Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-19 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 9/19/17, 1:30 AM, "cctech on behalf of Randy Dawson via cctech" wrote: >Hi Carmiel, > > >What did you do with the Ardent (Stardent). > > >That's where all your great benchmark demos are. The Dore' system, the >'Flag' demo. > > >If you want Fortran, I have been working on MOVIE.BYU, a dusty d

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Randy Dawson via cctalk
18, 2017 12:02 PM To: camiel.vanderhoe...@vmssoftware.com; cct...@classiccmp.org Subject: RE: Convex C220 lives Hi Camiel, Nice to hear that you have the Convex C220 up and running. Regarding things to run on it, starting with LINPACK is probably a good idea. However, in term of what they were ac

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Randy Dawson via cctalk
martin.heppe...@dlr.de Thanks to Martin, Where should we post, it the last copy I know of, movie.byu From: Randy Dawson Sent: Monday, September 18, 2017 10:30 PM To: Peter Allan; General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Convex C220 lives Hi Carmiel

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 9/18/17, 3:02 PM, "Peter Allan" wrote: > Hi Camiel, > > Nice to hear that you have the Convex C220 up and running. > > Regarding things to run on it, starting with LINPACK is probably a good idea. > However, in term of what they were actually used for back in the 1980's, I > know that they w

RE: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-18 Thread Peter Allan via cctalk
ers Peter Allan > -Original Message- >From: Camiel Vanderhoeven >To: cctech >Subject: Convex C220 lives >Message-ID: >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > >For a change, rather than a request for help, here?s a success story: I >manag

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-16 Thread Ken Seefried via cctalk
On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >There's something seriously wrong with your site >http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the >title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Legal >Viagra Uk" :) I think you need to check your end.

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Awesome work! Congratulations! Marc On Sep 11, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 9/12/2017 6:09 AM, Laurens Vets via cctech wrote: You can still see a version of it via Google Cache: https://www.google.ca/search?q=http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220&ie=UTF-8&sa=Search&channel=fe&client=browser-ubuntu&hl=en&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=Qdy3Wa6fE4ie0gLVl56

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 9/12/17, 6:54 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >On 2017-09-12 06:15, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: >> On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >> >> >>> On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: > There's something s

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-13 Thread Laurens Vets via cctalk
On 2017-09-12 06:15, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: There's something seriously wrong with your site http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/60

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Mike Stein via cctalk
- Original Message - From: "Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech" To: "Laurens Vets" ; "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts" Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Convex C220 lives On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >O

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Laurens Vets via cctalk
On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: There's something seriously wrong with your site http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Lega

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 9/12/17, 3:09 PM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >On 2017-09-11 22:16, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: >> On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >> >> >>> There's something seriously wrong with your site >>> http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the >>> title

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
On 9/11/2017 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech wrote: On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was used for. Congratulations! I'd reco

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Rob Doyle via cctalk
On 9/11/2017 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of system was used for. Berkeley SPICE Rob

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-12 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
On 9/12/17, 2:04 AM, "Laurens Vets" wrote: >There's something seriously wrong with your site >http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the >title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Legal >Viagra Uk" :) Where are you seeing that? I don¹t see it.

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Charles Anthony via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Laurens Vets via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> > There's something seriously wrong with your site > http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the > title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Legal > Viag

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Laurens Vets via cctalk
On 2017-09-11 08:47, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single CPU because of the

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Holm Tiffe via cctalk
Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote: > For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I > managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from > 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single > CPU because of the power it draws w

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Ethan via cctalk
managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single CPU because of the power it draws with two CPUs. Next challenges: the Convex C1, and quad vector processor C240 (not before I¹ve upgraded the power feed)

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: > >> Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run >> on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of >> system was used for. >

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: > Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run > on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of > system was used for. Congratulations! I'd recommend starting with LINPACK: http://www.netlib.o

Re: Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Ian S. King via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I > managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from > 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m r

Convex C220 lives

2017-09-11 Thread Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk
For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single CPU because of the power it draws with two CPUs. Next challenges: the Convex C1, a