CDC bought TRG, a company that made microwave stuff back in the 60s. CDC
also branched out into medical equipment, industrial controls, art books,
used cars, shotguns, and vodka.
--
Will
On Apr 17, 2011 6:54 PM, "Brent Hilpert" <hilpert at cs.ubc.ca> wrote:
Some old microwave stuff came into the radio museum lately, probably 60/70s
vintage, amongst which was a piece with a "Control Data - TRG Division"
label on it. Control Data was even imprinted on the waveguide adjustment
micrometers. Idle curiousity, but anyone know how CD was involved with
microwave waveguide componentry, or what the TRG Division was? (Chuck?) I
didn't know CD branched out into anything beyond computing.
I have an Atari 800xl and a couple of 1050 disk drives. I also have
two copies of the M.U.L.E. game on disk. Unfortunately, I can't get
either to boot on the 800xl. I suspect that these are older games that
were written for the 400/800 and may need the "translator disk" that
allowed the 800xl to run games written for the older machines. Does
anyone know where I could obtain a copy of this translator disk?
Thanks!
David Betz
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been able to get my PDP 11/05 to print "hello world" by
> > entering a short program into the toggle switches. I can
> > simultaneously get the punch to print if I enable it. The text is
> > actually garbled (TE]HJVYRTD), but I assume I just have to make an
>
>Does the teletype print correctly in local mode? Could it be a problem
>with the receive mechanciam in the Model 33?
Yes, it prints fine. I have two TTY's, they both do the exact same
thing when the PDP sends the text to the printer, that tells me it's
a PDP transmit thing.
>Can you correctly read charactes from the Model 33 keyboard on the PDP11?
I have been trying to write a program that will do this using front
panel switches. I could use some help.
><snip>
I don't have one of these installed, as I have no base:
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/old_rdr_power.shtml
I believe that reader mod or no, I need to have power to the reader.
>There was an 'official' Teletpye versio nwith automatic reder control.
>This detected 2 control chreactters using levers in the 'stunt box' under
>the platen. These operated swithc contacts (there may well have been a
>latching relay involved too) to control the trip coil circuit. This
>version is not at all common (at least not over here).
<snip>
>The first thing I would do is have the machine running in Local mode with
>the covers off and a piece of tape in the reader. Press down the armature
>flap on top of the trip coil. If the reader now runs (and the tape
>cotnents are printed out on the Model 33), then the reader and the
>mechancial side of things ae all working properly, and any problems are
>in the trip coil circuit (most likely)
no power for the reader.
>I would invetigate thsi some more. What is the DC resistance between the
>2 connections that go to the reader circuit (with those wires
>disconnected from the rest of the teletpye)? If inifinite, this does
>suggest a relay contact.
I will check
>Does anyhting happen if you apply 24V (or so)
>between the 2 wires coming out of the machien from thsi device? If the
>resistance drops to 'very low' then it really does sound like a relay.
>Reconnect it, Apply 24V, and see if the reader runs now.
The PDP is sending -15V from mate-and-lock connector 4 and 6, for the
heck of it I tried this, quickly, but it had no effect.
>The DEC connecotr has 6 pins used, 2 each for the transmit currnet loop,
>receive current loop and reader run relay. The last will drive a small
>relay coil directly.
-15V?
>Has this Model 33 ever been used on a PDP11? If so, it's likely to be
>vertsion of the normal DEC modification and you can just connct up the
>relay coil wires to the 2 remaining pins on the mate-n-lock.
TTY "lineage unknown"
This is sad, though the project is going open source, but it would be
nice to see someone continue the Kermit name. Ed's just the messenger;
don't contact him about Kermit.
----- Forwarded message from Edward Vielmetti -----
From: Edward Vielmetti <..>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:30:29 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [IP] Fwd: Columbia terminates Kermit Project after 30 years
To: Cameron Kaiser
[Charset UTF-8 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...]
If you know of any systematic efforts to take over orphaned projects,
this would not be a bad one to scoop up and preserve (if only for the
use of the name)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dave Farber <dfarber at me.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:25 PM
Subject: [IP] Fwd: Columbia terminates Kermit Project after 30 years
To: ip <ip at listbox.com>
Begin forwarded message:
*From:* Harry Saal <harry at saal.org>
*Date:* April 8, 2011 8:23:38 PM EDT
*To:* Dave Farber <Dave at farber.net>
*Subject:* *Columbia terminates Kermit Project after 30 years*
I have fond memories of transferring files from BBS's using Kermit.
>From <http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/>http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
Columbia University is proud of its role in developing and supporting the
Kermit protocol and software, first developed in 1981 by Columbia University
to facilitate interconnection of diverse computers and transfer of data
between them. Columbia has been pleased to offer the various versions of
Kermit software for free or at exceptionally low fees over the years,
providing what we believe has been a valuable contribution to the progress
and popularization of computing over the past 30 years.
Unfortunately, Columbia has determined it can no longer continue to support
the Kermit Project going forward. As of July 1st, 2011, development of any
new Kermit software enhancements at Columbia University will cease, as will
any ability of Columbia to provide ongoing maintenance and technical support
for Kermit.
----- End of forwarded message from Edward Vielmetti -----
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Sorry if this point has already been discussed; I'm very late to the
thread and too lazy to search. :)
Which * individuals * at Columbia led the original Kermit project? No
names are mentioned at http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/, or on Wikipedia,
etc.
Some old microwave stuff came into the radio museum lately, probably
60/70s vintage, amongst which was a piece with a "Control Data - TRG
Division" label on it. Control Data was even imprinted on the waveguide
adjustment micrometers. Idle curiousity, but anyone know how CD was
involved with microwave waveguide componentry, or what the TRG Division
was? (Chuck?) I didn't know CD branched out into anything beyond
computing.
You won't need documentation for this unit, if you're just going to use it.
The on-board jumpers are readily decoded -
Q22 C/D (For BA23/BA123 and similar)
Q22/Q22 for H9275 and similar backplanes.
W/BB or W/O BB - most folks won't have battery back-up for their CPU.
Remove your current CPU and all memory, and install the 993 in slot one.
Shift all of your other boards up accordingly.
It uses the standard DEC 11/93 I/O bulkhead (which is also for sale by ISSCCorp.)
It will probably start up asking for a boot device. Hit control-C twice to get to the boot menu,
which will give you the option to get into the boot menu, setup menu, and diagnostics menu.
You can completely configure the board from there.
Enjoy !
T
>
> The power supply for the reader in an ASR-33 is in the base, mounted
> near the top. A good picture of it can be seen here:
>
> http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/old_rdr_power.shtml
>
> I gather from your pics that you're running your ASR-33 baseless?
>
> -Dave
>
Yes, but I should be able to track down the power supply in my stuff
someplace. I will rejoin the base to the tty asap.
bd