23 Sep
1998
23 Sep
'98
4:32 a.m.
At 23:08 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those new Michelin Zero Pressure
tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?])
You must have been tired at 23:08 when you wrote this :) It's an IBM 1130.
Since the 1130 is related to the 1800, I would like to lookup info on the
1800 machine. Any online leads?
--Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
Yeah man!
Where???????!!!!!!! I'll rent a tent and camp out at the place
which has one until either they get tired of it or that Y2K thing obsoletes
it. W. Donzelli would be camping right next to me I think.
No, I will be letting the air of your car's tires. Seriously, that would be, in my opinion, the most
excellent find! As I
mentioned, I have never heard of any around these days. They were, I
believe, not the typical mainline computers one would hear of in business
like the S/360's and S/370's. Weren't they more used in R&D and academia
because of their ability to handle number crunching not so much as
databases like a business application would?
I know little about 1103s, but they were indeed built for number crunching
for people that could not afford a big S/360. The 1103 is related to the
1800, used for process control (leading to the S/7). 
23 Sep
23 Sep
8:52 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
At 23:08 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
Special sidewalls that are stiff enough to resist being folded over and
cut by the rim or rubbed thin by the consant compression/expansion of
rolling under the weight of the car and back out It's difficult to
explain without diagrams. The pressure monitoring system, BTW, is
required so that you, the driver, know that you have a flat and not to
drive on it too fast or too far.
No, I will be letting the air of your car's
tires.
Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those new Michelin Zero Pressure
tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?]) I know little
about 1103s, but they were indeed built for number crunching
for people that could not afford a big S/360. The 1103 is related to the
1800, used for process control (leading to the S/7).
You must have been tired at 23:08 when you wrote this :) It's an IBM 1130. 
9:02 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
I never got to program it, but the EE department at
OSU had an 1130 with
a couple of RK05-style disks in a forgotten lab when I was a college
freshman. ISTR it was short, but wide, being built into a desk.
When was this? What happened to the machine? Old minis (and I would veture
to call the 1130 a mini) are still to be found in universities.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
9:25 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
I never got to program it, but the EE department
at OSU had an 1130 with
a couple of RK05-style disks in a forgotten lab when I was a college
freshman. ISTR it was short, but wide, being built into a desk.
When was this? What happened to the machine? Old minis (and I would veture
to call the 1130 a mini) are still to be found in universities.
9:50 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
This was in 1984. I do not know what happened to it.
It was not in daily use,
even back then.
I can make some inquries, but I don't hold out any hope.
But you can never be sure...
One of RCS/RIs first hauls, about three years ago, consisted of (amongst
other things) similarly vintaged Packard-Bell pb250 and DEC LINC-8
machines!
Please ask around.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
25 Sep
25 Sep
6:23 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
At 13:52 23-09-98 -0400, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I figured it was some sort of stiff sidewall. Must be a real b**ch to
install and remove from the rims. I know what it's like to deal with
mounting 6-ply sidewall tires used on small commercial vehicles not having
split rims.
At 23:08 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
Special sidewalls that are stiff enough to resist being folded over and
cut by the rim or rubbed thin by the consant compression/expansion of
rolling under the weight of the car and back out It's difficult to
explain without diagrams. No, I will be letting the air of your car's
tires.
Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those new Michelin Zero Pressure
tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?]) The pressure monitoring system, BTW, is
required so that you, the driver, know that you have a flat and not to
drive on it too fast or too far.
Pressure monitor? How does the driver get that feedback? Obviously there
would need to be information sent to the driver as to pressure failure.
> >I know little about 1103s, but they were indeed built for number crunching
> >for people that could not afford a big S/360. The 1103 is related to the
> >1800, used for process control (leading to the S/7).
>
> You must have been tired at 23:08 when you wrote this :) It's an IBM
1130.
Wasn't there an 1103, too? I remember being confused while talking
computers with someone in college - he was thinking of an IBM 1103,
while I was thinking of a DEC LSI 11/03. Maybe _he_ was confused.
I do not know for sure if there was an IBM 1103 (anybody?) but for sure
there was an 1130 (I'm not _that_ old ;). Yeah, imagine the confusion when
throwing around 1103, 11/03 and 1130 numbers during a discussion or
whatever especially with non-technical persons.
I never got to program it, but the EE department at OSU had an 1130 with
a couple of RK05-style disks in a forgotten lab when I was a college
freshman. ISTR it was short, but wide, being built into a desk.
ISTR the same. There was a panel across the back of the desk-like cabinet
with switches/lights and a Selectric typewriter set in the center as the
local system programming I/O. I vaguely recall one day the IBM CE was in to
do maintenance/repairs and the door at the right side of the 'desk' was
open to show off the 32k core memory area.
--Chris
-- --
Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/
10:21 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket
At 13:52 23-09-98 -0400, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I figured it was some sort of stiff sidewall. Must be a real b**ch to
install and remove from the rims. I know what it's like to deal with
mounting 6-ply sidewall tires used on small commercial vehicles not having
split rims.
I have no personal experience with that, thankfully. I pay people to do
that kind of stuff for me. I'll do bicycle tyres, but not big stuff.
At 23:08 22-09-98 -0400, you wrote:
Special sidewalls that are stiff enough to resist being folded over... No, I will be letting the air of your car's
tires.
Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those new Michelin Zero Pressure
tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?]) Pressure monitor? How does the driver get that
feedback? Obviously there
would need to be information sent to the driver as to pressure failure.
The ad I saw had a small box the size of a radar detector, mounted on the
ceiling in the drivers line of sight. In each wheel, there was a small
instrument mounted on the inner face of the rim that I presume was battery
powered and reported in by radio.
-ethan
23 Sep
23 Sep
9 a.m.
New subject: IBM 1130 Was: Re: Linux on S/370? Was: Re: printer socket (Off topic)
Oh no you won't ;) I'll get a set of those
new Michelin Zero Pressure
tires (ones which the TV ad shows a 3/4" hole being drilled in the sidewall
and the car driving away; 55 MPH for 50 miles... [howzat work anyway?])
When it involves Big Blue Big Iron, I could probably figure something else
to do to your car.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
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