t;
> > I know the TD8E can. The most stupid controller on the planet, but it
> enables you to deal with just about any DECtape format you could possibly
> ever invent.
> >
> > But other DECtape controllers might not be able to deal with tapes that
> use other codes to i
gt; same
> >>> areas of interest and / or levels of knowledge.
> >>>
> >>> Don't make so many assumptions.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 6:34 PM, wulfman
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> With SDR one and the same these da
Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
> http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
>
>
Ooh, another email formatting rant thread! It's been so long - I had
wondered if this dead horse had finally decomposed and returned to the
elements. Not so, it would seem
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uC
> oscillator, you reprogram it (or if you have enough pins, design in
> some removable jumpers).
>
> Short version is, even the cheap and simple 555 has been replaced in
> many products with a cheap-as-or-cheaper-than microcontroller, not
> because it's simpler, but because i
there to talk to him I got nowhere finding out
> if he had (has?) them. I don't even know if Jeff is still alive, or what
> happened to the big stash of 18-bit DEC computers he had.
>
>
>
>
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;> ...Or the learning channel had something to do with learning and the
> history channel had something to do with history. I stopped watching TV a
> few years ago, playing with old computers is much more fun...
>
> Paul.
>
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The In
ings you just
couldn't do without the mouse, either (for example, using the Neptune file
manager, or the all-important task of playing pool). -- Ian
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gt;
>
> and don't forget his home business!
> http://www.kleinbottle.com/
>
>
> I love his truth in advertising: he explains just how impractical several
of the items are. :-)
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need to get them imaged of RX02s before the oxide starts falling off. :-)
I have a MINC-11, but I put an 11/23 processor in it - 18-bit addressing,
though, and I DO want to keep it stock so I'm not going to modify the
backplane for 22-bit addressing, as much as I'd like that extra working
st
e other 9
> too or as well.
>
>
>
>
> http://www.domain.com.au/news/10-forgotten-wonders-of-1980s-homes-20151217-g
> lpoof/
>
>
>
>
>
> ++
>
> Kevin Parker
>
>
>
> ++
>
>
>
>
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ti.
I do have to say, though, that in the '80s many if not most phones had
transitioned to touch-tone 'dialing' (what a delightfully archaic term!).
Nit picked. -- Ian
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Huw Davies <
huw.dav...@kerberos.davies.net.au> wrote:
>
> > On 30 Dec 2015, at 11:58, Ian S. King wrote:
>
> > But it is intriguing to see the computer as pop-culture artifact within a
> > broader grouping of like artifacts.
Bob wasn't an academic - but that's not to say he wasn't right.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> > On Dec 30, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Ian S. King wrote:
> >
> >> ...
> >> Great terminology. Can I have permission to use i
s release, maybe there's hope for me yet.
> Thanks for the information--it'll give me some basis for complaining. At
> least on DSLreports, CL doesn't exactly get glowing ratings for service.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
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for another year of stewardship!
> >>
> >
> > Allow me to second both sentiments, particularly the second.
> >
> > --Chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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>> Chuck
>>
>
> Well, once you add in my $39 Vonage VOIP unlimited local & long distance
> telephone, now I'm at $98 for phone+internet+cable... so you're making out
> better than I am (unless you watch TV and are paying for that also).
>
> - J.
>
>
>
&g
I am of the opinion that vintage systems should be,
to the extent possible, restored to running condition *and run*. :-)
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ms
> of equipment above are relatively large and would require at least 2 men to
> remove each item from my basement.
>
>
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ums" domain: artifacts come in, they don't
go back out except on loan. :-)
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A
Yes, I have, but I try not to think about it - gotta keep the blood
pressure under control
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> > From: Ian S. King
>
> > Implicit in the "involved in museums" domain: artifacts come in, they
> > d
act that it was for an S-100 system is sufficient
suggestion of just how long ago....) Someone was doing medical image
processing, IIRC.
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:10 PM, geneb wrote:
>
>
> https://archive.org/details/cdromsoftware?&sort=-publicdate&and[]=SGI
>
O. M. G. Thanks!
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6.5.22?
