Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread P Gebhardt via cctalk
> >Which just makes me sick to the stomach, considering what I sent up there.  I >really hope you’re wrong.  What I really >regret is a LARGE box of GCOS-8 >documentation.  :-(  They have a lot of unobtainable software and >documentation. > >Zane You didn't scan the documents prior to giving

RSTS/E version numbers

2021-05-31 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
Can someone explain RSTS/E version numbers to me? They seem to be all over the place: V2A-19, V4A-12, V4B-17, V5A-21, V5B-24, V5C-01, V6A-02, V6B-02, V6C-03. Then it seems to have switched scheme but the "-number" suffix reappears: V7.0, V7.2, V8.0-06. Any clarification would be helpful.

Re: RSTS/E version numbers

2021-05-31 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 31, 2021, at 8:06 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk > wrote: > > Can someone explain RSTS/E version numbers to me? > > They seem to be all over the place: V2A-19, V4A-12, V4B-17, V5A-21, V5B-24, > V5C-01, V6A-02, V6B-02, V6C-03. > > Then it seems to have switched scheme but the

Re: RSTS/E version numbers

2021-05-31 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 31, 2021, at 10:04 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk > wrote: > > > >> On May 31, 2021, at 8:06 AM, Antonio Carlini via cctalk >> wrote: >> >> Can someone explain RSTS/E version numbers to me? >> >> They seem to be all over the place: V2A-19, V4A-12, V4B-17, V5A-21, V5B-24, >>

Re: DEC Computer Lab for sale

2021-05-31 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
Sorry, these pins are smaller: .056" - .068'. m On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 6:02 PM Vincent Slyngstad < vincent.slyngs...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/30/2021 1:02 PM, Mike Stein wrote: > > What's the length and the diameters at each end of the pin? I've got > > some cables for Burroughs patch panels

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 11:27:40AM +, P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote: > > > >Don't trust that museums will abide by your wishes when you donate an item. > >They almost never will no matter how secure you think your agreement with > >them is. > > > >I believe that enthusiastic and competent

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
King Tut's junk will be trashed when the next revolution comes (see ISIS). US in Gulf War I destroying museums in Iraq sore subject for me..

Re: RSTS/E version numbers

2021-05-31 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On May 31, 2021, at 1:55 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote: > > On 31/05/2021 15:04, Paul Koning wrote: >> >> The earlier rule was that the first number is the major version, the letter >> is the minor version. As of V7 it changed to major number dot minor number. >> In either case, the dash

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 31/05/2021 23:55, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: Sure, Library of Alexadria, lots of examples through history. Oddly enough people like to find this stuff, centralize it somewhere, then burn it to the ground. Go figure. And make sure all of your stuff is backed up all over the place, it's

Re: RSTS/E version numbers

2021-05-31 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 31/05/2021 15:04, Paul Koning wrote: The earlier rule was that the first number is the major version, the letter is the minor version. As of V7 it changed to major number dot minor number. In either case, the dash number suffix is the baselevel number (development build cycle number).

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
I really wonder how things related to old tech / engineering are being done in the world. I think certain things need to be financed by someone who has a steady income and can afford to have a decades-long mission to do this or that, usually for the good of humanity. ... Perhaps collectors on

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Sure, Library of Alexadria, lots of examples through history. Oddly enough people like to find this stuff, centralize it somewhere, then burn it to the ground. Go figure. And make sure all of your stuff is backed up all over the place, it's amazing how it can all wind up on one guy's FTP

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
That guy is… How shall I put it? An ass! He doesn’t even like people linking to his site. Years ago, I had a page linking to his RSX BBS website, and he set it up so anyone following my link would get redirected to some obscene website. I think that this was 20+ years ago. The minute I

VAXstation 4000/vlc mouse issue

2021-05-31 Thread Zane Healy via cctalk
I now have my VAXstation 4000/vlc up and running OpenVMS 7.3, DECnet Phase IV, and part of my cluster. It’s using a SCSI2SD v5.2 board for the hard drive. While have plenty of DEC Hard Drives, I like the lower noise, power, and heat of the SCSI2SD’s, plus I can really cram the disk space in

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-31 Thread P Gebhardt via cctalk
> >Don't trust that museums will abide by your wishes when you donate an item. >They almost never will no matter how secure you think your agreement with >them is. > >I believe that enthusiastic and competent individuals will look after >valuable items much better than most museums can. While I

MA8807A ic datasheet wanted

2021-05-31 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
OK, this is mildly off-topic... I am working on a piece of telecom-related test gear and there's one IC I can't find data on. It's a 40 pin DIL package made by GEC (the UK company), marked MA8807A. I thought at first it was a ULA, but I can find refeences to a 8bit * 8bit -> 16 bit multiplier

Re: H960 documentation

2021-05-31 Thread P Gebhardt via cctalk
Thanks a lot for sharing this with us, Noel! I was looking for such information on the H960 cabinets in the past and this covers it all. Best regards, Pierre - http://www.digitalheritage.de Am Freitag, 28. Mai