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Dave
-----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod
> Smallwood
> Sent: 21 August 2015 11:41
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> Subject: Re: out-of-mainstream minis
>
> I'm sure its very intersting.
> The website is designed for domestic consumption only as its all in
> Danish.
>
> Rod
>
>
> On 21/08/2015 11:27, Ian S. King wrote:
>
>> I had the privilege of visiting what Nico calls a 'museum-to-be'
>> yesterday evening, and it is far more than most of what I've seen!
>> They have a very substantial collection of all sorts of systems,
>> peripherals and documentation, including a GIER from ca. 1962 that I
>> saw
>>
> (and heard) run.
>
>> As a debugging/operations aid, they had attached the overflow bit to a
>> speaker so it could generate 1-bit sound - one demo they gave me was a
>> program to calculate e that played a sound for each iteration so you
>> could hear the steady progress. But of course if there is a sound
>> output, no one can avoid playing with it. There were numerous pieces
>> of computationally generated music composed for the machine (on paper
>> tape), but also a program for playing a recorded, real-life sound in
>> 1-bit
>>
> audio!
>
>> The collection includes numerous other computers including pretty much
>> the entire RC line, as well as pre-computer tabulators, keypunches,
>> paper handling machine and the like. The artifacts are well-ordered
>> and in large part well labeled for even the uninitiated visitor.
>>
>> Everything is laid out quite thoughtfully, with wide aisles, in a
>> large, well-lit basement. There are interpretive displays here and
>> there, as well as a small but appealing lecture/display area.
>>
>> The datamuseum.dk collection represents 25 years of accumulation, I
>> was told. But more importantly, I think their work demonstrates a
>> very well-considered approach for presenting the history of the
>> collection's machines to visitors.
>>
>> My hosts were also warm and wonderful people who clearly love what
>> they do and enjoy sharing it. They made me feel among friends, if not
>> family. :-)
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Finn and everyone else (sorry, I'm bad with names), for
>> sharing your time and your passion with me! -- Ian
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Nico de Jong <nico at farumdata.dk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I share your favourite(s). In the danish IT-museum-to-be (
>>>
www.datamuseum.dk) we have two P857-based systems running. We
>>>
>> have
>
>> lots of spare parts and nearly all documentation, so if you need
>>> something, you are welcome to ask.
>>> I'm presently building a "table top" version of a system with
the
>>> P857 CPU, 35cm H x 60 deep x 19" wide, with a dual 8" floppy
drive,
>>> and a 80486 PC for program loading etc.
>>> The system is built into a P859 box. The P859 CPU is special, as it
>>> has a
>>> V24 connection that goes to a LED display with push buttons. Very
>>> nice indeed.
>>> For that system, I have developped a Windows based Assembler, and a
>>> Windows based simulator. The simulator takes assembled programs (in
>>> my system called *.OBJ) and the original source. You can then step
>>> through the instructions, and follow them through the text file on
>>> the PC.
>>> I am presently trying to execute various utility programs, sent to me
>>> by a Belgion ex-Philips employee, who did a lot of work on the P800
>>>
>> series.
>
>> I myself worked with the P800 series, disguised as the PTS6800 series
>>> for
>>> 4-5 years full time.
>>> The PTS 6800 series was used extensively in banks, mainly in
>>> Scandinavia, Greece, Barclay SouthAfrica, Philippines. In Sweden also
>>> in the airline industry. In Denmark it was used mainly by local
>>> authorities, PTT, Railway (ticket printing), and some other
>>> small-time projects. In one of the project it was connected to an
>>> ATM (fun
>>>
>> project).
>
>> I know of one collector in the Netherlands (Camiel), and some guys
>>> who have no hardware but a lot of knowledge /Nico
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: tony duell
>>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 7:31 AM
>>> Subject: RE: out-of-mainstream minis
>>>
>>>
>>> Not all minis came from the States :-)
>>>
>>> One of my favourite non-mainstream families is the Philips P800
>>> series.
>>> It's
>>> a 16 bit machine with 16 registers (0 is the program counter
>>> and 15
>>> is the stack pointer, rest are mostly general purpose) and
>>> separate
>>> I/O instructions (not memory-mapped I/O). There were several
>>> models
>>> with various implementations of the architecture, including
>>>
>>> P850 (TTL, hardwired not microcoded)
>>>
>>> P855, P852, P856, P857, P860 (TTL, microcoded)
>>>
>>> P851 (Custom bitslice ICs, microcoded)
>>>
>>> P854 (AM2900 bitslice, microcoded)
>>>
>>> P853 I think (Single chip)
>>>
>>> No, I don't have all of those...
>>>
>>> -tony
>>> =
>>>
>>>
>>