Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

> > > I put a few pictures up here: > > > > http://yahozna.dyndns.org/scratch/dps6/ > > > > Nice bitslice processor in there, an Ethernet controller, some memory > > (looks like 2MB) and as for the other boards, I'm not yet sure...) > > > > - Josh > The RICM had two DPS-6 systems.

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

Very nice, thank you! That DPS-6 page wasn't kidding when they said the boards were on the large side! Very interesting; they definitely have their own unique style about them ... they really liked to use daugherboards! That memory expansion card is sort of unusual. As is the edge connector for

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On 9/25/15 12:50 PM, Sean Caron wrote: Very nice, thank you! No problem at all! That DPS-6 page wasn't kidding when they said the boards were on the large side! Very interesting; they definitely have their own unique style about them ... they really liked to use daugherboards! That memory

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

is it a dps 6 or 8? In a message dated 9/24/2015 12:10:41 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dersc...@gmail.com writes: On 9/23/15 2:56 PM, Sean Caron wrote: > Ah, so these are the vintagetech.com machines! Please take lots of pics of > the DPS-8 inside and out; I've never really seen

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On 9/23/15 2:56 PM, Sean Caron wrote: Ah, so these are the vintagetech.com machines! Please take lots of pics of the DPS-8 inside and out; I've never really seen the innards of a Honeywell machine before and I'm kind of curious what their "style" looks like. Best, Sean Will do. I took the

RE: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

tember 2015 08:11 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info? > > On 9/23/15 2:56 PM, Sean Caron wrote: > > Ah, so these are the vintagetech.com machines! Please take lots of &g

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On 9/24/2015 9:54 AM, Sean Caron wrote: I think this anecdote is also referenced in the AFDC installation site story on multicians.org? Sounds familiar... Best, Sean Cookie monster originated on Multics, and was taken to the GCOS environment if it got there in the same incarnation. We had

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

dps 8 was a phx ax big H project as I remember but new enough that I would have stored manuals rather than had them in active reference section. will keep eyes out! -Ed# In a message dated 9/24/2015 1:43:14 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, sca...@umich.edu writes: I think

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

I think this anecdote is also referenced in the AFDC installation site story on multicians.org? Sounds familiar... Best, Sean On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 10:42 PM, steve shumaker wrote: > On 9/23/2015 2:44 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: > >> Along with the 11/44 I also picked up a

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

pretty funny! maybe I should be fortunate enough to have his salary also!? #ed In a message dated 9/24/2015 9:08:48 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ci...@xenosoft.com writes: On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, couryho...@aol.com wrote: > is it adps 6or8? I am actually sincerely

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On 9/23/15 2:56 PM, Sean Caron wrote: Ah, so these are the vintagetech.com machines! Please take lots of pics of the DPS-8 inside and out; I've never really seen the innards of a Honeywell machine before and I'm kind of curious what their "style" looks like. Best, Sean I put a few pictures

RE: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

Many years ago we used them as Data Entry machines, but I have no documents and have forgotten everything I knew. > -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Josh > Dersch > Sent: 23 September 2015 22:45 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On 9/23/2015 2:44 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: Along with the 11/44 I also picked up a Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside workstation; I can't seem to dig up much information specific to this model (a badge on the rear labels it as "Model/Index No. B01732"). I can take some detailed pictures later this

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:42 PM, steve shumaker wrote: > On 9/23/2015 2:44 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: >> Along with the 11/44 I also picked up a Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside >> workstation; I can't seem to dig up much information specific to this model >> (a badge on the rear labels

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Zane Healy wrote: > > On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:42 PM, steve shumaker wrote: > > > One legend that gets trotted out whenever you speak of WWMMCCS is the > cookie monster that was on terminals in the Pentagon installation of >

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

Sam Ismail used to have a DPS-6, if not more than one, but I don't think he was ever able to do anything with it. Does it have GCOS-6 installed? I worked on DPS-8's and GCOS-8 a lifetime ago. I did a little with GCOS-6, mainly assisting with moving operations from DPS-6 Mini's over to HP 9000

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

there was a nightmare! In a message dated 9/23/2015 6:20:18 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, heal...@aracnet.com writes: Sam Ismail used to have a DPS-6, if not more than one

Re: Honeywell/Bull DPS-6 deskside info?

Ah, so these are the vintagetech.com machines! Please take lots of pics of the DPS-8 inside and out; I've never really seen the innards of a Honeywell machine before and I'm kind of curious what their "style" looks like. Best, Sean On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Dave G4UGM