Re: HP 3000s (928LX) for sale in Texas

Stan - this is a *nice* setup. Especially since (I believe) the 9x8 boxes have a replaceable TOD/TOY clock battery, verses the 9x7 series which had *hardwired non-replaceable* clock batteries. Do you know what software they come with, any languages? Lee Courtney On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:27 PM S

Re: Question about SIMH Sigma-7/9 emulation

Hi Dave, Sorry I do not have a CP-V image to send you, but please post any progress you make here. I know others would be interested. Lee Courtney On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 7:53 AM Dave via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > I see that SIMH incorporates the 32-bit Xerox Sigma architectures. The > Sigma

Re: VAX9000 unearthed

Paul, What was the timeframe for the MPP? Lee On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 6:47 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Feb 18, 2022, at 7:08 AM, Joerg Hoppe via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > my computer club c-c-g.de could acquire the rema

Re: AlphaServer 2100s available

There are still HP3000 systems being used in business critical functions, 12(?) years after the HP end-of-life date (no manufacturing or support) for the product line. (From a business continuity perspective that's insane.) Hardware support is not based on new manufacturer parts with warranty, but

Re: Selling my 026/029 IBM punch card control drum ($150)

> Works fine. Good Condition. Doesn't say whether it includes power cord or not? 😸 Lee Courtney On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 12:41 AM Christian Corti via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2022, Barry Hills wrote: > > Selling my 026/029 IBM punch card control drum ($150) > > Th

Re: Steve Castner

Thank you for posting this Jim...I worked with Steve at CHM on the 1620 Project. *Great, great* engineer, friend, and all-around Good Person. He will be sorely missed. https://campaign.oxy.edu/stories/stephen-l-casner-73-and-karen-johnson-casner-74?fbclid=IwAR1yCKcvxUWhRzCM5xAp6GGCbIg377TkxcdBF9Qo

[cctalk] Re: HP 3000 system w/ Printers, Terminals, all working, for sale on eBay (or privately...) Possible Free Delivery!

Hi Mark, Have you ever replaced the TOD clock battery in your 917? The follow-on 918 had a field replaceable battery, but the 917 had one soldered onto the motherboard. *Very* nice system. I had one for a while and they are a great hobbyist box. Lee C. On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 11:37 AM Mark Moul

[cctalk] Re: Symbolics (Lisp) manuals, flyers available

OK thanks Stan and Paul. That works as long as the atoms end up being mapped onto bits. And I'm a bag of APL materials behind in scanning and uploading stuff. Lee On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 1:17 PM Stan Sieler via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, > > The manuals are claimed, probably, s

[cctalk] Re: HP Computer Museum update

Thank you David, for all the hard work, dedication, and keeping Jon's dream alive! I started my career at HP, working on the HP 1000 and know many many former and current HP employees appreciate this. Lee Courtney On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 1:27 PM David Collins via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> w

[cctalk] Excellent CHM Article on Apple Lisa Software

I thought this was an excellent article on work at CHM on curating, documenting, and making Apple Lisa software available - thank you Al. Would be interesting to see other software collection objects curated in this way. https://computerhistory.org/blog/apple-lisa-still-more-to-uncover/ Enjoy! --

[cctalk] Re: DEC PDP 11/60's in need of a new home.

Jerry et al, I know they are gone, but was there any info on software or microcode development tools for the system(s)? THanks! Lee C. On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 1:57 PM Jerry Wright via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have 2 of these that are in need of a new home. These are quite

[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet

Toad-2 is up as of 1015 PST 2/10...although the system clock is wrong. lee@lee-Alienware-17-R5:~$ ssh twe...@sdf.org Trying 172.16.36.36... Connected to TWENEX.ORG. Escape character is 'off'. TWENEX.ORG XKL Toad-2 running TOPS-20, TOPS-20 Monitor 7(63327)-6 Welcome to the all new TWENEX.ORG run

[cctalk] Re: mainframe vs mini

Mainframe - Minicomputer = RAS and order magnitude better I/O On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 7:42 AM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Mar 10, 2023, at 10:05 AM, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 03:51:44PM -0600,

[cctalk] Re: Visiting the computer history museum (chm)

Intel Museum in Santa Clara is with a visit. On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 9:28 AM Tarek Hoteit via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello. I am visiting the Computer History Museum in California next week. > I always wanted to check it out and spend a day there, but something else > happens. A

[cctalk] Re: Did Intel's Insite User Program Library survive?

