14 Oct
2005
14 Oct
'05
5:43 p.m.
Subject: Re: Releasing OS/2
From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:21:24 -0600
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Allison wrote:
Cards to add other CPUs to PC are many. At any time there were:
8751 (multiples for Mandelbrot calulations)
Z80
Other X86
Z8000
68000
16032
T-11 (PDP-11)
All come to mind. Many had no OS as they relied on the host processor for
support.
Allison
My original intent was limited to OSs that were
operable on PCs. If
there is OS/9 for PC then by all means but I'd suspect comparison would
be to unix/linux rather than Dos/win.
Circuit Cellar had a Z8000 and on card for the PC once. Does anybody
remember
just what it ran? Other than 386's was there any other add on cards for
the PC? 
25 Oct
25 Oct
1:08 a.m.
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:43 -0400, Allison wrote:
Norsk Data made a NORD-100 on a 3/4 or full-length ISA board. It
cost
millions and millions of kroner (7 kr ~= 1 $) in RnD in the 1980s. I
think it was one of their biggest flops. I think the amount of units
sold barely made three digits. It might have been the first ND-100 in
VLSI. It would trap in and out of ND-100 mode using a special keycode on
the keyboard in the PC's they sold them with. When in ND mode it would
use the x86 as an I/O processor, and communicate with it using a memory
window.
IBM also had S/370 MCA boards implementing a microcoded S/370 on a
MC68000.
Circuit Cellar
had a Z8000 and on card for the PC once. Does anybody
remember
just what it ran? Other than 386's was there any other add on cards for
the PC?
Cards to add other CPUs to PC are many. At any time there were:
8751 (multiples for Mandelbrot calulations)
Z80
Other X86
Z8000
68000
16032
T-11 (PDP-11) All come to mind. Many had no OS as they relied on
the host processor for
support.
The '100 had a to me unknown amount of RAM, but probably no more than
1MB and no less than 128KB. It ran SINTRAN on the onboard RAM. I know of
the existance of one and will snap a shot or two of it next time I'm
there.
-toresbe
1:20 a.m.
Whoa, OS/2 was * just * on my mind tonight. I need to know (as precisely as
possible) when Warp Beta II debuted. Also, I need to know it right away, is
urgent...
Thanks,
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Tore S Bekkedal
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:08 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Releasing OS/2
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:43 -0400, Allison wrote:
Norsk Data made a NORD-100 on a 3/4 or full-length ISA board. It
cost
millions and millions of kroner (7 kr ~= 1 $) in RnD in the 1980s. I
think it was one of their biggest flops. I think the amount of units
sold barely made three digits. It might have been the first ND-100 in
VLSI. It would trap in and out of ND-100 mode using a special keycode on
the keyboard in the PC's they sold them with. When in ND mode it would
use the x86 as an I/O processor, and communicate with it using a memory
window.
IBM also had S/370 MCA boards implementing a microcoded S/370 on a
MC68000.
Circuit Cellar
had a Z8000 and on card for the PC once. Does anybody
remember just what it ran? Other than 386's was there any other add
on cards for the PC?
Cards to add other CPUs to PC are many. At any time there
were:
8751 (multiples for Mandelbrot calulations)
Z80
Other X86
Z8000
68000
16032
T-11 (PDP-11) All come to mind. Many had no OS as they relied on
the host processor for
support.
The '100 had a to me unknown amount
of RAM, but probably no more than
1MB and no less than 128KB. It ran SINTRAN on the onboard RAM. I know of
the existance of one and will snap a shot or two of it next time I'm
there.
-toresbe
2:07 a.m.
Err, nevermind. Got it.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of 'Computer Collector Newsletter'
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:21 AM
To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'
Subject: RE: Releasing OS/2
Whoa, OS/2 was * just * on my mind tonight. I need to know (as precisely as
possible) when Warp Beta II debuted. Also, I need to know it right away, is
urgent...
Thanks,
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Tore S Bekkedal
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1:08 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Releasing OS/2
On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 17:43 -0400, Allison wrote:
Norsk Data made a NORD-100 on a 3/4 or full-length ISA board. It
cost
millions and millions of kroner (7 kr ~= 1 $) in RnD in the 1980s. I think
it was one of their biggest flops. I think the amount of units sold barely
made three digits. It might have been the first ND-100 in VLSI. It would
trap in and out of ND-100 mode using a special keycode on the keyboard in
the PC's they sold them with. When in ND mode it would use the x86 as an I/O
processor, and communicate with it using a memory window.
IBM also had S/370 MCA boards implementing a microcoded S/370 on a MC68000.
Circuit Cellar
had a Z8000 and on card for the PC once. Does anybody
remember just what it ran? Other than 386's was there any other add
on cards for the PC?
Cards to add other CPUs to PC are many. At any time there
were:
8751 (multiples for Mandelbrot calulations) Z80 Other X86 Z8000
68000
16032
T-11 (PDP-11) All come to mind. Many had no OS as they relied on
the host processor
for
support.
The '100 had a to me unknown amount
of RAM, but probably no more than 1MB
and no less than 128KB. It ran SINTRAN on the onboard RAM. I know of the
existance of one and will snap a shot or two of it next time I'm there.
-toresbe
10:52 a.m.
New subject: Documation Card reader on ebay
300 CPM Documation Card reader on eBay
8713845191
This guy has several of them. They came from Harris County election
processing. They are in Bryan Texas and in nice shipping containers.
Gil
12:39 p.m.
New subject: Documation Card reader on ebay
"Gil Carrick" wrote:
300 CPM Documation Card reader on eBay
8713845191
This guy has several of them. They came from Harris County election
processing. They are in Bryan Texas and in nice shipping containers.
oh! oh!
I've been dieing for one of those but refused to pay $300 (ok, I'm cheap
about some things and absolutely foolish about others).
-brad
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