Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

Rick Merrill is doing well last time I exchanged comments with him. We wired in 8 engineering, DecComm11, and LCG together over the years. I will have to rattle his cage just for fun now. bb On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:29 PM Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:58:59 -0400 >

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:58:59 -0400 Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > NL7776 /SETUP -2 > TAD (-7776) /COMPARE TO EXPECTED VALUE > SZA CLA /SKIP IF OK > JMP IMA8S /JUMP IF RETARDED BROTHER > > / IF WE GET HERE,

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On 4/27/2020 6:53 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 4/27/20 6:34 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: He said he had his own OS that he wanted me to try out that wish has dragged on for decades I hope whoever ends up with his estate knows people are interested in P?S/8

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On 4/27/20 6:34 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: He said he had his own OS that he wanted me to try out that wish has dragged on for decades I hope whoever ends up with his estate knows people are interested in P?S/8

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:01 PM Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: > I can say over the last 30 years or so, I enjoyed a number of > exchanges with CJL. > I did enjoy the repartee - iirc most of it was just between us, but > some was in some 8 related channel. > I found him knowledgeable, opinionated,

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

I can say over the last 30 years or so, I enjoyed a number of exchanges with CJL. I did enjoy the repartee - iirc most of it was just between us, but some was in some 8 related channel. I found him knowledgeable, opinionated, but most of the time just plain fun to argue with. Over the last 6 or 7

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On 4/27/2020 7:40 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote: On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0500, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: Charles Lasner.  He passed the weekend of April 3rd due to complications from the COVID-19 virus.  I'm fuzzy on his exact biography, but he was big in the

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On 4/27/2020 9:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: NL7776 /SETUP -2 TAD    (-7776)    /COMPARE TO EXPECTED VALUE SZA CLA    /SKIP IF OK JMP    IMA8S    /JUMP IF RETARDED BROTHER /    IF WE GET HERE, WE'RE NOT A PDP-8/S. Ok, that made me laugh. C I

Re: Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

NL7776 /SETUP -2 TAD (-7776) /COMPARE TO EXPECTED VALUE SZA CLA /SKIP IF OK JMP IMA8S /JUMP IF RETARDED BROTHER / IF WE GET HERE, WE'RE NOT A PDP-8/S. Ok, that made me laugh. C On 4/27/2020

Charles Lasner [Was: Re: LINC-8]

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0500, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: > Charles Lasner.  He passed the weekend of April 3rd due to > complications from the COVID-19 virus.  I'm fuzzy on his exact > biography, but he was big in the development of OS/8 for the PDP-8 at > DEC.  His current

Re: LINC-8

On 4/27/2020 7:47 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: Bob Smith > saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. Chris Lindblad? Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on someone with those initials who is connected with the LINC. Charles Lasner.  He passed the weekend of April 3rd due to

Re: LINC-8

Charles Lasner. On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 8:47 AM Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > > From: Bob Smith > > > saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. > > Chris Lindblad? Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on someone with those initials who > is connected with the LINC. > > > > From: Jon Elson

Re: LINC-8

> From: Bob Smith > saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. Chris Lindblad? Sorry, I'm drawing a blank on someone with those initials who is connected with the LINC. > From: Jon Elson > Wow, those were fairly rare back when, and now there may only be a > couple in

Re: LINC-8

On 04/26/2020 13:38, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Wow: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353062352448 I've read manuals for these, but I've never even seen a picture of one before. They had one of these in use at the William Penn Charter School (K-12 prep school) in Philadelphia through the

Re: LINC-8

On 4/26/2020 5:21 PM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. bb That's what they're saying over on the PDP-8 Facebook page. -- John H. Reinhardt On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 PM William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:

Re: LINC-8

> Wow, those were fairly rare back when, and now there may > only be a couple in existence. At least eight I know of. Pretty high survival percentage, actually. -- Will

Re: LINC-8

On 04/26/2020 03:38 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: Wow: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353062352448 I've read manuals for these, but I've never even seen a picture of one before. Wow, those were fairly rare back when, and now there may only be a couple in existence. Two complete CPUs,

Re: LINC-8

saw a comment that this belonged to CJL. bb On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 4:57 PM William Donzelli via cctalk wrote: > > > Wow: > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/353062352448 > > > > I've read manuals for these, but I've never even seen a picture of one > > before. > > "needs work" > > That would be

Re: LINC-8

> Wow: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/353062352448 > > I've read manuals for these, but I've never even seen a picture of one before. "needs work" That would be an understatement. ...and be careful with this deal... -- Will

Re: LINC-8 and PDP-8 manuals

Hmm, I'm thinking hard of what I should bring on saturday that might interrest you. This is right up my alley. You already have one of each of what I own :D /P On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 07:20:13PM +0200, Mattis Lind wrote: > I have been going through our library of documentation and found some