Re: KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
> And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right? There are some pieces (console, display) of the UWA '6 in museums: http://www.ultimate.com/phil/pdp10/pdp6-serials.html The odd thing about Alex Reid's photos is that the "before it left the factory" and "towards the end of it's useful life" photos show the display away from the console, but the "on delivery" photo shows a display above the console! phil
Re: KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
On 1/14/17 12:11 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:58:13AM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> > From: Rich Alderson >> >> >>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him down and beaten him to a >> pulp >> >>> to lay hands on it >> >> > A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail >> >> So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know? > > I think CHM has at least the CPU cabinet of one. > We have the front panel cabinet from LLNL, and a few of the peripheral control cabinets from Germany, but no CPU or memory
Re: KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 11:58:13AM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Rich Alderson > > >>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him down and beaten him to a pulp > >>> to lay hands on it > > > A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail > > So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know? I think CHM has at least the CPU cabinet of one. > > And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right? > Most likely. There are parts of one in Australia. (The front panel, dectapes, parts of the CPU as well as teh 340 Display). /P
Re: KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
> From: Rich Alderson >>> If he had a KA, I would have tracked him down and beaten him to a pulp >>> to lay hands on it > A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail So, how many KA10's _are_ there still in existence? Does anyone know? And I think all the PDP-6's are gone, right? Noel
KA-10 desirability [was RE: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?]
From: Lars Brinkhoff Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 10:53 PM > Rich Alderson wrote: >> Eric's got a KL. If he had a KA, I would have tracked him down and >> beaten him to a pulp to lay hands on it--and we're friends. > This is the third time in a few weeks that I've seen people eagerly > looking for a KA10. The founder of LCM+L is Paul Allen. A KA-10 based PDP-10 is the Holy Grail, since it's the kind of system on which he and his friends (not just Bill Gates, but four others from the same school) all learned serious programming. (They started, of course, with Dartmouth BASIC on a dialup from GE Information Systems.) > Is someone pulling strings behind the scenes? CIA wants an upgrade for > their PDP-3? NSA, whose existence itself was classified Top Secret at the time of the PDP-3 build. Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 11:00 PM > Eric Smith wrote: >> The only part of a KA that I have is the main console switch and light >> panel. The leadperson for the film Swordfish wanted to rent it from me, >> but we weren't able to reach an agreement. I have yet to see the film. > I think there's only about ten seconds worth of PDP-10 goodness. Some of the funniest dialog written, though. "Cal Tech", forsooth! :-) > For a greater boost, check out the "Arpanet" episode of The Americans. Hmm. I'll have to look for that. Rich Rich Alderson Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer Living Computers: Museum + Labs 2245 1st Avenue S Seattle, WA 98134 mailto:ri...@livingcomputers.org http://www.LivingComputers.org/