>
> thx
> jake
>
I need to put the two-proc module in my Octane and fire it up. Anyone know
of the top of his/her head if I have to reinstall IRIX, or does it pick up
on the multiproc config at boot and Do The Right Thing? Or do I just need
to RTFM?
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o. Has anything really changed?
>>
>> Happy computing.
>>
>> Murray :)
>>
>>
>> I still think you can build a Car, but VW parts are not as common
> as it was once.
> Ben.
> PS: BUILD A PDP-K, a nice 18 bit that never was.
>
>
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-bit
machines. And just to stretch the point a bit, amateur radio operators
were building and using slow-scan TV systems in the 1970s.
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were Heath's good days...
>
> --Chuck
>
>
ISTR ads in magazines like Popular Electronics offering courses on TV
repair that employed the Heathkit as the learning platform.
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omputing era! Do young people want to do this? They may be
> computer savvy but I don’t think too many have an interest in building
> anything, particularly from the vintage era. My friend’s grandson,
> he’s 7, told me the computer is a tool for getting ahead not for
> looking back. Yik
been some time since I have personally done any soldering.
>
> There's got to be some place, for a fee, that knows about and can repair
> SGI power supplies.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>
That's it - I gotta fire up my Octane this weekend. And dig into that
treasure trove of ISOs
a BR-2412. It's a
pretty interesting machine, based on the Nuclear Data 812. It lights up,
but doesn't respond to much. I really want to dig into it - soon, soon. I
even have some sample code for it, courtesy of the US Government!
I also have the peripheral interface unit, but
ump,
> > if no one else will. I am in Austin.
> >
> > mcl
> >
>
Good on ya! I like my 11/44. Gotta hook it up to my RM02s one of these
days
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> > UPS tracking is a *joke*. It tells you not where the package is but where
> > it’s supposed to be. I was tracking an IBM 3278 terminal and it wasn’t
> > until the tracking said it was “on the truck for delivery” that they
> realized
> > there was a p
500A
> L4002-AA / KA690 / 4000-600
> L4005-AA / KA691 / 4000-600A
> L4006-AA / KA692 / 4000-700A
> L4006-BA / KA694 / 4000-705A
>
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is interested, please email me off-list and I'll forward the
> contact details.
>
> Best,
>
> J
>
>
>
OMG that's sexy... but I'm on the wrong coast.I really like my
11/73.
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hat state they don't
>> want to participate because of one or more of the above... yet they stay
>> here solely to voice that opinion. Odd.
>>
>> J
>>
>
> Jay,
>
> Don't let it get you down. In any population, even a small one, there are
> going t
of the magic to open
up the cases? I have a TPC-1 and I need to rebuild its power supply, but
I've yet to figure out how to get it open. I don't want to break it, and
it seems to be *snapped* together, with a paucity of screws that don't seem
to loosen the cabinet itself. Thanks for
7;s a version called SOL-11 that will run in 4kW on a
PDP-11, but it requires the EIS - so much for running that on my PDP-11/20.
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On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
>
> > On Feb 8, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Murray McCullough <
> > c.murray.mccullo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> There is the software side to c
nd a power
> supply
>
> I assume you meant SPC (quad unibus) and not SBC
>
>
>
I'm envisioning a 1U enclosure connecting to the 11/20 by BC11A, as you
suggest. The device could have its own PSU to avoid the risk of
overloading the 11/20's supply, and fit in a standar
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Noel Chiappa
wrote:
> > From: Ian S. King
>
> > so much for running that on my PDP-11/20
>
> If you have an actual 11/20, you should be ecstatic! ;-)
>
> Noel
>
Yes, its faceplate reads 'PDP-11', not &
; :-)
>
> regards,
> chris
>
>
I recall a version of Prolog that had a DWIM ('do what I mean') mode, which
applied some heuristics to minimize the impact of typos. I'm not sure that
I like the idea of the machine second-guessing my logic - I usually leave
that to m
vers (and level shifters, etc). If I could
> come up
> with a reasonable alternative for the SPC version, that may work. But
> that’s
> all in the future at the moment.
