[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 10/7/22 17:10, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > Then of course some card devices feed the narrow edge (1 column) first rather > than the top or bottom row. CDC had a reader that worked column-wise and a > punch that worked row-wise, so the interface logic for the punch needed a > transpose

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 10/7/22 18:14, ben via cctalk wrote: On 2022-10-07 1:09 p.m., paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote: We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be forewarned -- it's something like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results punched on paper tape. I understand it's a bit more convenient

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 10/7/22 16:14, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2022-10-07 1:09 p.m., paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote: >> We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be forewarned -- it's >> something like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results >> punched on paper tape. I understand it's a bit more

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 7:14 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > > On 2022-10-07 1:09 p.m., paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote: >> We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be forewarned -- it's something >> like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results punched on paper >> tape. I understand

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 6:22 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > ... > On Fri, 7 Oct 2022, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> Didn't know that one. I do know: >> >> He died at the console >> of hunger and thirst >> next day he was buried >> face down, nine edge first > > Well, I am definitely not the first

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread ED SHARPE via cctalk
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[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2022-10-07 1:09 p.m., paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote: We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be forewarned -- it's something like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results punched on paper tape. I understand it's a bit more convenient to use if you have magnetic tape drives,

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge hanging out the front in contravention of the instruction label! :) Apparently AMP didn't know the "face down nine edge first"

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread Stephen Buck via cctalk
Does anyone know if there are any copies of this miracle of software? It would be fascinating to see it in action.

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread paul.kimpel--- via cctalk
We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be forewarned -- it's something like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results punched on paper tape. I understand it's a bit more convenient to use if you have magnetic tape drives, but it's still going to be slow -- there's only so much you

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Fri, 2022-10-07 at 13:50 -0400, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: >  > I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. > Marked: >  > AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. > > Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge hanging out > the > front in contravention of the

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 2:47 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > >> > I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: >> > AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. > > On Fri, 7 Oct 2022, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: >> Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
> I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: > AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. On Fri, 7 Oct 2022, Dennis Boone via cctalk wrote: Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge hanging out the front in contravention of the instruction label! :) Apparently

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread William Donzelli via cctalk
That is for configuring the initial setup for a gizmo tester (semiconductor, cable, subassembly, etc.). -- Will On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 1:39 PM Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: AMP > Incorporated - SYSCOM

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> I don't know that as a song, but it's one of the final lines of the > poem "The Last Bug". "Now I will do nothing but listen, To accrue what I hear into this song, to let sounds contribute toward it." De

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 7, 2022, at 1:50 PM, Dennis Boone via cctalk > wrote: > >> I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: >> AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. > > Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge hanging out the > front in contravention of the

[cctalk] Re: AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: > AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. Can't help with the identity, but I'm loving the 9 edge hanging out the front in contravention of the instruction label! :) Apparently AMP didn't know the "face down nine edge first"

[cctalk] Re: Fwd: Bendix G-15 Documentation

2022-10-07 Thread Stephen Buck via cctalk
Wow! That is an incredibly complete and well-organized set of documentation. I'm sure it will be useful as I move forward with the restoration. I'll add a link to it in the blog. Thanks!

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread Stephen Buck via cctalk
That's amazing! I'll add a link to the emulator on the blog. I'd love to see any new software for the G-15, especially the Algo compiler, since I think that's something more people can relate to.

[cctalk] AMP Punched Card Reader

2022-10-07 Thread Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk
Hey Guys, I was curious if anyone recognizes this punched card reader. Marked: AMP Incorporated - SYSCOM Division. It’s extremely well-built; pulling the lever at right moves the chrome lip forward and ejects the card. Case is rather stylized which suggests it was free-standing. Pics here:

[cctalk] Figured out the Sun 386i supply, how to update the FAQ?

2022-10-07 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Hi all! Been working on my 386i's, all the power supplies are smoked, so I bought a totally burned out one, gutted it, and connected a PC/AT power supply up to the card edge. Sure enough it works, and I now know that it needs +5, +12, -5, -12 (for the ISA bus) and a 5 volt "supply ready"

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread paul.kimpel--- via cctalk
I would also be interested in receiving a copy.

[cctalk] Re: Bendix G-15 Restoration

2022-10-07 Thread paul.kimpel--- via cctalk
I recently completed an emulator for the G-15. It supports the basic machine configuration -- just paper tape and typewriter I/O -- but I'm interested in implementing other peripheral devices as software that uses them becomes available. The emulator attempts to run at the speed of a real G-15,

[cctalk] Lecture: Who am I? CPUID on the PDP-8, 2022-10-09, 14:00

2022-10-07 Thread Anke Stüber via cctalk
Hi all, you're invited to the Update computer club[0] public lecture series "Updateringar"[1]! Please note that this talk is given as a part of the Vintage Computing Festival Berlin 2022[2] this coming weekend, the time and place for watching the lecture stream are different than usual. When: