Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

Paul Koning wrote: > I have two items that I'd like to send to a good home. That > means, someone who can read the item in question and make it > available so it's preserved. > 1. A DECtape labeled "VT30 distribution for RSX11D V06-B". > VT30 is a DEC CSS product, a

Re: Any interest Risc 6000/250

I would be interested in taking a look at such a machine so i could check out AIX. does it take standard vga video and a ps2 keyboard / mouse? can the os install media still be purchased or downloaded? if you are looking to trade i have to choose from acouple sgi indys, some tandy gear, and a

Re: PDP11 media looking for a good home

Hello Paul, I have a VT30 board set, it would be nice to receive a copy, if not the original, of related bits you have! Maybe also some documentation? Thanks Andrea

Re: DL10 documentation

> I had a major WTF moment at that. The actress had a prior or parallel > career as an engineer? Is Rhea Jo Perlman (1948-)the same person as Radia Joy Perlman (1951-)? They don't look much alike, . . .

KA10 ITS revived

> Richard Cornwell wants to implement DL10 for his KA10/KI10 simulator, Speaking of which, Richard and I have been working on running ITS on this. (KA10 obviously, since ITS never ran on a KI10.) It's been over 30 years since all KA10 ITS machines where shut down. But a few days ago we had it

Re: DL10 documentation

> On Jan 11, 2018, at 9:47 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk > wrote: > ... > Like I said, we did 'borrow' some idea from IS-IS, in particular the sequence > number thing - but that may have come direct from Radia's paper: > > Radia Perlman, "Fault-Tolerant Broadcast of

Re: DL10 documentation

On 11 January 2018 at 19:03, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Liam Proven > > > I had a major WTF moment at that. The actress had a prior or parallel > > career as an engineer? > > Why not? Hedy Lamarr: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr > >

Re: DL10 documentation

> From: Liam Proven > I had a major WTF moment at that. The actress had a prior or parallel > career as an engineer? Why not? Hedy Lamarr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr invented spread spectrum communications! :-) > From: Dave Mitton > I could ask John

Re: DL10 documentation

On 10 January 2018 at 01:56, Phil Budne via cctalk wrote: > > DECnet Phase V encompassed ISO, and might have included IS-IS, > which Rhea Perlman had a hand in (while at DEC?). I had a major WTF moment at that. The actress had a prior or parallel career as an engineer?

Re: Any interest Risc 6000/250

ons 2018-01-10 klockan 18:10 -0800 skrev Glen Slick via cctalk: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk > wrote: > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/qqEF53fVbpNhYoTX2 > > > > Looks like it might be this system from the 1993 timeframe? > > The IBM RISC

Re: DL10 documentation

> I'm to[o] busy right now to dig back through my ancient records (paper > and email) to find details So while I didn't have time to do either of these (my Proteon email, if I still even have it, will be on a magtape I'd have to get Chuck to read; and the paper records are mixed in with a

Re: data cassette and robotic arms

On Wed, 10 Jan 2018, Chuck Guzis wrote: For a time, cassette decks were used as a substitute for punched paper tape in the commercial embroidery business They were supplanted by floppy drive boxes, eventually (e.g. Barudan). And paper tape is still used in that business (all kind of NC