>
> TTFN - Guy
>
>
A thought: would a second quad board necessarily need transceivers? I'm
think
t the Kobyashi Maru scenario, or rather, the hacking
thereof. :-)
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Archivist
nector could go to some other module.
> Do you have the VT30-H system too?
> Could we compare the boards?
>
>
> My guess would be that the third IDC goes to a bulkhead connector for
video out. Do two of them line up well, while the other is off by itself?
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Manual f75ppdp7prelimumdec64.pdf and
> http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/pdp7/`
>
I did some work with the running PDP-7 at LCM, and Warren let me know this
data was available. Unfortunately I have some other commitments right now,
but I'll get there... I'm very excited a
Computer Conferences) a number of years ago, back when I was Test
Manager for the Windows CE kernel (which at the time was a soft RT OS). I
was always intrigued with and impressed by their product - some very good
thinking went into that, IMHO.
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how capitalism works. :-) I've paid serious
money for books that are relevant to my research that aren't available in
libraries - one of them was no closer than Paris. (I bought it from India
for about $50, and I won't loan it out.)
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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:22 PM, drlegendre . wrote:
> "Or "the family member you go to when you can't print"."
>
> A functional niche definition, for sure. "When you can't get your email" is
> equivalent.
>
Involuntary Helpdesk.
--
I
;s changed). However, ITS is a somewhat odd beast
- its user shell is the debugger, for example. I think suggestions that
you start with TOPS-20 are good advice. It will feel much more familiar,
especially if you've used something like RSX-11 or VMS. -- Ian
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>
>
The only problem is that some sites are pretty much useless without
Javascript enabled. Unless it's static content, there's usually some sort
of dynamic behavior, even in rendering.
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econd photo is the view from where I ate lunch yesterday. The fun
literally never stops living the dream! -- Ian
PS: of course I'm finishing my doctorate - I'm kind of vested in it by now.
:-)
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ge-
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian S.
> > King
> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:08 PM
> > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> > Subject: OT: where I've landed
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> &
if it has not already happened.
> Failing that, There's a fantastic place at 304 Victoria drive that
> >will accept the machine if you can't find a home for it. I can vet for
> them
> as their specialty is older
> >machines.
>
> Oh butts, that was to be emailed to him
rmat conversion (including various RGB
combos) for about $25. Sometimes I keep the CRTs for historical reasons,
but I dislike running them routinely because of the real estate they
consume! Also, some are just getting a bit dim -- Ian
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Sorry if that
> wasn't clear. I'm not particularly concerned about what the LA is built
> from.
>
> KJ
>
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;> ... Unibus SCSI, OTOH, is
>> not common, but a joy if you can find one.
>>
>
> This one ends in 8 hours.
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/AVIV-Emulex-UC07-SCSI-Quad-Wide-Q-Bus-Digital-Equipment-LSI-11-MicroVAX-PDP-11-/261903555279
>
> --Toby
>
>
>
>> -et
x27;m hoping to find either (a) the kit to install TCPIP-5.1 or (b) a 7.3
ISO image on a big enough pipe for FTP. :-) Can anyone help? Oh, and if
you're looking for 7.2 (VAX) I have that…. Thanks! -- Ian
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CP client for versions
> of UCX/TCPIP that don't implement it. I will add it to my list.
>
> Regards
>
> Rob
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ian S.
> King
> > Sent: 07 June 2015 00:16
>
now
> what you might need.
>
> So I've got a lot of manuals to read, but the 16500C sure looks like a ton
> of bang per US$. You can even get an expansion chassis (10 additional
> slots) if you need to go to ludicrous speed on the number of
> probes/features.
>
> KJ
&g
t; -us20-collectors-pay-big-money-for-old-tech-20150610-ghfmlu.html
>
>
>
>
>
> ++
>
> Kevin Parker
>
>
>
> ++
>
>
>
>
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eem to remember they are not in the manuals).
