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After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8 project active again
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Forgot the link:
https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/log.shtml
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3:37 p.m.
I keep forgetting to mention that I got a straight 8 too. Plan to start
working on it in the spring.
Bill
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Forgot the link:
https://homepage.divms.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/log.shtml
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Nice! Years back I gave Dr. Jones my PDP-8/L, prior to moving out of Iowa. I wonder if
he still has it, and put it to use.
-mike
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Forgot the link:
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On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8
project active again
Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a
solenoid bank to connect to his PDP-8. He put the solenoid bank on the
keyboard of the 90-rank Schlicker pipe organ in the All Saints
Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. It played the music for his wedding.
Later, he published an album of pipe-organ performances, on the same
organ, entitled "Unplayed by Human Hands."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplayed_by_Human_Hands
I don't know whether he still has the computer.
5:44 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:45 PM Van Snyder via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink
via cctalk wrote:
Ooh, very cool! I have his first album (he released two).
Looks like he's presently teaching computer science at UCLA ==>
https://www.uclaextension.edu/instructors/prentiss-knowlton
I'm going to contact him and interview him about this. I'd like to know if
the computer could also select different ranks.
Thanks for the tip, Van.
Sellam
Sellam
After more than three years, U of Iowa's
PDP-8 project active again
Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a
solenoid bank to connect to his PDP-8. He put the solenoid bank on the
keyboard of the 90-rank Schlicker pipe organ in the All Saints
Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. It played the music for his wedding.
Later, he published an album of pipe-organ performances, on the same
organ, entitled "Unplayed by Human Hands."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplayed_by_Human_Hands
I don't know whether he still has the computer.
3 Feb
3 Feb
1:02 a.m.
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 17:44 -0800, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 3:45 PM Van Snyder via cctalk
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cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>wroteote:
Sellam:
Prentiss's brother lives across the street from me, but Prentiss lives
quite a distance away. You can use my name if you want to.
Van
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William
Sudbrink via cctalk
wrote:
Ooh, very cool! I have his first album (he released two).
Looks like he's presently teaching computer science at UCLA ==>
https://www.uclaextension.edu/instructors/prentiss-knowlton
I'm going to contact him and interview him about this. I'd like to
know ifthe computer could also select different ranks.
After more than three years, U of Iowa's
PDP-8 project active
again
Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built
asolenoid bank to connect to his PDP-8. He put the solenoid bank on
thekeyboard of the 90-rank Schlicker pipe organ in the All
SaintsEpiscopal Church in Pasadena, CA. It played the music for his
wedding.
Later, he published an album of pipe-organ performances, on the
sameorgan, entitled "Unplayed by Human Hands."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplayed_by_Human_Hands
I don't know whether he still has the computer.
Thanks for the tip, Van.
Sellam
Sellam
10:22 a.m.
On 2023-02-02 4:44 p.m., Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
On Thu, 2023-02-02 at 18:28 -0500, William Sudbrink
via cctalk wrote:
Could be hiding in the Organ. :)
They don't make I/O devices like that any more.
Ben.
After more than three years, U of Iowa's
PDP-8 project active again
Years ago, I had a colleague named Prentiss Knowlton who built a
solenoid bank to connect to his PDP-8. He put the solenoid bank on the
keyboard of the 90-rank Schlicker pipe organ in the All Saints
Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. It played the music for his wedding.
Later, he published an album of pipe-organ performances, on the same
organ, entitled "Unplayed by Human Hands."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unplayed_by_Human_Hands
I don't know whether he still has the computer.
11:10 a.m.
On 2/3/23 10:22, ben via cctalk wrote:
Could be hiding in the Organ. :)
They don't make I/O devices like that any more.
Ben.
Very old technology. Pre-electronic Welke Vorsetzer, electronics
Marantz Pianocorder and the full-integrated into pianos Sony Disklavier.
Remember the radio program "Keyboard Immortals Play Again" hosted by
Joseph Tushinsky (President of Sony Superscope)?
Or am I dating myself again....
--Chuck
4 Feb
4 Feb
7:12 p.m.
What brought the project back to life? Is there a curriculum or student
interest in computing history there?
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 5:28 PM William Sudbrink via cctalk <
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After more than three years, U of Iowa's PDP-8
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