Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Sep 30, 2019, at 4:39 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > > A quick look, nothing is said about Algol, did you mean Assembler? > what I see is interesting is that LISP is on a 11. I allways thought > LISP only ran on BIGGER machines. > Ben. From what I heard fairly recently, some early LISP

Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 2:29 PM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > From: Josh Dersch > > > descriptions of the PDP-11/45 DELPHI system > > ... > > moves on to Algol and LISP > > I later became the 'owner' of that PDP-11/45 (our group at LCS traded an >

Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread ben via cctalk
On 9/30/2019 2:43 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: See Chapter 3, pg. 249 in the PDF. - Josh I only read THE TABLE OF CONTENTS... I was not expecting a bunch of files all in one big PDF. I view all my PDFs on my tablet, the screen size fits better than the WIDE SCREEN CinemaScope* format of

Chabin TLC cables

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
I have some bundles of Chabin TLC (transmission line cables) from a Memorex 3674 disk control. This is the exact same material used in IBM 360s. It has 18 signal conductors and 36 grounds. They are about 3 feet long, and I have something like 11 of them. Any interest? Jon

Re: Standard Engineering CAMAC crate controller with LSI-11

2019-09-30 Thread Adrian Stoness via cctalk
just a box of boards or a system missing a memoru module? On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 8:45 PM Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > I have a 3-board set, a Standar Engineering MIK-11/2, which > is a controller for a CAMAC crate, with an LSI-11/2 (M7270) > in it. It also has a serial port in it. I

Re: Standard Engineering CAMAC crate controller with LSI-11

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 09/30/2019 09:17 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote: just a box of boards or a system missing a memoru module? OK, if you are not familiar with it, CAMAC is a standard for data acquisition and control, that has 25-slot powered crates. At the right edge, the last 2 slots are dedicated as

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
SII ( system integrators inc, not System Industries Inc) produced a big system for Newspaper editing. Could be over 3000 seats. It used Coyote terminals. IIRC, i think it ran the Guardian operating system. Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2019, at 09:45, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > >>

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap - WON

2019-09-30 Thread Guy Dunphy via cctalk
Yesterday: >These will go up on my site at http://everist.org/pics/pcbs Then promptly the web hosting server goes down, since this morning of 20190930 Tue in Australia. I don't yet know why, or have any estimate of when it will come back up. Guy

Standard Engineering CAMAC crate controller with LSI-11

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
I have a 3-board set, a Standar Engineering MIK-11/2, which is a controller for a CAMAC crate, with an LSI-11/2 (M7270) in it. It also has a serial port in it. I thought there was a memory that went with it, but I can't seem to find that. Anybody have any use for this? Jon

Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Josh Dersch > descriptions of the PDP-11/45 DELPHI system > ... > moves on to Algol and LISP I later became the 'owner' of that PDP-11/45 (our group at LCS traded an -11/40, which EECS wanted for their DECSystem-20, for it). That Algol and LISP were later moved to Unix

RAMTEK memory boards FTGH

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
I have 20 RAMTEK memory boards from late '80s frame buffers. They each have 20 TMS4161-20NL video RAM chips on them. The RAMTEK part # is ASSY 510857 Anyone have any interest? Jon

Tek 500 pulser modules

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
I have 3 units of the Pulse Instruments PI-451A programmable pulse driver. One has a note that it is bad. These seem to be general purpose pulse generators, capable of +/- 25 V into 50 Ohms (but that is just from reading the labels on the panel.) Anybody have a use for them? If I had a

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 9/29/19 10:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: There's such as thing as "so obscure that no one knows/cares about it". I've had those before. Do I have another? It sure is heavy. I think HP(E) acquired (what as left of) Tandem. I think that HP(E) still sells and supports NonStop equipment

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 09/29/2019 11:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep finding me. So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out of a basement, along with a few boxes of docs, 9-track tapes and random odd and ends:

Re: IBM 5110 transformer?