> The
> probe interface is also documented and quite simple. While I recomend only
> getting a LA with the original pods, the ability to make custom pods has
> helped
> me on several occasions. The inputs to both those LAs are simple
> d
t there, but with the collective knowledge on this list I
figure there has to be SOME one who worked on these back In The Day, who
just knows this off the top of his/her head.
So... anyone? Thanks -- Ian
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up spool
> > driven too fast with a slipping clutch in-line. And a weak brake on the
> supply spool. This of course is what
> > was done in audio recorders (reel to reel and cassette), Video recorders
> (ditto), etc.
>
> Or a variant: drive the takeup reel with a controlled torqu
ian
>
>
> --
> Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove
> STCKON08DS0
> Contact information available upon request.
>
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rarer) 9831 (running BASIC not HPL) So of course I
> grabbed
> that.
>
> But a lot of my finds came to me before they were thrown out. I was known
> for
> wanting just about any old electronic or computer gear.
>
> -tony
>
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ROAD TRIP!
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM, william degnan
wrote:
>
> http://millennialmainframer.com/2014/12/ibm-still-waiting-cuba-pay-mainframes/
>
> Who's up for it?
>
> B
>
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two months ago. It was used at M.I.T. from 1958-1970.
>
> http://snarc.net/george.jpg
>
>
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Value Sensitive Design Res
w*pp**g but you know
> what I mean
>
> I have never seen a printset for a 6000, 7000, 8650, etc machine. Do they
> exist? I doubt it for the
> 6000 series.
>
> -tony
>
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Archi
the hardware as well as the software, then
> maybe there are more interesting machines around than the pizzabox ones.
>
> I have never seen a printset for a 6000, 7000, 8650, etc machine. Do they
>> exist? I doubt it for the
>> 6000 series.
>>
>
> I don't remember if I have the p
we bought to harvest parts from. I
> kept the working one. Now to refurb the TU58)
>
> > If you lose a mainframe, then you have ENOUGH storage.
>
> Hasn't happened yet.
>
> -ethan
>
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s when switched off.
>
>
I found that for some MicroVAXen, such as my 4000-300, there is a Panasonic
cordless phone battery that almost exactly fits where the original TOY
battery does, and the connector is the same! I've mentioned it here on CC,
so the part number should be in the archives.
he best time to get something big i think, but if it
> is not close it will have to be shipped which would be costly. Maybe ill
> start off small...
>
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Oh boy! Another long, rambling and pointless email rant thread!
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>Athabasca University: but you have to earn
>Athabasca, Alberta Canada : the title of 'daddy'"
> ** richar...@admin.athabascau.ca ** : - Lynn Johnston
>
>
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ned for it.
>
> I still call it 'Useless Serial Botch' most of the time. It's not a bus,
> after all.
>
> -tony
> =
>
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Oops, misremembered: Altair 680.
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
> I don't remember the exact date, but I was in high school which places it
> in the mid-1970s: there was a storefront called "The Retail Computer Store"
> that sold Altairs, IMSAIs,
gt;>
>>
>> Never was. You always did use weird pints. They were *our* bloody
>> silly measure, until we adopted something more sensible and easier to
>> use...
>>
>> And *nobody* else uses pounds, Fahrenheit or MM-DD-YY. Not in about 2
>> generations
t;
> P850 (TTL, hardwired not microcoded)
>
> P855, P852, P856, P857, P860 (TTL, microcoded)
>
> P851 (Custom bitslice ICs, microcoded)
>
> P854 (AM2900 bitslice, microcoded)
>
> P853 I think (Single chip)
>
> No, I don't have all of those...
>
> -t
te.google.co.uk/translate?sl=da&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdatamuseum.dk%2Fddhf-samlinger&edit-text=&act=url
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-----
>>>&g
>> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> - Ian
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > I run into the owner occasionally. Between family commitments and
> > > significant work related travel, he's been over committed for over two
&g
:08 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
> hilp...@cs.ubc.ca writes:
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-VINTAGE-IBM-26-INTERPRETING-CARD-PUNCH-OWN-A-PI
> ECE-OF-HISTORY-/161725243156?hash=item25a7935f14
>
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Nicely done! I love that printing terminal design. So retro
On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Marc Verdiell
wrote:
> Oh, that blue 1970's psychedelic color! The fast line printer! The vacuum
> column drive (drool)! And it is alive! Congratulations!
