Re: pdp11/05 key?

2020-04-12 Thread Eric Smith via cctalk
On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 11:35 AM Norman Jaffe via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I hope that you mean 'hardware porn', not 'hardcore porn'... :) > Trivia: for a while in the mid-to-late 1990s, a Google search for "computer porn" had as the number one result one of my web pages, of that

John Conway

2020-04-12 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
https://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/13614-john-conway-dies-from-coronavirus.html

RE: RIP John Conway

2020-04-12 Thread Frank Tuccio via cctalk
https://www.math.princeton.edu/people/john-conway Creator of "the game of life" -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:00 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: cctalk Digest, Vol

Weird Behaviour of VAXstation 4000 Model 60 Power Switch

2020-04-12 Thread Rob Jarratt via cctalk
This machine acts oddly. After powering it off, you usually can't power it back on again for about 30 seconds or so, it just seems to ignore the power switch. Similarly, if it has been switched off at the front power switch, it will switch itself on after maybe a minute of two of being switched

Re: Weird Behaviour of VAXstation 4000 Model 60 Power Switch

2020-04-12 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
söndag 12 april 2020 skrev Rob Jarratt via cctalk : > This machine acts oddly. After powering it off, you usually can't power it > back on again for about 30 seconds or so, it just seems to ignore the power > switch. Similarly, if it has been switched off at the front power switch, > it > will

Re: Weird Behaviour of VAXstation 4000 Model 60 Power Switch

2020-04-12 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> > This machine acts oddly. After powering it off, you usually can't power it > back on again for about 30 seconds or so, it just seems to ignore the power > switch. Similarly, if it has been switched off at the front power switch, it > will switch itself on after maybe a minute of two of being

RIP John H Conway - Creator of the game of life

2020-04-12 Thread Frank Tuccio via cctalk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Horton_Conway

Re: DEC OS/8 Question (getting an error TOO BIG INIT)

2020-04-12 Thread Rick Murphy via cctalk
On 4/9/2020 6:10 PM, Bill Degnan via cctech wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2020, 6:01 PM David Gesswein via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: Thank you David. I was able to load the .SV file instead, but I am glad I now know what was needed. I think in my pdp 11 I have the same issue. Bill

Core Memory Photo

2020-04-12 Thread keith--- via cctalk
Here is a link to pictures of core memory from a PDP1145. https://devilanse.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/nablopomo-digital-equipment-corporation-pdp-1145/

Re: Core Memory Photo

2020-04-12 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Ouch. Looks like that core took a serious hit. On 4/12/2020 4:37 PM, keith--- via cctalk wrote: Here is a link to pictures of core memory from a PDP1145. https://devilanse.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/nablopomo-digital-equipment-corporation-pdp-1145/