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ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of First Modern Personal Computer

by glen.slick＠gmail.com

Saw this in the news today: http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2010/turing-award-09/ NEW YORK, March 9, 2010 ? ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery today named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award http://awards.acm.org/2010/turing-award.cfm for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and the prototype for networked personal computers. Thacker?s design, which he built while at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), reflected a new vision of a self-sufficient, networked computer on every desk, equipped with innovations that are standard in today?s models. Thacker was also cited for his contributions to the Ethernet local area network, which enables multiple computers to communicate and share resources, as well as the first multiprocessor workstation, and the prototype for today?s most used tablet PC, with its capabilities for direct user interaction. The Turing Award, widely considered the ?Nobel Prize in Computing,? is named for the British mathematician Alan M. Turing. The award carries a $250,000 prize, with financial support provided by Intel Corporation and Google Inc.

16 years, 1 month

Rack rails

by silvercreekvalley＠yahoo.com

Does anyone have any rack rails for sale (uk) for a regular 19" rack? These don't need to be the sliding type just a basic L shape rail? Contact me of list if you have anything. They are tricky to find for a reasonable price Thanks Ian

16 years, 1 month

rare systems

by evan＠snarc.net

Guys, don't confuse "rare" with "more historic". "Rare" just means "fewer". If the people at Tandy produced a limited-edition TRS-80, and the only difference was it had a yellow polka-dot case design, and only 100 were ever made, does that mean it's more "rare" than a Straight-8? Technically, yes! Does that make it more historic? It's too dumb a question to even ask. (I'm not putting down the PERQ systems, etc.; those are certainly historic in their own regard.) And yes, DEC isn't as popular as Apple; there won't be millions of DEC fanboys and stuff ...... But it's hard to argue that the Straight-8 isn't one of the most * historic * systems ever made, re: historic = grand context and importance to the history of the computer industry. Rarity is a big factor too, but the '8 has it all. Historic, rare, desirable.

16 years, 1 month

OT: for Christian Corti

by js＠cimmeri.com

Christian, received your email fine but still unable to reply. Here's the kind of errors I'm receiving, even with different email addresses: ---------------------------------------- A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: corticn at zdi2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de <mailto:corticn at zdi2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> (generated from cc at corti-net.de <mailto:cc at corti-net.de>) SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<corticn at zdi2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de <mailto:corticn at zdi2.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>>: host mailgw.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de [129.69.211.42]: 554 5.7.1 <jws at casient.net <mailto:jws at casient.net>>: Sender address rejected: Access denied ---------------------------------------- Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail2.sea5.speakeasy.net. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. <cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>: 129.69.211.41 does not acknowledge recipient. Remote host said: 554 5.7.1 <js at cimmeri.com>: Sender address rejected: Access denied Giving up on 129.69.211.41. - John Singleton

16 years, 1 month

Northstar Horizion

by rodsmallwood＠btconnect.com

Wanted all parts (excluding motherboard) for a Northstar Horizon preferably in the UK. Specifically: Any suitable S100 boards (Northstar originals if possible) Case/Chassis SA400 Floppy Drives Fortunately I can get the right PSU capacitors and a new 2 x 8v + 1 x 15v transformer wound to order. Not original but safer. Rod Smallwood

16 years, 1 month

Selling Calcomp 565 plotter

by pat＠computer-refuge.org

I'm working on clearing out my warehouse, and I'm selling one of my Calcomp 565 plotters on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220550441602 It came with a load of DG Nova gear that I rescued, but I've never had the opportunity to test it out. Pat -- Purdue University Research Computing --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org

16 years, 1 month

Way OT: hydroponics

by brianlanning＠gmail.com

If anyone here is into hydroponics, please let me know off-list. I have a few questions. Thanks. My wife suggested I use a classic computer to monitor the system. :-) brian

16 years, 1 month

by mtapley＠swri.edu

At 22:25:32 -0800 3/8/10, Sellam wrote: A straight-8 has come up for sale. I am representing the seller.... At 06:03:06 -0500 3/8/10, Steve wrote: >Hey guys, >Sorry for the shameful plug but... Kudos to Steve for his manners! Yeah, I know. :-( See the subject. Couldn't resist the 'attaboy. Don't think Sellam reads this anyway.

16 years, 1 month

OT: Best Glue for Marble

by ploopster＠gmail.com

Apologies for the OT, but there seem to be quite a few people on this list who are familiar with the subject of glue. I need to attach two pieces of marble to each other. There is a tiny gap between the pieces. What would be the best glue to use for something this hard, smooth and impermeable? Peace... Sridhar

16 years, 1 month

Anyone running RTE-M on an HP 21MX series M, E, or F?

by js＠cimmeri.com

> [Christian Corti replied:] > Hm, I've never tried RTE-M, although I have rev. 2140 on magtape. ** Christian, thank you for taking the time to reply. I'd like to ask you a question re your RTE-M off-list... would you kindly send me your email? js at cimmeri.com -- I tried your "cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de" address a few times but it bounces back. > Instead, I prefer RTE-6/VM on the 1000F. I have a setup with a 7905 > (shared in a multi-cpu configuration with a HP 2100S), a 7970B, a > 7970E, a 9122C, a 7958B (system disk), 2648 on a BACI and a terminal > server on all the ports of an 8-channel MUX. Lovely system, and very > different from most modern stuff. > And the 2100S runs RTE-II from the fixed platter of the 7905. ** I am very impressed with your collection. How did you get a 9122C working? > Simh has proved to be very useful especially when generating a new > system. ** Yes, it looks like we'll be forced to use SIMH to try to generate a CS/80 compatible primary tape. John Singleton

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