[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet
Well, all this talk about SDF piqued my interest. Imagine my surprise when my first attempt to login connected me to someone else's account. :-) Should be an interesting place to explore. Especially the Minecraft server. I used to use the one at CHM but it went down when everything else did. I haven't been back to see it it returned or, if it did, if all the old data had been preserved. bill
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
On Sat, 11 Feb 2023 13:50:43 -0500 Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > Wow, beautiful! Any chance I could get a poster/high-quality print of > your 4-up artwork? Go for it! https://hisdeedsaredust.com/posts/2023/dec-manual-covers/ I've printed this image on A4 semi-gloss paper, which works out at about 400 dpi. Paul
[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 9:53 AM Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Tarek Hoteit wrote: > > I still don’t know who runs [SDF] > > Stephen M. Jones. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_Public_Access_Unix_System#History > https://archive.org/details/bbs-20030526-sdf > https://ia600903.us.archive.org/22/items/bsdtalk021/bsdtalk021.mp3 If Stephen isn't still subscribed to this list, he used to be. Sellam
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
Wow, beautiful! Any chance I could get a poster/high-quality print of your 4-up artwork? =] -- Anders Nelson On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 1:30 PM Paul Koning via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Feb 11, 2023, at 4:43 AM, Paul Flo Williams via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:33:03 + > > Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > > > >> During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers > >> with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late > >> 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could > >> stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, > >> who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably > >> 1970s way. > > > > Here are the four images: > > > > https://vt100.net/tmp/vtm.small.png > > > > Thanks for alerting me to the retro rules, Lawrence! > > > > Paul > > Nice! > > Vaguely related: many years ago I created a font file for the lettering > found on the earlier PDP-11 handbooks. I included some letters that didn't > appear on those covers, guessing at what one might look like (the letter > "x" for example). > > https://github.com/pkoning2/decstuff/tree/master/fonts > > paul > >
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
> On Feb 11, 2023, at 4:43 AM, Paul Flo Williams via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:33:03 + > Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > >> During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers >> with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late >> 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could >> stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, >> who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably >> 1970s way. > > Here are the four images: > > https://vt100.net/tmp/vtm.small.png > > Thanks for alerting me to the retro rules, Lawrence! > > Paul Nice! Vaguely related: many years ago I created a font file for the lettering found on the earlier PDP-11 handbooks. I included some letters that didn't appear on those covers, guessing at what one might look like (the letter "x" for example). https://github.com/pkoning2/decstuff/tree/master/fonts paul
[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet
Tarek Hoteit wrote: > I still don’t know who runs [SDF] Stephen M. Jones. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF_Public_Access_Unix_System#History https://archive.org/details/bbs-20030526-sdf https://ia600903.us.archive.org/22/items/bsdtalk021/bsdtalk021.mp3
[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet
Ok let me answer that about sdf.org. I joined as a member last year. What I am saying below is what I learned along the way. It is a nonprofit organization in Seattle that started decades ago promoting Unix for the masses. I joined out of a curiosity and my interests in anything classical computing just like this newsgroup. However, I still don’t know who runs it or who responds to my questions over there. You get a basic Unix (bsd) shell account that lets you chat with various other users within a chat application and a bulletin board. There are a bunch of services that you can upgrade to and are cheap (the site has a link to them). For each you send a donation to sdf PayPal account and they get activated. I don’t know who activates them but it does get done quickly. Services vary and include access to hosted MySQL/Postgresql, a vps instance, a Mastodon account, etc. Nothing that one cannot do though self hosting or through commercial means. But with sdf, they kept it very basic, nonprofit, educational, and oldschool. They are not trying to sell you something and making profit. At least that is how I see it. Even though I may not need sdf services, I managed to meet a community of common enthusiasts in retro computing on its platform, including its volunteers’ running radio station (aNonRadio), its Mastodon instance, and its old-school terminal-mode chats. I would imagine any classiccmp reader would relate to sdf and vice versa. Don’t know if this helps or just leads to more curiosity questions about sdf Regards, Tarek Hoteit > On Feb 11, 2023, at 1:18 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk > wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Feb 2023, Mark Huffstutter wrote: >> Well, I don't know what to tell you. I am looking at the sdf.org page right >> now, and >> When I click on the welcome tab at the top of the page I see the same >> message I did >> When I posted the first email. Maybe it's a local problem. > > Ok, the site seems to be up again. I got network timeouts yesterday. > But instead of constantly telling me to look myself, a member here could just > have written a couple of words to answer my question... Noone wants to > explain anything anymore, everyone is just pointing the world to google and > the internet. > > Christian
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
Paul Flo Williams wrote: > During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers > with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late > 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could > stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, > who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably > 1970s way. They look great! I for one appreciate this, and I suspect Norbert Landsteiner would too. https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2019/dec-crt-typography
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023 22:33:03 + Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote: > During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual covers > with Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late > 1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I could > stick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here, > who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably > 1970s way. Here are the four images: https://vt100.net/tmp/vtm.small.png Thanks for alerting me to the retro rules, Lawrence! Paul
[cctalk] Re: SDF had put a PDP-10 on the Internet
On Fri, 10 Feb 2023, Mark Huffstutter wrote: Well, I don't know what to tell you. I am looking at the sdf.org page right now, and When I click on the welcome tab at the top of the page I see the same message I did When I posted the first email. Maybe it's a local problem. Ok, the site seems to be up again. I got network timeouts yesterday. But instead of constantly telling me to look myself, a member here could just have written a couple of words to answer my question... Noone wants to explain anything anymore, everyone is just pointing the world to google and the internet. Christian
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
On 11/02/23 09:22, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: Why does it show me Samsung health screen when I download? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 12:58 AM, Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote:Folks, During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual coverswith Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I couldstick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here,who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably1970s way. Some of these designs were used on several manuals, but I'd like toknow if you know of any other designs that follow this pattern that Icould add to the collection? The VT102 User Guide has differentcolours, so it looks out of place. A copy of the LA34 User Guide iswinging its way to me as we speak. For an infinite number of bonus points, does anyone have any clue whomight have designed these? Paul Ed, Sorry, when this went through the attachment(s) would have been removed by the list. I expect any other link has been inserted by your mail client, happy days. Paul, Can you upload your images somewhere and just post links? Thanks. Lawrence -- Lawrence Wilkinson lawre...@ljw.me.uk Ph +41(0)79 926 1036 http://www.ljw.me.uk
[cctalk] Re: Late '70s DEC manual covers [niche!]
Why does it show me Samsung health screen when I download? Sent from the all new AOL app for Android On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 12:58 AM, Paul Flo Williams via cctalk wrote:Folks, During lockdown I was having some fun redrawing old DEC manual coverswith Inkscape, specifically terminal and printer manuals from the late1970s. I've attached a montage of four that I printed out so I couldstick it on the wall. I'm aware I may be the only person, even here,who finds them attractively simple and coloured in such a definably1970s way. Some of these designs were used on several manuals, but I'd like toknow if you know of any other designs that follow this pattern that Icould add to the collection? The VT102 User Guide has differentcolours, so it looks out of place. A copy of the LA34 User Guide iswinging its way to me as we speak. For an infinite number of bonus points, does anyone have any clue whomight have designed these? Paul
