11 Nov
2012
11 Nov
'12
2:20 p.m.
Hi list,
I'm almost done with the scanning of the 25-30 Sperry-Univac/Unisys binders regarding
OS/3, System-80 and DCP-hardware, I got from a company years ago. Parts of it are already
online on bitsavers, the rest will be made available to Al at the end of year. I just
wanted to make sure the content is scanned and thus saved and as I don't have the
hardware and therefore no use for it, I'd like to give the documentation away to
somebody who is interested in that. I'll give the documents to whoever seems most
approriate from my point of view. Hints to institutions or persons not being on the list
and favourable from you point of you are welcome, too.
Documents are located in Germany. Shipping would cost and need to be organised if you
don't want to pick up, but I'd help with organisation, if possible.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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11 Nov
11 Nov
2:42 p.m.
wonderful news Pierre! good work on what sounds to be a Herculean scanning
project.
I have half of a Unisys System 80/7E (it is actually a Unisys A-series A4
with a different microcode load to support the System 80 ISA). I'm hoping
to get the remainder of the system sometime in the next year, however aside
from a brochure I have zero documentation for the
system and have found
very little about OS3 itself.
I will be glad to make use of the PDFs once they are available (thank you
for submitting them to bitsavers) and would like to see the printed
material go to a formal organisation for long term preservation. However if
no one steps up then I can be a custodian-of-last-resort rather than seeing
the material discarded.
cheers,
nigel.
www.retroComputingTasmania.com
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:20 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:
I just wanted to make sure the content is scanned and
thus saved and as I
don't have the hardware and therefore no use for it, I'd like to give the
documentation away to somebody who is interested in that.
13 Nov
13 Nov
7:20 a.m.
Hello there,
indeed the scanning and sorting took quite some time, but I think that it was really worth
it. It's rare to obtain such a vast documentation set, so better scan it, if you have
the possibilities as a matter of artefact rescue for the future of collectors and
museums.
The scans kindly put online by Al are under
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/univac/system80
And there's already quite some documentation about OS/3 which came with the System-80
computer.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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Von: Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com>
An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Gesendet: 23:42 Sonntag, 11.November 2012
Betreff: Re: Huge lot of Univac/Unisys DCP / System-80 series manuals available soon
wonderful news Pierre! good work on what sounds to be a Herculean scanning
project.
I have half of a Unisys System 80/7E (it is actually a Unisys A-series A4
with a different microcode load to support the System 80 ISA). I'm hoping
to get the remainder of the system sometime in the next year, however aside
from a brochure I have zero documentation for the
system and have found
very little about OS3 itself.
I will be glad to make use of the PDFs once they are available (thank you
for submitting them to bitsavers) and would like to see the printed
material go to a formal organisation for long term preservation. However if
no one steps up then I can be a custodian-of-last-resort rather than seeing
the material discarded.
cheers,
nigel.
www.retroComputingTasmania.com
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:20 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:
I just wanted to make sure the content is scanned and
thus saved and as I
don't have the hardware and therefore no use for it, I'd like to give the
documentation away to somebody who is interested in that.
22 Feb
22 Feb
2:50 a.m.
Hello Nigel,
the scanning of the Univac documents is almost complete, except for the schematics. This
has still to be done. All in all, there are almost 60 binders of documentation with the
schematics, but 20 of them are the small binder type (A5).
I asked the german "deutsche Museum", if they are interested in the rather
complete documentation, but unfortunately, they aren't.
Museums in the US ask the donators to pay for the shipment and I'm not gonna do that
for these documents, considering the time, it already took me to scan everything and to
put it on bitsavers this year.
Are you still interested in the docs?
If you want more detailed information about them, let me know and I'll provide you
with a list of the docs in near future. You do not need to take everything, though it
would be good to know, that things go concentrated to a place where such a machine is
still on site.
I'd like to get rid of the docs in the upcoming months, as I need to change locations
this summer.
Kind regards,
Pierre
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________________________________
Von: Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com>
An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Gesendet: 23:42 Sonntag, 11.November 2012
Betreff: Re: Huge lot of Univac/Unisys DCP / System-80 series manuals available soon
wonderful news Pierre! good work on what sounds to be a Herculean scanning
project.
I have half of a Unisys System 80/7E (it is actually a Unisys A-series A4
with a different microcode load to support the System 80 ISA). I'm hoping
to get the remainder of the system sometime in the next year, however aside
from a brochure I have zero documentation for the system and have found
very little about OS3 itself.
I will be glad to make use of the PDFs once they are available (thank you
for submitting them to bitsavers) and would like to see the printed
material go to a formal organisation for long term preservation. However if
no one steps up then I can be a custodian-of-last-resort rather than seeing
the material discarded.
cheers,
nigel.
www.retroComputingTasmania.com
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:20 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:
I just wanted to make sure the content is scanned
and thus saved and as I
don't have the hardware and therefore no use for it, I'd like to give the
documentation away to somebody who is interested in that.
7:23 a.m.
New subject: WG: Huge lot of Univac/Unisys DCP / System-80 series manuals available soon
ups, that mesage was supposed to be private. Sorry folks.
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Von: P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com>
An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Gesendet: 11:50 Freitag, 22.Februar 2013
Betreff: Re: Huge lot of Univac/Unisys DCP / System-80 series manuals available soon
Hello Nigel,
the scanning of the Univac documents is almost complete, except for the schematics. This
has still to be done. All in all, there are almost 60 binders of documentation with the
schematics, but 20 of them are the small binder type (A5).
I asked the german "deutsche Museum", if they are interested in the rather
complete documentation, but unfortunately, they aren't.
Museums in the US ask the donators to pay for the shipment and I'm not gonna do that
for these documents, considering the time, it already took me to scan everything and to
put it on bitsavers this year.
Are you still interested in the docs?
If you want more detailed information about them, let me know and I'll provide you
with a list of the docs in near future. You do not need to take everything, though it
would be good to know, that things go concentrated to a place where such a machine is
still on site.
I'd like to get rid of the docs in the upcoming months, as I need to change locations
this summer.
Kind regards,
Pierre
?
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Pierre's collection of classic computers : http://classic-computing.dyndns.org/
________________________________
Von: Nigel Williams <nigel.d.williams at gmail.com>
An: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Gesendet: 23:42 Sonntag, 11.November 2012
Betreff: Re: Huge lot of Univac/Unisys DCP / System-80 series manuals available soon
wonderful news Pierre! good work on what sounds to be a Herculean scanning
project.
I have half of a Unisys System 80/7E (it is actually a Unisys A-series A4
with a different microcode load to support the System 80 ISA). I'm hoping
to get the remainder of the system sometime in the next year, however aside
from a brochure I have zero documentation for the system and have found
very little about OS3 itself.
I will be glad to make use of the PDFs once they are available (thank you
for submitting them to bitsavers) and would like to see the printed
material go to a formal organisation for long term preservation. However if
no one steps up then I can be a custodian-of-last-resort rather than seeing
the material discarded.
cheers,
nigel.
www.retroComputingTasmania.com
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 9:20 AM, P Gebhardt <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:
I just wanted to make sure the content is scanned
and thus saved and as I
don't have the hardware and therefore no use for it, I'd like to give the
documentation away to somebody who is interested in that.
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