[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-04 Thread John Herron via cctalk
What brought the project back to life? Is there a curriculum or student interest in computing history there? On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:28 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again >

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-03 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 2/3/23 10:22, ben via cctalk wrote: > Could be hiding in the Organ. :) > They don't make I/O devices like that any more. > Ben. Very old technology. Pre-electronic Welke Vorsetzer, electronics Marantz Pianocorder and the full-integrated into pianos Sony Disklavier. Remember the radio

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-03 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2023-02-02 4:44 p.m., Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a solenoid bank to connect to his

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-03 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 17:44 -0800, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:45 PM Van Snyder via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org>wrote: > > On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink via cctalk > > wrote: > > > After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-02 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:45 PM Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > > After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again > > Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a > solenoid bank to

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-02 Thread Mike Begley via cctalk
: William Sudbrink Subject: [cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again Forgot the link: https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/log.shtml -Original Message- From: William Sudbrink via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-02 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: > After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a solenoid bank to connect to his PDP-8. He put the solenoid bank on the keyboard of the

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-02 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
I keep forgetting to mention that I got a straight 8 too. Plan to start working on it in the spring. Bill On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 6:30 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Forgot the link: > > https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/log.shtml > > >

[cctalk] Re: After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again

2023-02-02 Thread William Sudbrink via cctalk
Forgot the link: https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/log.shtml -Original Message- From: William Sudbrink via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2023 6:28 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Cc: William Sudbrink