I've just come into a couple of CSPI VME cards, an SC-3XL and an SC-4XL (both with attached memory), and I was wondering if anyone has documentation.
They're based on the Intel i860 and intended for VME-based array processors.
-- Chris
Picked up a CDC 94166 ESDI disk on Ebay last week, arrived and sure
enough it works. No errors either, so I can now give my 30+ year old
Fujitsu 2322 a rest and load up rsx11m+ instead of 11/m 4.2
After formatting it on the MTI controller (MQD13) I set the first
partition to 30mb and loaded up my RT11 5.7 backup from the TK50 onto it
with no issues.
Productive. If I can find my DEQNA and an AUI to wireless adapter I
could get this thing up on the net.....
Use modern email program that sees expanded char. Sets and graphics.... it is a brand new world !??? I love old hardware to look at but if communicating? I like? the ability to see graphical? things...? and I think tell majority of people like? images of things......?? Ed#
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Fred Cisin via cctalk <cisin at xenosoft.com; cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, ED SHARPE @ AOHell.com via cctalk wrote:
> These 2 have my vote as well....
> I do not know, anyone using a text only mail reader anymore!
>
>> The one thing I would change here is removal of the restriction on attachments.
>> Well, two things.. Getting rid of the cctalk/cctech split as well.
I read this list on PINE, on a shell account at my ISP.
In this group, I doubt that I am the only one.
Can we restrict to TEXT emails?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred? ? ??? ??? cisin at xenosoft.com
> From: Paul Koning
> airfight and any number of other multi-user games -- a thing made
> popular by PLATO and possibly originated there.
What was the date on that? Multi-player MazeWar on the Imlacs/ITS at MIT was
running before 1976 (I played it about then), but I don't recall exactly when
it first ran (before my time).
Noel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan
> via cctalk
> Sent: 18 June 2020 08:22
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: RE: Future of cctalk/cctech
>
> ED SHARPE wrote:
> > Use modern email program that sees expanded char. Sets and
> > graphics.... it is a brand new world ! I love old hardware to look
> > at but if communicating I like the ability to see graphical
> > things... and I think tell majority of people like images of
> > things...... Ed#
> >
>
Just beware. Some environments, especially old EBCDIC ones put different currency symbols on the same code points
So:-
I wrote this as one dollar => $1.00
This as one pound => $1
And this as one euro => ?1
Lastly one cent => ?1
I expect you all get that as sent except for perhaps the Euro which didn't exist when Peters VAX was built....
... but on an old UK EBCDIC mainframe Dollar becomes Pound and Cent becomes dollar. This was a real pain as a UK user of Bitnet.
Dave
> Let me get this straight. If I stop using VMS MAIL for this list and use one of
> these new fangled things instead, I too will be able to make high quality
> postings to the list, just like this one???
>
> Regards,
> Peter Coghlan
>
> >
> > On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 Fred Cisin via cctalk <cisin at xenosoft.com;
> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, ED SHARPE @ AOHell.com via cctalk wrote:
> > > These 2 have my vote as well....
> > > I do not know, anyone using a text only mail reader anymore!
> > >
> > >> The one thing I would change here is removal of the restriction on
> attachments.
> > >> Well, two things.. Getting rid of the cctalk/cctech split as well.
> >
> > I read this list on PINE, on a shell account at my ISP.
> >
> > In this group, I doubt that I am the only one.
> >
> >
> > Can we restrict to TEXT emails?
> >
> > --
> > Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
> >
https://archive.org/details/FarewellEtaoinShrdlu
28min documentary on the last ever edition of the NY Times to be
printed using hot metal -- before they switched to what are now a
quite choice assortment of late-'70s minicomputers. I think I spotted
a PDP, a Data General and some IBM device, but I am no expert in this
era.
As a veteran reader of Fredric Brown, especially "the Enchanted
Linotype", I have been using ETAOIN SHRDLU to win at Hangman for many
years... but I'd never seen one working before. It all still seems
like magic to me. I've worked in the magazine industry so I should
know more about this stuff, but I never worked at the repro end of
things...
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> From: Camiel Vanderhoeven
> I know Intel made the in-4011 for the PDP-11, but I never saw a picture
> of it.