Holt, You might ask the Intel Museum - contact info at the bottom of the web page here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/intel-museum.html When I was at Intel there was a small but active team in Folsom that was archiving software, IP, and other material for preservation.

Re: A few more PDP-15 (DOS and XVM) manuals scanned.

Thanks Mattis - much appreciated. Lee C. On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Mattis Lind via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello! > > I put a few more freshly scanned PDP-15 manuals online. > > They are currently stored on my dropbox but I suggest that interested > parties store them in

Re: HP 300-series boot rom archive?

Hi Josh, "lot of HP 300 gear" Being picky here, but I worked at HP in the HP 300 days and the system you acquired does not sound like an HP 300, aka Amigo ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_300), but rather a model of HP 9000 desktop machines (M68K based?). Lee C. On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 7:50 P

Input to Copyright Office Rule Making Process re. Copy Protection

Passing along an RFI from a group doing research/development on software preservation and addressing copy-protection to enable access. You can provide input via the link below or contacting Jessica directly. -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell -- Jessica Meyerson Greetings Softw

Re: Dec-10 Day announcement from Living Computers: Museum + Labs

Very nice - thanks! Lee C. On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rich > > Alderson via cctalk > > Sent: 10 December 2017 08:22 > > To: 'General Di

[cctalk] Re: Disk-pack-based drives at LCM

Hi Pierre, Yes, when LCM was open the Sigma-9 and the connected drives were up and operational, I can't remember what OS the system was running. Maybe CP-V or UTS? Lee On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 11:51 PM P Gebhardt via cctalk wrote: > Hi all, > > I just came across pictures on the LCM website abou

[cctalk] Re: SCAMP at 61 (IBM Scientific Computer And Modular Processor) was Re: SCAMP at 50 (IBM 5100)

Note "S*cientific Computer and Modular Processor (SCAMP) was developed during 1961 and 1962*" <> SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) developed in the early 1970s and the subject of the original post. On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 3:18 AM ste...@malikoff.com steven--- via cctalk < cctalk@classi

[cctalk] Re: Installing DEC C on RSTS/E

Not related to the original question, but what is "STUPI?" TIA! Lee C. On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 11:10 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Nov 7, 2023, at 8:49 PM, Paul Koning wrote: > > > > Hi... I'm seriously rusty on official RSTS installation procedures. > I'

[cctalk] Re: Decwriter III self test issue?

Video removed... :-( Was looking forward to seeing how I could apply your work to my Decwriter. Lee On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 3:08 PM W2HX via cctalk wrote: > I thought I'd send a follow up that I have fixed the decwriter (whew)... > A little lube goes a long way! Vid below. > > https://youtu.be/m

[cctalk] Re: APL (Was: BASIC

The first "professional software" I wrote (almost) out of University in 1979 was a package to emulate the mainframe APL\Plus file primitives on a CP/M APL variant. Used to facilitate porting of mainframe APL applications to microcomputers. I'm still an APL adherent since the late 1960s, but it was

[cctalk] Re: APL (Was: BASIC

t; On May 2, 2024, at 3:50 PM, Lee Courtney via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > The first "professional software" I wrote (almost) out of University in > > 1979 was a package to emulate the mainframe APL\Plus file primitives on a >

