22 May
1998
22 May
'98
7:11 a.m.
Here's a quote from a DEC manual I have:
"The VAX 785 features fast RAM microcode..."
Does that mean the 785 loads all it's microcode from the floppy?
I've located the rest of a VAX 785 CPU, and I can have it,
but the brakes in my car have failed (Rather spectacularly, I might add...)
so they'll have to wait a day or two...
Another thing: The emergency brakes in a Chevy Sprint will NOT stop
the car in a hurry.
They will, however, cause the car to SKID in a hurry...
(No, I didn't hit anyone. But I did scare the bejesus out of myself.)
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22 May
22 May
7:41 a.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
At 09:11 5/22/98 -0700, Daniel wrote:
I've located the rest of a VAX 785 CPU, and I can
have it....
Another thing: The emergency brakes in a Chevy Sprint....
....wait....
The man hauls around big VAXen in a Chevy Sprint?!
A Chevy Sprint is a rebadged Suzuki Alto!
It's the size of a big beach umbrella!
I'm impressed!
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Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
7:46 a.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
[Hauls big VAXen in a Sprint?]
I'm young, I'm nuts, and all I had was the CPU board set.
I *DID* haul my PDP-11/44 in it though...
(Tower, this is Grasshopper, we are 5deg nose high, give us wings and we're
clear to go!)
[Sprint is a rebadged]
He's not kidding. My stepdad was able to repair the engine with motorcycle
parts. It's a Suzuki moto engine turned sideways, with a few changes.
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11:31 a.m.
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6:07 p.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
Tony Duell wrote:
Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
[Hauls big
VAXen in a Sprint?]
I'm young, I'm nuts, and all I had was the CPU board set.
I *DID* haul my PDP-11/44 in it though...
If that's the car I think it is, I know somebody who managed to get a
PERQ + monitor and bits into one...
(Tower, this is Grasshopper, we are 5deg nose high, give us wings and we're
clear to go!)
I don't drive, but I actually managed to convince my father to buy a
Citroen BX (with that wonderful suspension system) as it's ideal for
shifting computers about it. It'll stay level with a Sun 3/260, PDP11/44,
PDP8/e, Zilog unix box, NS* horizon, Acorn System 4, manuals, printsets,
spares, etc in it...
10:02 p.m.
New subject: 785 cc microcars (OT)
At 23:07 5/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in
transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
Eee, lad, y're not up on yer British automotive innovation. The
four-wheeled powered bicycle was the Berkeley Frisky. My other fave was
the Ginetta 1600 R, which is what you got when you crossed a Ford Cortina
with a bespoke tapered London suit. Then there was always, gawdelpus, the
three-wheel Morgan.
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Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
23 May
23 May
9:59 a.m.
New subject: 785 cc microcars (OT)
At 12:02 AM 5/23/98 -0700, you wrote:
At 23:07 5/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
How about the Austin Seven, in which, if I have been informed correctly,
the oil would migrate up the steering column and drip into one's lap.
Cheers
Charlie Fox ('52 MG TD owner)
Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in
transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
Eee, lad, y're not up on yer British automotive innovation. The
four-wheeled powered bicycle was the Berkeley Frisky. My other fave was
the Ginetta 1600 R, which is what you got when you crossed a Ford Cortina
with a bespoke tapered London suit. Then there was always, gawdelpus, the
three-wheel Morgan.
__________________________________________
Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
6:08 p.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
At 11:07 PM 22-05-98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in
transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
Hey, this is getting personal :-) The world seems a different place behind
the wheel of my 1948 Minor Low Light. I'll admit it's not powerful, but
that's not the point!
To add a little (very small) bit of historical computing content, I always
try to think of the way the world was when "Bertie" (the car) was built.
It's hard to think of an effectively no-computer world. I often wonder what
I'd have done for a living if I'd been born 50 years earlier...
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
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24 May
24 May
3:12 a.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
Huw Davies wrote:
At 11:07 PM 22-05-98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
Not something I tend to dwell upon, since after I was born in 1955 I
spent almost a month in an an incubator -- if I'd been born even ten
years earlier my chance of living long enough to be circumcised
would have been slim. (Rh factor incompatibility).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Yeah, but you Brits have got _weird_ concepts in
transportation.
The Morris Minor for instance never should have been licensed as
an automobile -- a four-wheeled powered bicycle on its best day.
Hey, this is getting personal :-) The world seems a different place behind
the wheel of my 1948 Minor Low Light. I'll admit it's not powerful, but
that's not the point!
To add a little (very small) bit of historical computing content, I always
try to think of the way the world was when "Bertie" (the car) was built.
It's hard to think of an effectively no-computer world. I often wonder what
I'd have done for a living if I'd been born 50 years earlier... 
22 May
22 May
7:48 a.m.
New subject: Vax 785 and microcars
Reminds me about the first time I stompped the brakes on my Chevy
Citation. Side window became the front view real quick.
George
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George L. Rachor george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Kip Crosby wrote:
At 09:11 5/22/98 -0700, Daniel wrote:
I've located the rest of a VAX 785 CPU, and I
can have it....
Another thing: The emergency brakes in a Chevy Sprint....
....wait....
The man hauls around big VAXen in a Chevy Sprint?!
A Chevy Sprint is a rebadged Suzuki Alto!
It's the size of a big beach umbrella!
I'm impressed!
__________________________________________
Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
5:38 p.m.
Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:
Here's a quote from a DEC manual I have:
"The VAX 785 features fast RAM microcode..."
Does that mean the 785 loads all it's microcode from the floppy?
I've located the rest of a VAX 785 CPU, and I can have it,
but the brakes in my car have failed (Rather spectacularly, I might add...)
so they'll have to wait a day or two...
Another thing: The emergency brakes in a Chevy Sprint will NOT stop
the car in a hurry.
They will, however, cause the car to SKID in a hurry...
(No, I didn't hit anyone. But I did scare the bejesus out of myself.)
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A teacher of mine told me many years ago that if you've never wet
your pants behind the wheel, you should never try commuting in
New York or Los Angeles -- you're not braced for the stress.
(I spent many years commuting Los Angeles, now working in NYC I
prefer to take the train, since even the cab drivers are suicidal
idiots -- plus there's this stupid law that you _can't_ turn right
at a red light -- but apparently going straight through red lights
is OK or rules against it are unenforced -- probably the cops find
it safer to chase those making the turn.)
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
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