4 Jun
2008
4 Jun
'08
12:28 p.m.
For those intersted in DEC equipment and one aspect of their their usage (UK
I'm afraid)
Details of a now defunct Military installation that used various DEC
computers has recently gone online.
These documents from about 1980 show PDP 11/10's and 11/40's used for jet
engine research and how they were utilised.
I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid 1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B systems. I
also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
It was all decomissioned in 2002, who knows where all the kit went but the
urban explorer forums say it has all gone. Typical UK government, we dont
want it so nobody can have it.
Main document - http://www.ngte.co.uk/doc/doc/etf1.htm
Data processingsection - http://www.ngte.co.uk/doc/doc/etf5.htm
Mike.
4 Jun
4 Jun
3:43 p.m.
>>>
I was the tech involved in the
installation of the 11/40 in the mid 1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B systems. I
also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
<<<<
I see that the mainframe configuration included a "British Standard
Interface" -
so the one we had at City University wasn't the only one then :-)
"George Mk 8.64" is presumably some release of George III (or possibly IV)
Andy
5 Jun
5 Jun
5:18 a.m.
New subject: [personal] RE: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations
That ICL 1904 installation was after my time and I presume it replaced the
SDS 9300, did not think George went up as high as version 8. Photos in the
document show the 11/40 in the same position as I remember, and recent forum
posts show the same wallpaper as appear in the 11/40 photo over 20 years
later ! .
Who knows what a "British Standard Interface" was, all the interfaces on
those machines were usually hand built in house, I did some of them !.
Mike.
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Subject: [personal] RE: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations
>>>
I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid
1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B systems.
It
also lists an ICL1904 running George Mk 8.64.
<<<<
I see that the mainframe configuration included a "British Standard
Interface" -
so the one we had at City University wasn't the only one then :-)
"George Mk 8.64" is presumably some release of George III (or possibly IV)
Andy
17 Jun
17 Jun
5:43 p.m.
On 4/6/08 17:28, "Mike Hatch" <mike at brickfieldspark.org> wrote:
For those intersted in DEC equipment and one aspect of
their their usage (UK
I'm afraid)
Details of a now defunct Military installation that used various DEC
computers has recently gone online.
These documents from about 1980 show PDP 11/10's and 11/40's used for jet
engine research and how they were utilised.
I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid 1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B systems. I
also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
It was all decomissioned in 2002, who knows where all the kit went but the
urban explorer forums say it has all gone. Typical UK government, we dont
want it so nobody can have it.
Thanks Mike,
I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round Pyestock with the creator
of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't updated
it since shortly after said Events. I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse now.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
18 Jun
18 Jun
4:55 a.m.
New subject: [personal] Re: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations
Adrian, Hi.
I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse now.
Far from it, Tesco's have pulled out after a spirited campaign by a local
group,over 12,000 signatures against. Tesco's had also at the same time put
in for the same size development as Pyestock (1.3M Sq ft) at Andover
Airfield and they went for that one after the campaign success. At the
moment the Pyestock developers now only have a speculative application with
no takers, but they are still pressing ahead.
Recent photos on the exploration forums show that demolition machines have
moved onto the Pyestock site, so it seem some parts of it are coming down.
Also security on site has apparently got a whole lot tighter (dogs).
I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round
Pyestock with the
creator
of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't
updated
it since shortly after said Events.
He is still doing some updates I gather, the most recent prompted my post
about the Pyestock PDP's.
Should a trip be planned let me know, interested in going, I worked there
for almost 10 years in the computing department.
Best regards,
Mike Hatch
Web - www.soemtron.org
Email - mike at soemtron.org
Looking for a PDP-7 (some hope!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Graham" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: [personal] Re: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations
On 4/6/08 17:28, "Mike Hatch" <mike at
brickfieldspark.org> wrote:
For those intersted in DEC equipment and one
aspect of their their usage
(UK
I'm afraid)
Details of a now defunct Military installation that used various DEC
computers has recently gone online.
These documents from about 1980 show PDP 11/10's and 11/40's used for jet
engine research and how they were utilised.
I was the tech involved in the installation of the 11/40 in the mid
1970's,
and maintenance at that time of the PDP7, SDS9300 and Elliot 803B
systems. I
also lists an ICL1904s running George Mk 8.64.
It was all decomissioned in 2002, who knows where all the kit went but
the
urban explorer forums say it has all gone. Typical UK government, we dont
want it so nobody can have it.
Thanks Mike,
I'd forgotten I was supposed to try and get round Pyestock with the
creator
of that site but Life Events got in the way and I even see he hasn't
updated
it since shortly after said Events. I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse
now.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
3:16 p.m.
New subject: [personal] Re: UK PDP 11/10 - 11/40 NGTE Installations
On 18/6/08 09:55, "Mike Hatch" <mike at brickfieldspark.org> wrote:
Adrian, Hi.
Impressive, nice to see that the locals seem to care about the history of
the place!
I guess it's all a Tesco warehouse now.
Far from it, Tesco's have pulled out after a spirited campaign by a local
group,over 12,000 signatures against. Tesco's had also at the same time put
in for the same size development as Pyestock (1.3M Sq ft) at Andover Recent photos on the exploration forums show that
demolition machines have
moved onto the Pyestock site, so it seem some parts of it are coming down.
Also security on site has apparently got a whole lot tighter (dogs).
I'm surprised they're not letting select groups in to explore the place
actually, I must check the urbanex stuff tonight, it's a long time since I
did. Pity the DEC stuff is long gone (he says keeping things on topic :))
He is still doing some updates I gather, the most
recent prompted my post
about the Pyestock PDP's.
Nice to see a MINC in use too, now that it's warm I should try and get mine
running though I gather the PSU on a MINC is a complex beast.
Should a trip be planned let me know, interested in
going, I worked there
for almost 10 years in the computing department.
I will, but I think Simon doesn't like strangers with him. Don't blame him
really.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
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