> Marc
>
>
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onally way superior.
> >
>
> Yes VWS, I don't always play with classic computers for their
> performance and superiority ;-)
>
> /P
>
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e.
> thanks
> Jim
>
This looks screwy. Why not offer photos of the unit you get? Why is the
Diablo missing from the cabinet?
Media/software is available around and about, FYI. The media is a pretty
standard RK05 cartridge (12 sector).
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d when one is checking power supply voltages. If the +5
rail isn't solid *before* DC OK comes up, this will lock up things. Have
fun -- Ian K7PDP
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Don't blame the tools - blame an educational system that doesn't teach
software engineering practice, but just teaches tools. "Hey, hold my beer
and watch this!" -- Ian
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertat
Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:23:55PM -0600, Eric Smith wrote:
> >> On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
> >>> C is a lot like that saw - it doesn't have a lot of guards on it, and
> you
> >>> can do stupid things.
> >>
> >> The
p it!'.
It was also a social experience: the system I had written replaced twelve
people with special typewriters, with four people with ADM-3A terminals. I
recall having some qualms about that, but recognized that 'progress'
(whatever that means) wasn't going to be halted by m
feed the ADC). The rear 2 connectors of each
> MINC module are normal Qbus AFAIK.
>
> I've never seen RSX drivers for the MINC modules. There was a set of
> RT11 libraries, etc.
>
> -tony
>
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and certify a new system.
I suspect that "journalism" like this is prompted by (and likely paid for)
by companies who profit from getting people on the endless-upgrade
merry-go-round. But then I'm cantankerous that way. Cheers -- Ian
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B so I can replace the 30+ year old electrolytics. Given the symptoms,
this seems like the most likely root casuse -- Ian
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnica
ic butt-ton of
software for it, and I want to see what it will do. -- Ian
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Ian S. King wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A while back I asked if anyone knew how to open the case of this early
> luggable, and there were crickets. Well, I pulled it out today with the
t; experience in using the language, but it's something I want to get around
> to one of these days.
>
> - Josh
>
ISTR that BravoX was written in Mesa. -- Ian
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the
mail transport and name service. (The repository
> also includes a lot of BCPL and a small amount of Smalltalk.) The
> repository is here:
>
> http://xeroxalto.computerhistory.org
>
> Probably better to start here:
>
> http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/xerox-alto-sour
So far away(Pacific Northwest, United States)
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Mattis Lind wrote:
> DECprinter I, GE TermiNET30, C Itoh CIT-101e, PDP-11 manuals, PDP-8
> diagnostic duplicates, TI SilentWriters etc etc.
>
> http://www.datormuseum.se/available
>
> /Mat
s more
> cumbersome in certain ways, almost certainly less efficient in FPGA
> resources -- but it's much more a mechanical process. If the drawings are
> accurate (that's an "if" indeed), then the model will be accurate. The
> diagnostics should pass without major effo
quite right, I was wrong. Both hardware and software
> development took place at Hursley. According to Pugh, Johnson, and
> Palmer's "IBM's 360 and early 370 systems", the /30 (then called NPL
> 101) was developed at Endicott, the /40 (NPL 250) at Hursley, and the
> large
omputing. The disk
should be easy to replace if necessary and documentation is plentiful.
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The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical
Narrative Through a De
he memory appeared not to
> work." I think from posts on similar systems, it could easily be
> dirty marginal switch contacts or PSU issues, etc, vs damaged core.
>
> > I notice the corrosion on the front key.
>
> I'll happily sell him a clean key for a mere 1%...
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lus
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t; >
> > It depends entirely on the make and model of equipment. I always have a
> > laundry list of stuff I am looking for - one of the reasons why I bring
> my
> > tablet to meets.
> >
> > Dale H. Cook, GR / HP Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
> > htt
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