[cctalk] Re: The CMoaA is OK

Computer Museum of America Acquires Collection from Living Computers Museum and Estate of Paul G. Allen - Computer Museum of America % On Sun, Sep

Re: VAX 9440

LCM has successfully restored and is running multiple large vintage systems. Not easy, but doable. Lee C. On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 7:55 AM Jim Manley via cctalk wrote: > Evan said it was in service until a couple of months ago, so it should > power up OK, if it could all be electrically and mech

Re: Hewlett-Packard 3000, 9000, Itanium (HP-UX & MPE/iX) Servers, Storage Arrays, Replacement Parts, Maintenance, & Disaster back-ups

FYI on the HP 3000 and 9000 systems make sure you get one that has a field replaceable clock battery. Some early models did not (e.g. 917) and after a few years the system becomes a brick. :-( Lee C. On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 9:37 PM Jesse Dougherty via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > The

Re: PDP-11/60 manuals needed

Ho Noel, 2485 "11/60" text items in the CHM Collection here: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=11%2F60&f=text HTH - Lee C. On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 11:38 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hi, does anyone have any PDP-11/60 manuals? I went to do arti

Re: NASA Ames (Moffet Field) Computation Division?

Eugene Miya, not sure if he lurks here but I know he is on Facebook, would know off the top of his head. Lee C. On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 8:34 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Anyone know what hardware was at NASA Ames in the late 70s? I've got > some tapes from there and would like to avoid gu

Re: Electr* Engineering

in the late 1960s and up thru 1979 UTexas at Arlington Computer Science initially only offered a Masters, and was housed in Industrial Engineering. If you wanted an undergrad degree in "computing" you went thru the math department and got a BA or BS in mathematics with an emphasis in computing. I t

Re: Looking for an Intel SRM

Camiel - I have cross-posted this to the Intel Alumni list for you. I asked anyone with info to contact you directly. Good luck! Lee Courtney On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Here¹s a long shot, about as long as they get. > > I rec

Re: HP3000/917LX available in Vacaville

This is a *very* nice entry-level HP3000/MPE system based on PA-RISC architecture. But one note - the 917 had the soldered TOD battery on the motherboard, vs. the FRU TOD battery in the later 918. Not a reason to skip if you are interested in this machine. Lee C. On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 3:01 PM S

Re: Vintage Computer Warehouse Liquidation

Correction to the referenced post - the Keys SDS systems did not come from CHM, but directly from the donor in Kansas City. On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:39 AM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 10/19/19 1:28 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > > I suspect that something may have happened to

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

John, Thanks for the heads up. What would you suggest one enter for the mandatory fields: Participating Chapter * and Membership Number * Lee Courtney On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:34 AM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > For those interested, HPE has finally, formally an

Re: Old FORTRAN programs, libraries, graphics

You've seen this, right? http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/FORTRAN Lee Courtney On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 8:35 AM emanuel stiebler via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2020-04-06 22:48, Douglas Taylor via cctech wrote: > > Got similar interests here. I've been using PGPLOT o

Re: Living Computer Museum

"In the coming weeks we’ll follow up with information about ticket, membership and donation refunds." The "membership and donation refunds." bothers me the most, especially with Paul Allen no longer on the scene. If LCM were to cease operations permanently that would be a disaster, as there is no

OpenVMS Community License

FYI...new VMS community license. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2n2RlNVtw -- Lee Courtney

Re: Notes on HP3000 WCS Microcode, Series 37 on ebay in Germany

"Was Lee Courtney involved with the APL 3000 project?" - unfortunately no I was not. Just RTE on the 1000 and later MPE on PA-RISC. All I know is that there was microcode support required to run APL on Series II/III micro-architecture machines. That microcode was not moved to later micro-architectu

Re: Notes on HP3000 WCS Microcode, Series 37 on ebay in Germany

I believe it was a performance issue. The APL was so slow without the microcode assist that the system was unusable. Lee C. On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 8:22 AM Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 9:19 AM Lee Courtney via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >

