Also, the computer history museum has a listing, so someone might be interested in getting the original code running on an emulator:
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726903
> On May 26, 2018, at 10:00 AM, steven at malikoff.com wrote:
>
> I don't know if any source is still available, but for a long time I've been fascinated by Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad running on the TX-2:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USyoT_Ha_bA
>
> Since Sutherland's technical report is also on the web (https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-574.html) I reckon it would make for a great 3rd-year Computer Science graphics assignment, to replicate Sketchpad using a high level language. A look through the report shows the use of rings, linked lists, recursion, storage considerations, maths, graphics and so on (only needing to replace the light pen with the mouse of course) which could be a fascinating exercise for a student. Yes there are already Sketchpad-named apps and Sketchpad-like programs, but I'm not sure if there is a near-100% faithful recreation of that original program as demoed in the film out there.
>
> Steve.
Hi guys - wonder if any OCR aficionado can help me out please.
I'm trying to clean up some old computer docs.
One of things I'm doing is running OCR over them, in particular Adobe's ClearScan which I really like for document clarity and small
file sizes.
A few of them are producing the error:
Acrobat could not perform recognition (ocr) on this page because:
ENU
Most OCR errors relate to renderable text but I can't find an explanation for "ENU"
Has anyone encountered this OCR error and can tell me what it means please.
Thank you.
Kevin Parker
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Ahoy HP Aficionados!
I have for sale here one nice set of documentation for the HP 2116C.
There are a total of three original HP binders, each with a multitude of
individual documents, as follows:
Binder No. 4
HP BASIC (April 1970)
HP FORTRAN (April 1970)
Small Programs Manual
- SIO Teleprinter Driver (LP Compatible) (April 1970)
HP ALGOL (April 1970)
Symbolic Editor (April 1970)
Binder No. 5
12597A-002 Tape Reader Interface Kit Operating and Service Manual (November
1970)
2748A Tape Reader Operating and Service Manual (October 1970)
12531C Buffered Teleprinter Interface Kit Operating and Service Manual
(July 1971)
Manual of Diagnostics
- Alter-Skip Instruction Test (June 1970)
- Memory Reference Instruction Test (June 1970)
- Shift-Rotate Instruction Test (June 1970)
- HP 2116B Low Memory Address Test and HP 2116B High Memory Address Test
(January 1971)
- Tape Reader Test (January 1971)
- Computer Interrupt Diagnostic (June 1970)
- HP 2116C Low Memory Pattern Test and HP 2116C High Memory PatternTest
(September 1970)
- Power Fail Interrupt (February 1970)
- General Purpose Register Diagnostic (May 1971)
- HP 2116 TTY Test (April 1971)
12566A Microcircuit Interface Computer Interface Kit (December 1968)
Binder No. 6
2752A Teleprinter Operating and Service Manual (November 1970)
Teletype Corporation Bulletin 310B Vol 1: Technical Manual, 33
Teletypewriter Sets: Receive-Only (RO), Keyboard Send-Receive (KSR),
Automatic Send-Receive (ASR)
Teletype Corporation Bulletin 310B Vol 2: Technical Manual, 33
Teletypewriter Sets: Keyboard Send-Receive (KSR), Receive-Only (RO),
Automatic Send-Receive (ASR)
Teletype Corporation Bulletin 1184B: 33 Page Printer Set (ASR, KSR AND RO)
Parts
I am asking $250 or best offer. As always, please respond directly via
e-mail if interested.
Thanks!
Sellam
>
>For the last five years I've been working with Qualcomm and others to
>allow the Computer History Museum to release the source code of what
>was, in my opinion, the finest email client ever written: Eudora.
>It's finally done!
Yay! Now someone can fix the bugs :-) (6.2 here. Massive archive of
emails. The search function is superb).
W
My latest score is an HP 9836CU (so, color with a 68010 CPU and HP-UX
support) with a 98625A disk interface. I got the matching monitor, but
I didn't get the video cable.
Googling turns up that it's a very proprietary interface, but I could
find nothing about the cable. It's a 15 pin D-sub at each end and I'm
hoping that it's just straight through, but have been unable to verify
that.
Does anybody know? Or Is there anybody that has a 9836C or CU and
would be willing to examine the video cable, please?
Thanks
Robert
For a while I have collected bits of legacy CAD, most recently Martin Hepperle sent me what I believe is the last version of Hank Christianson's MOVIE.BYU, a FORTRAN based 3D modeling and animation system.
I also have experimented with the original Berkley SPICE, also written in FORTRAN.
This weekend, I am reading "the Engineering Design Revolution", a 650 page history of the CAD industry by David Weisberg, who was there and worked for many of the companies in the beginning of the industry, I highly recommend this for anyone interested in CAD:
www.cadhistory.net<http://www.cadhistory.net>
The Engineering Design Revolution<http://www.cadhistory.net/>
www.cadhistory.net
The Engineering Design Revolution. The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering. By. David E. Weisberg
My question is, did any of the source code for these systems, Applicon, Auto-Trol, Calma, ComputerVision, thousands of lines of primarily FORTRAN ever make it out, where we could read and study this original body of mathematical geometry done on computers?
I know we are primarily a hardware group here, but where is the interest in the software discussed?
Randy