Re: Transporting an LGP-30

2016-12-25 Thread william degnan
On Dec 25, 2016 9:01 PM, "Al Kossow" wrote: > > and this shows the major assemblies > http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev/lgp30_40/lgp30_deko.html > > On 12/25/16 6:00 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > > > > On 12/25/16 2:20 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >> > >> you'd need

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

2016-12-25 Thread Al Kossow
and this shows the major assemblies http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev/lgp30_40/lgp30_deko.html On 12/25/16 6:00 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > > > On 12/25/16 2:20 PM, Jon Elson wrote: >> >> you'd need to resurrect some bit of software to do anything meaningful. > > > a lot

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

2016-12-25 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/25/16 2:20 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > >you'd need to resurrect some bit of software to do anything meaningful. a lot already is on line http://computermuseum.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/dev_en/lgp30/ ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/cm/lgp30/

Re: PDP-6s at MIT

2016-12-25 Thread Huw Davies
> On 24 Dec 2016, at 06:00, Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > Lars Brinkhoff wrote: >> I have tried to keep track of all the ITS machines, and where they went. >> https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/181 > > By the way, the Australian ITS called FU is a great mystery. I only > found

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

2016-12-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 12/23/2016 08:06 AM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: Hi Folks, I recently became the owner of an LGP-30, supposedly in 'working' condition. I worked just a little bit on a Bendix G-15, a machine from about the same vintage. 300 vacuum tubes, about 3000 silicon (I think) diodes, and a drum.

Re: The CHALLENGER 1P Technical Report

2016-12-25 Thread Adrian Graham
On 25/12/2016 12:08, "william degnan" wrote: > Thanks Tez > > Bill Degnan > twitter: billdeg > vintagecomputer.net > On Dec 25, 2016 5:02 AM, "Terry Stewart" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Please forgive me if this OSI document is already on the web

The CHALLENGER 1P Technical Report

2016-12-25 Thread Terry Stewart
Hi, Please forgive me if this OSI document is already on the web somewhere. I looked but couldn't find it. I have a copy so I scanned it. It can be downloaded at: http://www.classic-computers.org.nz/blog/2016-12-25-OSI-CP1-technical-report.htm Feel free to link to it, or place it in other OSI

Re: Transporting an LGP-30

2016-12-25 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2016-Dec-23, at 4:14 PM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote: >> >>> On 12/23/2016 08:06 AM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote: Hi Folks, I recently became the owner of an LGP-30, supposedly in 'working' condition.

Re: General public machines (Was: Altair 8800 name Was: Re: Altair 680 Expansion Boards?

2016-12-25 Thread allison
On 12/23/2016 02:30 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > >> At the time, I was in my (almost) young teens - and at least in the >> circles >> I traveled, the TRS-80 / Osborne and Kaypro were viewed as boring, >> stodgy >> machines without any redeeming entertainment qualities - no color >> graphics, >> no

Re: PDP-6s at MIT

2016-12-25 Thread Seth Morabito
* On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 03:00:01PM -0500, Noel Chiappa wrote: > The meter didn't show up well in that, and it's too cool to miss, so here: > > http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/jpg/SysConMeter.jpg > > is a shot of it. That's brilliant. I love that meter, and now