Re: using new technology on old machines. Was: PDP-12 Restoration at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Jay Jaeger
Not all EE's have the same education with regard to how semiconductors function. When I was in school I took a class in semiconductor physics - an entire semester on how the wee beasties function - more than most EEs. The prof., Henry Guckel, told an interesting story about an advanced IBM

FS: HP 9836C System- Make an offer on it

2015-07-13 Thread Steven Landon
I picked this up last year, sat in the closet ever since.. Its an HP 9836C, In perfect condition with Owners Manual, Some software, Long HP IB Cable and some sort of weird network interface. The disk drives need lubed to work. Make an offer on it Its a heavy beast, Id prefer not to

FS: Telecom Gear- Switchboard, Phones, PBXes More

2015-07-13 Thread Steven Landon
Clearing out the phone collection as well 1 Western Electric 551B PBX Switchboard. Fully Functional with a 24V Power Supply- Switch calls like a BOSS 1 Panasonic 616 PBX 1 Plexus by BBS Telecom PBX- Highly programmable with IVR About 100 vintage telephones, all kinds, 500 sets, trimlines,

Re: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Al Kossow
On 7/13/15 9:54 PM, Paul Anderson wrote: Hi Rich, Which one was possibility built for NSA? I missed the [1] footnote. Do you know more about the story? this is the source for the wikipedia entry on the PDP-3 http://www.decconnection.org/announcements.htm February 14,

Computer Engineering (DEC) - was Re: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Toby Thain
On 2015-07-13 1:52 AM, Kip Koon wrote: Hi Michael, I would be most interested in finding out more about this effort. ... I used a PDP-8/E in high school and college and have been quite interested in the high capability PDPs like the PDP-11 Series for starters. I didn't know there were PDP 12

Re: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Noel Chiappa
From: Rich Alderson PDP-1212-bit word, PDP-8/i + LINC hybrid Err, DEC sold a PDP-8/LINC hybrid themselves (interesting machine, it's covered in one of the standard PDP-8 processor manuals), before the PDP-12 came out; the -12 was basically a re-engineered version of the 8/LINC.

Re: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
On 13 July 2015 at 16:09, Noel Chiappa j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu wrote: From: Rich Alderson PDP-1212-bit word, PDP-8/i + LINC hybrid Err, DEC sold a PDP-8/LINC hybrid themselves (interesting machine, it's covered in one of the standard PDP-8 processor manuals), before the PDP-12

RE: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Noel Chiappa Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 1:10 PM From: Rich Alderson PDP-12 12-bit word, PDP-8/i + LINC hybrid Err, DEC sold a PDP-8/LINC hybrid themselves (interesting machine, it's covered in one of the standard PDP-8 processor manuals), before the PDP-12 came out; the -12

Re: ZX81 FOR NEXT Sytax Error

2015-07-13 Thread Ian McLaughlin
Marco, All keywords on the ZX81 have to be single keypress-type words - not typed out. The “TO” in your FOR loop is typed by pressing Shift-4. Don’t type “T” “O” or you will get a syntax error. Ian On Jul 12, 2015, at 11:21 PM, Marco Rauhut ma...@familie-rauhut.eu wrote: Hello; I have

RE: PDP-12 at the RICM

2015-07-13 Thread Kip Koon
Hi Michael, I would be most interested in finding out more about this effort. Do you have ongoing pictures documenting this effort? I'd love to have a PDP 8, 11, 12 someday, but I don't have the space for something like that much less the cost involved so I'll have to be satisfied with

RE: IBM 5120

2015-07-13 Thread Ali
??? This has already been done (e.g. check my 5110 site). There are disk images of the CSF, the Diagnostics, Serial I/O and Async I/O floppies. The manuals are (almost) all there at bitsavers or on my site. Christian Christian, Although I have seen you mention your site a few times I am