Was it UNIBUS memory, or what? It doesn't seem to be in that table of early
Intel products.
BTW, speaking of Intel PDP-11 memory, I have this:
http://gunkies.org/wiki/File:IN-1611.jpg
QBUS Intel memory board; hven't tried to get it running, though.
Noel
Al wrote:
>With Jay retiring, what are the hosting plans for these mailing lists?
Well at least for me, there's more to it than that ?
I retired from general work on 4/30/20. My consulting firm is going to be kept open on paper for a few years at least but I doubt I will be transacting much business through it. I guess if someone comes by with a short project that I find interesting, I may do it through that company but mostly it's staying open to handle a few germane expenses. All staff and offices are gone and regular payrolls ended 4/30.
That leaves the hosting company for me to determine scope/future. Since that company (as long as you are proactive with admin tasks) takes virtually zero work and allows me to have a grossly oversized but paid for full-on high availability virtualization architecture, I was going to keep it going during retirement with just a few very low maintenance customers that cover the costs. I basically can then host any personal/hobby related sites for myself and friends at literally zero cost. In this company I do have one business partner, and that relationship has become quite difficult lately. So much so, that I'm ready to just turn it off and walk away. I'm sorry, but I have reached the point in my life where that stress outweighs the benefits. This infrastructure is of course where I've hosted not only the classiccmp mailing list, but a fair chunk of other classic computing related websites and services at zero cost to their respective owners.
Throw in to the mix that for whatever reason - while I have dutifully taken care of this list and a lot of other related websites for probably 15+ years or more - I honestly don't feel that I am doing a good job of it's care & feeding lately. I think it's time for fresh eyes and attitudes to carry it forward. I hope no one begrudges me for after decades finally saying "it's time". I have enjoyed being of service.
First and foremost, there is no worry about future hosting plans for above content. I'm not going to just turn it off one day - the grizzled veterans here that know me well know that I would not let that happen. There is no sense of immediate urgency nor any possibility of data just disappearing. That being said, I do wish to move steadily forward with those plans.
Second, I do not wish to pass this off to someone who "has a server in their basement" or has spare space on a vps. While I appreciate these offers and the desire to help, I'm not sure you have full knowledge of what all is here. Putting it on a "PC in your basement" is not the environment this stuff requires. At the very least, asymmetric bandwidth (what most people have in their homes) is a non-starter. Sneaking it on to your company infrastructure isn't good either, as there is almost always a builtin "need to move this stuff soon" disruption in store.
I've already been working with folks in this community to figure out what to offload, where, how, etc. That work will continue, and I suspect that each separate migration will go off transparently with little or no outward signs of change. Also, I am definitely not leaving the hobby; I just look forward to participating as an end-user instead of host. Just as a heads up at the same time I am looking to thin my herd; not because I've lost interest but because I want to gain focus. That means most likely that I will be moving out a lot of choice DEC, Data General, Heathkit, and related items. I will post separately on that topic, but at the least I am going to keep/focus on HP and a couple others.
Will post more info once I have it ?
Best,
J
Hi,
Back in 2017, I posted something about seeing a possible first-ever
reference to the idea of 3-D printing in a 1951 issue of Galaxy Science
Fiction magazine.
I stumbled over an even earlier one tonight...
The September, 1941, issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine has a
story called "Elsewhere" by Caleb Saunders (a pseudonym of Robert A.
Heinlein). On page 118 we see:
[They used] a single general type of machine to manufacture almost
anything. They fed into it a plan which Igor called, for want of a better
term, the blueprints. It was, in fact, a careful scale model of the device
to be manufactured; the machine retooled itself and produced the artifact.
A three-dimensional pantograph, Igor called the machine, vaguely and
inaccurately. One of them was, at that moment, molding the bodies of
fighting planes out. of plastic, all in one piece and in one operation.
Stan
I have been "hunting" for a PLATO V terminal for some time. It was made by
Regency - Carroll.
If there is such a terminal gathering dust in a shed or garage and the
owner would like to find a good home for it then please let me know.
I have successfully restored a Control Data Corp IST-3 terminal and 721
Viking terminal and have the skills, equipment and passion to restore the
terminal to its former beauty and functionality.
Tom Hunter