2019-09-30 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
Really good point. Thanks! I will check with my friend. /Mattis Den mån 30 sep. 2019 kl 16:46 skrev Paul Berger via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org>: > > On 2019-09-30 3:44 a.m., Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > > A friend of mine is trying to repair a IBM 5110. He is convinced that the > >

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
sön 2019-09-29 klockan 23:46 -0500 skrev Jason T via cctalk: > Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep > finding me. So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out of a basement, along > with a few boxes of docs, 9-track tapes and random odd and ends: > >

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Diane Bruce via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:57:25AM -0500, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 09/29/2019 11:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > > Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep > > finding me. So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out of a basement, along > > with a few boxes of docs,

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2019-09-30 1:27 p.m., Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:57:25AM -0500, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 09/29/2019 11:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep finding me. So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out

Re: IBM 5110 transformer?

2019-09-30 Thread dwight via cctalk
Is it a switcher or an AC? A custom transformer is going to be quite expensive. About the only way is to cannibalize another machine. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Mattis Lind via cctalk Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 11:44 PM To: General Discussion:

Re: IBM 5110 transformer?

2019-09-30 Thread Paul Berger via cctalk
On 2019-09-30 3:44 a.m., Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: A friend of mine is trying to repair a IBM 5110. He is convinced that the transformer is bad. Anyone knows the spec of the transformer? Someone that has a spare? Looking into the tech documentation tell me that the machine requires +/-

Re: IBM 5110 transformer?

2019-09-30 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
Den mån 30 sep. 2019 kl 15:37 skrev dwight : > Is it a switcher or an AC? > Good old transfomer. He could probably find something suitable if the specs were known. Or replace it with switchers at least for testing the machine. But still it would be great to know the specs. > A custom

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/30/19 8:57 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > On 09/29/2019 11:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: >> Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems keep >> finding me.  So today we pulled a Tandem CLX out of a basement, along >> with a few boxes of docs, 9-track tapes and random

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/30/19 10:44 AM, Wayne S wrote: > SII ( system integrators inc, not System Industries Inc) produced a big > system for Newspaper editing. Could be over 3000 seats. It used Coyote > terminals. IIRC, i think it ran the Guardian operating system. > At the time, I wondered if the name had been

Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
Thought someone here might find this interesting; I have a binder of materials describing the entire course (descriptions of the PDP-11/45 DELPHI system, readings, coursework, quizzes, exams (with answers)) for MIT 6.031 "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Languages", 1974.

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 9/30/2019 9:39 AM, Paul Berger via cctalk wrote: On 2019-09-30 1:27 p.m., Diane Bruce via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:57:25AM -0500, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 09/29/2019 11:46 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: Well I said no more computers I can't lift, but exotic systems

Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread ben via cctalk
On 9/30/2019 12:50 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: Thought someone here might find this interesting; I have a binder of materials describing the entire course (descriptions of the PDP-11/45 DELPHI system, readings, coursework, quizzes, exams (with answers)) for MIT 6.031 "Structure and

Re: Course materials for MIT 6.031 (c. 1974) scanned

2019-09-30 Thread Josh Dersch via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 1:39 PM ben via cctalk wrote: > On 9/30/2019 12:50 PM, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > > Thought someone here might find this interesting; I have a binder of > > materials describing the entire course (descriptions of the PDP-11/45 > > DELPHI system, readings, coursework,

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Their UK office was on the lower floor of a building I used to visit in High Wycombe circa 1980 Rod On 30/09/2019 07:02, Joseph S. Barrera III via cctalk wrote: Not obscure at all, at least not to me. I worked for Jim Gray circa 1996 - 1999 and he worked for Tandem during the NonStop era

Re: HP vintage boards being sold as scrap - WON

2019-09-30 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On Sep 29, 2019, at 19:32, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: > > At 10:03 PM 27/09/2019 -0500, JRJ wrote: >> Thanks for the tip. (Part of not recognizing that is that I had never >> made the connection between the 2108B/2112B and the "1000" series >> before, until I read about it in this thread, and

IBM 5110 transformer?

2019-09-30 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
A friend of mine is trying to repair a IBM 5110. He is convinced that the transformer is bad. Anyone knows the spec of the transformer? Someone that has a spare? Looking into the tech documentation tell me that the machine requires +/- 5V and +/- 12 V and also +8.5V A very rough guesstimate

Re: Tandem Minicomputers

2019-09-30 Thread Joseph S. Barrera III via cctalk
Not obscure at all, at least not to me. I worked for Jim Gray circa 1996 - 1999 and he worked for Tandem during the NonStop era which informed his knowledge of fault-tolerance that helped him advise the Windows NT Clustering team. Don't toss it!!! If you can't find On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:46