RE: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

> Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads. > > Jerry Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a separate pad. And of course data could be transferred everywhere except between

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

From: Kyle Owen: Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:53 PM How does the following compare to your BSWEMU, by the way? This ensures that the link bit remains untouched, which may or may not be important in every case of BSW in my application. I'm sure I've seen some code before that does this, but

RE: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

From: Murray McCullough Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 10:04 AM > What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are > so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many > things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from > a television

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads. Jerry On 09/ 8/16 12:03 PM, Murray McCullough wrote: What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many things but how many actually happened or am I

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 04:07:45PM -0700, Ali wrote: > > Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads. > > > > Jerry > > Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one > piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a > separate

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/08/2016 03:54 PM, Electronics Plus wrote: > > My physician uses a Palm Pilot type device specifically to look up > medication doses and drug interactions. He knows the fellow who wrote > the program, who had the device that was used in sick bay in mind > when he wrote it. The telemetry unit

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit something large in space at the speed of light. Handheld phasers would be

DEC 871 / 874 power controller engineering drawings?

Is there engineering drawings online for the DEC 871 or 874 power controllers? I have one with a failed solid state relay and I cannot figure out the spec. One is an Opto-Film OFA-2402H and the other is a CLARE 203A05A3A But I cannot find a data sheet for any of those. Does anyone know a

TK50 with DEC All-in-1

Hi Anyone have a TK50 install of this ? Either for sale, trade or loan? Thanks, Curt

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 9/8/2016 10:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote: On 9/8/16 10:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote: What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are so ubiquitous today? The main thing that comes to mind is how often images or references to TOS appear in mid-70's computing magazines.

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

It's interesting to me that the Enterprise computers were effectively command-and-control grammars, albeit somewhat freeform regarding the commands (e.g., "Provide information about such-and-so" with no paramters as to *what* knowledge). There were only a select few episodes about self-aware or

Re: VC8E Option

On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 04:34:32PM -0500, Kyle Owen wrote: > > Now I'm working on real VC8E integration into SimH to better tell how these > programs work. Anyone want to help? :) Hmm, yes, I think I might actually. What do you have so far? /P

{wtb} DEC VT100 5 spoke rolling stands

I'm looking for a couple DEC VT100 5 spoke rolling table stands. Please contact me privately if you have one available. Thank you

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

It's funny you bring up Alexa and Siri. I read an article a few days ago about how Majel Barrett, the voice of the ship's computer from TOS to the first reboot movie (and Gene Roddenberry's wife) recorded a phonetic library shortly before her death. I know that Google at one point had a speech

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

So your waiting for BMW or Mercedes to come out with the Hindenburg line of hydrogen powered vehicles? I hope before I die somebody comes out with a nuclear powered car that can do 300,000 miles per reactor replacement. -Original Message- From: Jerry Kemp Sent: Thursday, September

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

On Sep 8, 2016 8:07 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad" wrote: > > Here's my slightly optimized version, for what it's worth: Nice work. Definitely shorter than mine. I was just working on an optimization that used ISZ, but you beat me to it! > > Some assemblers flag the "("

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

On Sep 8, 2016 8:28 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad" wrote: > > From: "Vincent Slyngstad" > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:07 PM > >> 7 00402 7630 szl cla / Link set? >> 8 00403 7140 cll cma / Yes, remember it >

Re: HP-35/45 Simulator for PDP-8

From: Kyle Owen: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:43 PM On Sep 8, 2016 8:28 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad" wrote: That should probably be: 7 00402 7620 snl cla / Link set? 8 00403 7140 cll cma / No, remember it Needs more testing :-/. Probably can make it "snl"

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/ 8/16 07:14 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, TeoZ wrote: They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/ 8/16 06:07 PM, Ali wrote: Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads. Jerry Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a separate pad. And of course data could be

Re: 50 yrs. of Star Trek!

On 09/ 8/16 07:05 PM, TeoZ wrote: They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit something large in space at the speed of