Re: Scanned paperback book "RSX A User's Guide"

"Since I didn’t have an industrial book shear to remove the binding," Mark - most Kinko's have one of these and can easily cut off the binding for a small fee. Lee Courtney On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 7:54 PM, Mark Matlock via cctech < cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: >I recently decided to make s

Re: More CRAY, ETC

Hi Paul, When my Dad retired (he was a college professor) I went thru all his journals, papers, collected proceedings etc and sent the ACM a list so they could fill in gaps in their collection, and then offered material to CHM. Two options for the hardcopy materials. Lee Courtney On Wed, Sep 26,

Re: HP 3000, APL\3000, the HP 2641A APL Display Station, and stuff.

Gavin, A-W-E-S-O-M-E ! ! ! On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 2:22 PM Gavin Scott via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > As some people here are aware, I have spent probably too much time this > summer > hacking on J. David Bryan's excellent Classic HP 3000 simulator and trying > to > build up the

Re: APL\360

Norman, Same here, but archived at the CHM Software Preservation site: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl If there is anything you have that is missing from the above site I'd love to add it. Please drop me an email. BTW my Dad was one of the first users of the original 2 cassette

Re: APL\360

Paul et al, Along with the APL\360 material Len Shustek put together on the CHM web site, there is a site I maintain at CHM hosting documents, papers, books, etc on the history and evolution of APL as well as historic APL source code and implementations: http://www.softwarepreservation.org/project

Re: DS20 Alpha System

That is a nice, albeit somewhat slow, Alpha system. I have one but need a replacement power supply - anyone have one or pointers to one? THanks! Lee Courtney On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 6:55 AM jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I've got rights to a fairly nice system located

Re: Pipelining and Dec Jupiter thoughts....

Chris - great and interesting overview. Do you have a reading list for more details? Thanks! Lee Courtney On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:35 PM Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > > Sort of. But while a lot of things happen in parallel, out of order, > speculatively, etc., the programming model exposed

Re: Early Programming Books

"A Purdue professor had a 20-drawer card file of 1620 software. The fire marshall insisted he had to get rid of it. I understand he gave it to CHM. Is it still there?" Yes. Catalog entry here: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102710141 Many years (decades?) ago Dave Babcock and

Re: Early Programming Books

n get access to them. Computers...jeesh! Do what I want, not what I say! ;-) Lee On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 10:26 AM Paul Koning wrote: > > > > On Jun 23, 2021, at 1:17 PM, Lee Courtney via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > "A Purdue professor had

Re: What's left of the Houston Museum stuff

Al or other - any idea what happened to the SDS relics and detris HCM picked up after the donation to CHM? Lee On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 3:50 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/2103793056560583/permalink/3118441161762429/ > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell

Re: IBM 1620 Simulation

https://github.com/IBM-1620/Junior On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 5:15 PM Ray Jewhurst via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello all, > Long time lurker, extremely rare poster, I was reading the Wikipedia > article on the IBM 1620 and became quite intrigued. I know that there is a > simulator

Re: IBM 1620 Simulation

Video interview I made with John (Maniotes) in preparation for donation of the 1620 program library to CHM - https://youtu.be/N12pQBiRd7A Lee Courtney On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 9:50 AM Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 20:17 -0700, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > > > > On 8/2

Re: Terminal Emulator

We use Teraterm at work - adequate, free, open-source(if that's important), meets our needs for embedded development across a wide variety of platforms. YMMV, Lee Courtney On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:57 AM Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: > I am looking for a good terminal emulator. Not for connect

Re: The precarious state of classic software and hardware preservation

There is at least one major semiconductor company that has (had?) an internal group tasked with recovering (HW designs/software/firmware) IP off of "obsolete" media - reel tape, paper tape, floppy discs, other, and preserving for internal use. Was a substantial effort, meaning dedicated people, $$$