25 Jan
2007
25 Jan
'07
7:39 a.m.
I don't know why, but instead of typing in "Paris Hilton" into the YouTube
search engine, I typed "PDP-11" and found a set of four videos called
"Programming the PDP11" from Douglas Harms at DePauw University in
Indiana, USA made in 2001 and portrayed as a Star-Trek-holodeck
simulation back to the 1970s
They are really funny and quite entertaining to watch.
Quotes like
Q: "What's 'paper tape'?"
A: "It's very similar to the punch cards which I'm sure you've
used"
You can watch them on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-7J5y1TQc is part 1 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaaD_xP6nU is part 2 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiE2QldpQRQ is part 3 of 4
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUSn59iY8U8 is part 4 of 4
Or you can get them (Apple Quicktime .MOV format) at the
http://fs6.depauw.edu/~dharms/pdp11/
web page.
see also:
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2000-March/142575.html
Nice to see video of the old fanfold paper tape reader in action. (part3)
Thomas Dzubin, PDP-11 & VAX fan
Vancouver, Calgary, or Saskatoon CANADA
25 Jan
25 Jan
8:58 a.m.
Thomas wrote....
I typed "PDP-11" and found a set of four
videos called
"Programming the PDP11" from Douglas Harms at DePauw University in
Indiana, USA made in 2001 and portrayed as a Star-Trek-holodeck
simulation back to the 1970s
Hey, those were a blast.
1) When the video starts with that music and the camera panning up and down
the front of the PDP rack... why did I get the feeling I was watching a
porno? Oh... DECporn. I just wanted to rip the front panels off that machine
and look at that backplane.
2) I found the discussion of octal rather interesting. They said "Everything
is in octal, where a 5 is a 101". Hrmm.. methinks that's binary, not octal
;) A five in octal is, well, 5 :)
3) Did you notice the Borland C manuals on the bookshelf in the guys office?
I suspect that based on the set of blue-over-yellow color scheme books.
All in all, great stuff. Would be good to show kids to learn how things used
to be.
Jay
11:02 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
1) When the video starts with that music and the
camera panning up and
down the front of the PDP rack... why did I get the feeling I was
watching a porno? Oh... DECporn.
Well Jay, since you mention "DECporn":
http://www.schlabonski.de/zwiebeltuete.html
( No, that is not me, nor do I know him )
Jos Dreesen
2:16 p.m.
1) When the video starts with that music and the
camera panning up and
down the front of the PDP rack... why did I get the feeling I was watching
a porno? Oh... DECporn. I just wanted to rip the front panels off that
machine and look at that backplane.
Hope you don't try to connect your I/O cable on that. Surely will be a
shocking experience :D
6:33 p.m.
1) When the
video starts with that music and the camera panning up and
down the front of the PDP rack... why did I get the feeling I was watching
a porno? Oh... DECporn. I just wanted to rip the front panels off that
machine and look at that backplane.
Hope you don't try to connect your I/O cable on that.
2:14 p.m.
I don't know why, but instead of typing in
"Paris Hilton" into the YouTube
Because paris hilton is no news anymore? I think anyone who spends more
than an hour/day/month in the net has seen her nude and doing "assisted
reproduction training"
"Programming the PDP11" from Douglas Harms
at DePauw University in
Indiana, USA made in 2001 and portrayed as a Star-Trek-holodeck
simulation back to the 1970s
:oO
You can watch them on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-7J5y1TQc is part 1 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaaD_xP6nU is part 2 of 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiE2QldpQRQ is part 3 of 4
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUSn59iY8U8 is part 4 of 4
Or you can get them (Apple Quicktime .MOV format) at the
http://fs6.depauw.edu/~dharms/pdp11/
web page.
see also:
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2000-March/142575.html
It will be hours of fun :D
Now I think: Why the hell didn't I saved that 11/750 I had 15 years
ago...oh my...I want a VAX badly :(
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