Google Translate does a reasonable job... http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=da&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdatamuseum.dk%2Fddhf-samlinger&edit-text=&act=url
Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Rod > Smallwood > Sent: 21 August 2015 11:41 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: out-of-mainstream minis > > I'm sure its very intersting. > The website is designed for domestic consumption only as its all in Danish. > > Rod > > > On 21/08/2015 11:27, Ian S. King wrote: > > I had the privilege of visiting what Nico calls a 'museum-to-be' > > yesterday evening, and it is far more than most of what I've seen! > > They have a very substantial collection of all sorts of systems, > > peripherals and documentation, including a GIER from ca. 1962 that I saw > (and heard) run. > > As a debugging/operations aid, they had attached the overflow bit to a > > speaker so it could generate 1-bit sound - one demo they gave me was a > > program to calculate e that played a sound for each iteration so you > > could hear the steady progress. But of course if there is a sound > > output, no one can avoid playing with it. There were numerous pieces > > of computationally generated music composed for the machine (on paper > > tape), but also a program for playing a recorded, real-life sound in 1-bit > audio! > > > > The collection includes numerous other computers including pretty much > > the entire RC line, as well as pre-computer tabulators, keypunches, > > paper handling machine and the like. The artifacts are well-ordered > > and in large part well labeled for even the uninitiated visitor. > > > > Everything is laid out quite thoughtfully, with wide aisles, in a > > large, well-lit basement. There are interpretive displays here and > > there, as well as a small but appealing lecture/display area. > > > > The datamuseum.dk collection represents 25 years of accumulation, I > > was told. But more importantly, I think their work demonstrates a > > very well-considered approach for presenting the history of the > > collection's machines to visitors. > > > > My hosts were also warm and wonderful people who clearly love what > > they do and enjoy sharing it. They made me feel among friends, if not > > family. :-) > > > > > > Thanks, Finn and everyone else (sorry, I'm bad with names), for > > sharing your time and your passion with me! -- Ian > > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Nico de Jong <n...@farumdata.dk> wrote: > > > >> I share your favourite(s). In the danish IT-museum-to-be ( > >> www.datamuseum.dk) we have two P857-based systems running. We > have > >> lots of spare parts and nearly all documentation, so if you need > >> something, you are welcome to ask. > >> I'm presently building a "table top" version of a system with the > >> P857 CPU, 35cm H x 60 deep x 19" wide, with a dual 8" floppy drive, > >> and a 80486 PC for program loading etc. > >> The system is built into a P859 box. The P859 CPU is special, as it > >> has a > >> V24 connection that goes to a LED display with push buttons. Very > >> nice indeed. > >> For that system, I have developped a Windows based Assembler, and a > >> Windows based simulator. The simulator takes assembled programs (in > >> my system called *.OBJ) and the original source. You can then step > >> through the instructions, and follow them through the text file on the PC. > >> I am presently trying to execute various utility programs, sent to me > >> by a Belgion ex-Philips employee, who did a lot of work on the P800 > series. > >> I myself worked with the P800 series, disguised as the PTS6800 series > >> for > >> 4-5 years full time. > >> The PTS 6800 series was used extensively in banks, mainly in > >> Scandinavia, Greece, Barclay SouthAfrica, Philippines. In Sweden also > >> in the airline industry. In Denmark it was used mainly by local > >> authorities, PTT, Railway (ticket printing), and some other > >> small-time projects. In one of the project it was connected to an ATM (fun > project). > >> I know of one collector in the Netherlands (Camiel), and some guys > >> who have no hardware but a lot of knowledge /Nico > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: tony duell > >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > >> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 7:31 AM > >> Subject: RE: out-of-mainstream minis > >> > >> > >> Not all minis came from the States :-) > >> > >> One of my favourite non-mainstream families is the Philips P800 series. > >> It's > >> a 16 bit machine with 16 registers (0 is the program counter and 15 > >> is the stack pointer, rest are mostly general purpose) and separate > >> I/O instructions (not memory-mapped I/O). There were several models > >> with various implementations of the architecture, including > >> > >> P850 (TTL, hardwired not microcoded) > >> > >> P855, P852, P856, P857, P860 (TTL, microcoded) > >> > >> P851 (Custom bitslice ICs, microcoded) > >> > >> P854 (AM2900 bitslice, microcoded) > >> > >> P853 I think (Single chip) > >> > >> No, I don't have all of those... > >> > >> -tony > >> = > >> > > > >