28 Dec
2018
28 Dec
'18
4:37 p.m.
Being the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 8, I was watching a newly-uploaded
informational film of the mission on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/83cGclY9OZk?t=1092
At 18:02 and 18:13 there are what appeasr to be small blue/green tabletop printers on
trolleys positioned next to the consoles.
They don't have an I/O Selectric form factor but are more like a teletype, or
something else entirely, in a sound-deadening box.
There's no platen knob visible and it doesn't look to be fanfold paper (I think)
so I'm just curious as to any idea what they are?
Steve.
28 Dec
28 Dec
4:43 p.m.
have u seen the agc being fired up videos
On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 6:37 PM Steve Malikoff via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Being the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 8,
I was watching a
newly-uploaded informational film of the mission on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/83cGclY9OZk?t=1092
At 18:02 and 18:13 there are what appeasr to be small blue/green tabletop
printers on trolleys positioned next to the consoles.
They don't have an I/O Selectric form factor but are more like a teletype,
or something else entirely, in a sound-deadening box.
There's no platen knob visible and it doesn't look to be fanfold paper (I
think) so I'm just curious as to any idea what they are?
Steve.
9 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On 2018-Dec-28, at 4:43 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
have u seen the agc being fired up videos
Yes, videos from list member curiousMarc :
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU
He's up to Episode 5, the others should show up in subsequent links from the 1st.
Lucky bunch of guys to have the opportunity (although I can't say I'd want to be
stuck in a congested hotel room like that for the task).
9:30 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
amazing how well they built that stuff though
On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 11:00 PM Brent Hilpert via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 2018-Dec-28, at 4:43 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk
wrote:
have u seen the agc being fired up videos
Yes, videos from list member curiousMarc :
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU
He's up to Episode 5, the others should show up in subsequent links from
the 1st.
Lucky bunch of guys to have the opportunity (although I can't say I'd want
to be stuck in a congested hotel room like that for the task).
29 Dec
29 Dec
9:17 a.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On Dec 29, 2018, at 6:00 AM, Brent Hilpert via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes that would be lucky us. Hotel was no fun but owner understandably did not want
to ship or even get separated from his AGC. We have been offered some real lab space in
Houston for next time, so hopefully we?ll be in better shape.
Marc
On 2018-Dec-28, at 4:43 PM, Adrian Stoness via
cctalk wrote:
have u seen the agc being fired up videos
Yes, videos from list member curiousMarc :
Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSahAoOLdU
He's up to Episode 5, the others should show up in subsequent links from the 1st.
Lucky bunch of guys to have the opportunity (although I can't say I'd want to be
stuck in a congested hotel room like that for the task).
10:25 a.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
think that core pack will ever live again?
30 Dec
30 Dec
8:42 a.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
We don?t know yet. Looks like a very difficult repair.
Marc
On Dec 29, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Adrian Stoness
<tdk.knight at gmail.com> wrote:
think that core pack will ever live again?
29 Dec
29 Dec
10:27 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On Dec 29, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curious Marc via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes that would be lucky us. Hotel was no fun but owner understandably did not want to
ship or even get separated from his AGC. We have been offered some real lab space in
Houston for next time, so hopefully we?ll be in better shape.
Considering that I have had more than one person threaten to dox me and show up at my
house over KEYBOARDS, I don?t blame him at all.
10:37 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On 30/12/2018 06:27, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk wrote:
Well you certainly got a long way.
What is dox? I am English and I don't speak fluent American anymore.
This must all have something to do with 1969 when I watched it all on a 9" mono TV in
my little flat in Germany where I was working.
I don't know who I admire most. You guys or those who made the AGC all that time ago.
--
On Dec 29, 2018, at 11:17 AM, Curious Marc via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Yes that would be lucky us. Hotel was no fun but owner understandably did not want to
ship or even get separated from his AGC. We have been offered some real lab space in
Houston for next time, so hopefully we?ll be in better shape.
Considering that I
have had more than one person threaten to dox me and show up at my house over KEYBOARDS, I
don?t blame him at all.
10:40 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:37 AM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
What is dox?
New-era-internet term for illegally gaining access to someone's real world
?documents" (place of employment, home address, phone numbers, medical records,
family members? info, etc) for harassment, stalking, or worse.
30 Dec
30 Dec
5:16 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On 30/12/2018, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Interesting, as the OED describes dox (n.) as an abbreviation for doxy (2.),
which is an abbrevations for orthodoxy. First reference to 1756: T. Amory J.
Buncle (1825) III. 19 Orthodox and other dox.
N
On Dec 30, 2018, at 12:37 AM, Rod Smallwood via
cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
What is dox?
New-era-internet term for illegally gaining access to someone's real world
?documents" (place of employment, home address, phone numbers, medical
records, family members? info, etc) for harassment, stalking, or worse.
31 Dec
31 Dec
3:55 p.m.
New subject: Original AGC restoration / was Re: Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?
On Dec 30, 2018, at 7:16 PM, Nemo <cym224 at
gmail.com> wrote:
On 30/12/2018, Daniel Seagraves via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Have those guys start a hashtag about it and maybe something will happen.
New-era-internet term for illegally gaining access to someone's real world
?documents" (place of employment, home address, phone numbers, medical
records, family members? info, etc) for harassment, stalking, or worse.
Interesting, as the OED describes dox (n.) as an abbreviation for doxy (2.),
which is an abbrevations for orthodoxy. First reference to 1756: T. Amory J.
Buncle (1825) III. 19 Orthodox and other dox. 
28 Dec
28 Dec
4:50 p.m.
Reminds me of a few years ago when I bought some odds and ends out of a NASA
engineer's estate on the space coast. In the mix was a Selectric I/O service manual
(with NASA Prop stamps). What struck me as unusual was that it was for the keyboard-less
version. Yes, even though it was output-only, IBM called it an I/O (at least on the manual
cover). I never have seen an IBM-sanctioned housing for such things, though it looks like
the chassis itself would fit one of these blue boxes. Still a guess, though. -C
On Dec 28, 2018, at 6:37 PM, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote:
Being the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 8,
I was watching a newly-uploaded informational film of the mission on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/83cGclY9OZk?t=1092
At 18:02 and 18:13 there are what appeasr to be small blue/green tabletop printers on
trolleys positioned next to the consoles.
They don't have an I/O Selectric form factor but are more like a teletype, or
something else entirely, in a sound-deadening box.
There's no platen knob visible and it doesn't look to be fanfold paper (I think)
so I'm just curious as to any idea what they are?
Steve.
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