[cctalk] Re: Experience using an Altair 8800 ("Personal computer" from 70s)

2024-06-03 Thread John via cctalk
On Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:00:08 -0500 cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > It's like John Conway's "game of life," but more prone to cause > > uncontrollable fits of laughter. > > You owe me a new keyboard (and another glass of milk). Even in death, his power remains ;)

[cctalk] Re: terminology [was: First Personal Computer]

2024-05-28 Thread John via cctalk
From: ben To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: [cctalk] Re: terminology [was: First Personal Computer] > The third thing is a real OS. Nobody has one, as a personal computer. > CP/M and MSDOS does not handle IRQ's. Unix for the PDP-11 is real > operating system but not personal as it requires a

[cctalk] Re: DOS p-System Pascal: (Was: Saga of CP/M)

2024-05-10 Thread John via cctalk
On Fri, 10 May 2024 12:00:07 -0500 cctalk-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > The UCSD shell was atrocious. The compiler was slow. The editor was > terrible. The entire experience was reminiscent of working on a dumb > terminal connected to a mainframe, when it could've taken advantage of > the

[cctalk] DOS p-System Pascal: (Was: Saga of CP/M)

2024-05-09 Thread John via cctalk
> Pascal never really made it on the microcomputer platform did it? > I can be convinced otherwise but it seems like microcomputing Pascal > was more of a staging environment for then upload into a production > mainframe/mini Pascal was the language of choice over at Apple in the original MacOS

Re: Sun 3/60 Up for Grabs

2021-06-16 Thread John via cctalk
I'm moving and I need to clean out a few things. I have a Sun 3/60 with no keyboard/mount/monitor/hard drive - just the pizza box. It net booted NetBSD, but that was many years ago so YRMV. Free for pick-up only in Queen Creek, AZ. Is this still available? This is the kind of hardware I'd

OFFLIST Re: domains available (FTGH)

2020-09-04 Thread John via cctalk
Sun Fire v254, an AMD Ryzen box (with ECC), a 1U Amiga 1200, and a 1U VAX. John Klos What OS do you run on the Amiga 1200 that is in a 1u case? That is pretty odd :-) - Ethan -- : Ethan O'Toole