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.
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
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.
Christian, received your email fine but still unable to reply. Here's
the kind of errors I'm receiving, even with different email addresses:
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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
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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
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
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
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.
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
> [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