IBM 4506 Digital TV display unit (System 360 peripheral)

2019-05-07 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
I was going through some items of my fathers-in-law and found a photocopy of a 1972 conference paper that mentions the IBM 4506 Digital TV display unit being used by reporters and editors at the New York Times. These and other terminals (2741 I/O selectric, 2265 VDU) were connected to a 360/40.

Re: MPE release history (was: Re: VMS versions)

2019-05-07 Thread Frank McConnell via cctalk
On May 6, 2019, at 23:11, r.stricklin via cctalk wrote: > On May 6, 2019, at 5:02 PM, Frank McConnell via cctech wrote: >> Likewise, there used to be an article about MPE release history. Links I >> know for it are: >> >> (20

Re: VCF Southeast Photos, Now Thinking Machines

2019-05-07 Thread Sytse van Slooten via cctalk
Thanks! Had a good bit of fun reading that. I’m not going to try building an FPGA version though. Not yet. > On 3 May 2019, at 22:26, Jan Adelsbach via cctalk > wrote: > > On 5/3/19 8:02 PM, Sytse van Slooten via cctalk wrote: It's a CM-2. The problem with most CM-2s - aside not working

Re: MPE versions

2019-05-07 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
should  have   said    song! In a message dated 5/7/2019 1:35:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: Thanks for the awareness. TurboImage Release History - get it while available!https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02078148&docLocale=en_US Keven M

Re: MPE versions

2019-05-07 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
I   remember  giving the database  some  w/   Orley  Larson   in Brighton UK  when I was there  giving  invited  paper on  FORUM/USA ---Ed Sharpe In a message dated 5/7/2019 1:35:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: Thanks for the awareness. TurboImage Release Histo

Re: MPE versions

2019-05-07 Thread Keven Miller(3k) via cctalk
Thanks for the awareness. TurboImage Release History - get it while available! https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c02078148&docLocale=en_US Keven Miller - Original Message - From: "Frank McConnell via cctech" To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Po

Re: MPE release history (was: Re: VMS versions)

2019-05-07 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 07/05/2019 13:39, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > From: R. Stricklin > I saved a copy in 2012. ... Grab them while you still can. The tendency of links to go bad is momumental; the probability of it happening over long time periods seems to asymtotically approach 1.0. So everyone

Re: DLC Company "Cowculator"

2019-05-07 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
On 5/6/19 4:34 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > I took a better picture of the panel for this yesterday > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/dlcCompany/cowculator > > Other than a couple of want-ads from the early 60's I've > not been able to turn up any more information on this. > I have a brochure f

LA50 and Computest Docs wanted

2019-05-07 Thread Tony Duell via cctalk
Firstly, does anyone have the printset (schematic) for the DEC LA50 printer? It's not on Bitsavers and I can't find it anywhere else. Secondly (and more interesting/less likely to be known) I have a thing here called a 'Computest 3020'. It seems to be a luggable data logger. A case, very deep from

Re: RT-11 doesn't recognize my 3.5" floppy

2019-05-07 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 06/05/2019 23:38, John Forecast via cctalk wrote: The release notes on bitsavers indicate that the RX33 was not supported until RT-11 V5.04. On May 6, 2019, at 6:20 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: I have installed an RQDX3 But, when I boot the system (with RT-11SJ V5.01), it can't see t

Re: RT-11 doesn't recognize my 3.5" floppy

2019-05-07 Thread allison via cctalk
On 05/07/2019 11:15 AM, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote: > Very interesting , now that you got it to work, what can you use it for? > Will it be an exchange media with PUTR? > > Doug > > On 5/6/2019 6:20 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: >> I have installed an RQDX3 and the M9058 distribution board in

Re: RT-11 doesn't recognize my 3.5" floppy

2019-05-07 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
Very interesting , now that you got it to work, what can you use it for? Will it be an exchange media with PUTR? Doug On 5/6/2019 6:20 PM, Charles via cctalk wrote: I have installed an RQDX3 and the M9058 distribution board in my 11/23+. Since I don't have a 5.25" drive yet, I hooked up a 3.5"

Re: MPE release history (was: Re: VMS versions)

2019-05-07 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: R. Stricklin > I saved a copy in 2012. ... Grab them while you still can. The tendency of links to go bad is momumental; the probability of it happening over long time periods seems to asymtotically approach 1.0. So everyone ought to make a habit of down-loading a copy of anythin

MPE release history (was: Re: VMS versions)

2019-05-07 Thread r.stricklin via cctalk
On May 6, 2019, at 5:02 PM, Frank McConnell via cctech wrote: > Likewise, there used to be an article about MPE release history. Links I > know for it are: > > (20 > Aug 2014) >