22 Dec
2016
22 Dec
'16
5:01 p.m.
From: Adrian Graham
I was born 10 years too late to see it all as it grew.
... these early
years are fascinating to me.
Well, you _can_ still experience ITS! It runs under a number of PDP-10
simulators (and there used to be an 'open-access' ITS system on the 'net at
its.svensson.org, but alas it doesn't seem to be up any more - although in a
fit of fore-sightedness, I downloaded the source to the HTTP server he wrote
while it was still up).
But you can still download one of the emulators that supports the special ITS
instructions on the PDP-10, KLH's KLH10, and SIMH; instructions, files, etc
here for KLH10:
http://klh10.trailing-edge.com/
and SIMH:
https://www.cosmic.com/u/mirian/its/
which give step-by-stop on how to get ITS running.
Noel
23 Dec
23 Dec
9:42 a.m.
Noel Chiappa wrote:
Well, you _can_ still experience ITS! It runs under a
number of PDP-10
simulators (and there used to be an 'open-access' ITS system on the
'net at its.svensson.org, but alas it doesn't seem to be up any more
I have it from the Swedish owner that it's still running, although not
connected to the internet.
There's also another system called UP that's running in Sweden. (What
is it with Swedes and ITS?!?)
10:25 a.m.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 9:42 AM, Lars Brinkhoff <lars at nocrew.org> wrote:
Noel Chiappa wrote:
At one point, Rich Alderson at LCM had ITS running on a KS-10 (from MIT!),
but I don't know what the current status might be.
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There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
Well, you _can_ still experience ITS! It runs
under a number of PDP-10
simulators (and there used to be an 'open-access' ITS system on the
'net at its.svensson.org, but alas it doesn't seem to be up any more
I have it from the Swedish owner that it's still running, although not
connected to the internet.
There's also another system called UP that's running in Sweden. (What
is it with Swedes and ITS?!?)
10:57 a.m.
Ian S. King wrote:
Right, that would be MIT-AI. Of course it's only right and proper that
it should keep running ITS.
I have tried to keep track of all the ITS machines, and where they went.
https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/181
There's
also another system called UP that's running in Sweden.
(What is it with Swedes and ITS?!?)
At one point, Rich Alderson at LCM had ITS running on a KS-10 (from
MIT!), but I don't know what the current status might be.
11 a.m.
Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
I have tried to keep track of all the ITS machines,
and where they went.
https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/181
By the way, the Australian ITS called FU is a great mystery. I only
found it mentioned in the ITS source code.
25 Dec
25 Dec
2:53 p.m.
On 24 Dec 2016, at 06:00, Lars Brinkhoff <lars at
nocrew.org> wrote:
Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
Flinders University had a 36 bit system (I?m not sure if it was a KI or KL). I think they
were running TOPS-20 on it. I see in the notes the they were running ITS on a KS - seems a
rather odd thing to do as they?d invested a lot in there other system but perhaps it was a
separate project outside of their main Computer Centre stuff. They had a very innovative
medical degree program so perhaps this was associated with it?
I remember visiting once for a DECUS meeting - at that stage I was a student at La Trobe
University and we had a KI-10 running TOPS-10. For that particular DECUS meeting I?d
worked on comparing various ?systems? programming languages for ease of use and
performance - the list included BCPL. BLISS-10, Simula-67, SAIL, MACRO-10 and Algol-60.
As some on the list know, this includes my favourite language which puts me at odds with
many within Digital :-)
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies at kerberos.davies.net.au
Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the
Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"
I have tried to keep track of all the ITS
machines, and where they went.
https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/181
By the way, the Australian ITS called FU is a great mystery. I only
found it mentioned in the ITS source code.
27 Dec
27 Dec
1:12 a.m.
Huw Davies wrote:
Thank you very much. Yes, it should have been a KS. Do you have
anything else in your notes?
By the way,
the Australian ITS called FU is a great mystery. I only
found it mentioned in the ITS source code.
Flinders University had a 36 bit system (I?m not sure if it was a KI
or KL). I think they were running TOPS-20 on it. I see in the notes
the they were running ITS on a KS
4:04 a.m.
On 27 Dec 2016, at 20:12, Lars Brinkhoff <lars at
nocrew.org> wrote:
Huw Davies wrote:
Sorry, I don?t have anything more about Flinders. I?ll see if any of my contacts have any
more details.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies at kerberos.davies.net.au
Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the
Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"
Flinders University had a 36 bit system (I?m not sure if it was a KI
or KL). I think they were running TOPS-20 on it. I see in the notes
the they were running ITS on a KS
Thank you very much. Yes, it should have been a KS. Do you have
anything else in your notes?
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