Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-14 Thread dwight via cctalk
Noel Chiappa'; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Computing Pioneer Dies -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa via cctalk Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 5:00 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit

RE: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-13 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
-Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel Chiappa via cctalk Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 5:00 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Subject: Re: Computing Pioneer Dies > From: Brent Hilpert > What

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-13 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Evan Koblentz > That's the dumbest thing I read today. And that helped... how? Noel

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-13 Thread Evan Koblentz via cctalk
It's just another attempt to make an historical claim for the ENIAC, this time trying to steal the light away from the Manchester Baby. That's the dumbest thing I read today.

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-13 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Brent Hilpert > What about that little issue of writeable program storage? Just to clarify my understanding of your position, is a system with a CPU chip (say one of the 68K models) with only ROM not a 'stored program machine'? Noel PS: You really should look at the

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-13 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
On 2017-Nov-10, at 12:37 PM, Evan Koblentz wrote: > https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary >>> >>> I should point out there is a technical error in the Guardian. The Baby was >>> the first Electronically Stored Program in what today we would call RAM. >>>

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-12 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
Can ya blame him? Back in his day 2s were *real* 2s.. bigger and tougher. You try and add 'em up, assuming they'd stay still long enough and stop wrastlin' with ya and who knows how big they'd be. Original message From: Evan Koblentz via cctalk My own

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2017-11-11 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Fascinating talk Marc On Nov 10, 2017, at 8:16 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: >> I'm harly a member of the "ENIAC/Mauchlyite crowd" (in fact, I used to not >> have a good impression of them at all), but I thought Haigh et al made a >> pretty good case. > > Here's Prof.

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-11 Thread Evan Koblentz via cctalk
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary I should point out there is a technical error in the Guardian. The Baby was the first Electronically Stored Program in what today we would call RAM. ENIAC had been configured in stored program mode earlier in the year and

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Jason T via cctalk
> I'm harly a member of the "ENIAC/Mauchlyite crowd" (in fact, I used to not > have a good impression of them at all), but I thought Haigh et al made a > pretty good case. Here's Prof. Haigh speaking on ENIAC at VCFMW last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O0pKPzJjEY

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Noel Chiappa via cctalk
> From: Dave Wade > ENIAC had been configured in stored program mode earlier in the year > and had run a program stored in the function switches, e.g. ROM > ... > Despite the fact that when running stored programs ENIAC's parallel > processing features were not available,

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Brent Hilpert via cctalk
gt;; Dave Wade <dave.g4...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Computing Pioneer Dies >> >> On Fri, 11/10/17, Dave Wade via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary >> > > I should p

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Aaron Jackson via cctalk
A few years back I wanted to study at Manchester uni, primarily so I could apply to be a demonstrator for the SSEM. Sad news. Dave Wade via cctalk writes: > https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary > > > > Dave Wade > > G4UGM & EA7KAE > > -- Aaron Jackson

RE: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Brian L. Stuart [mailto:blstu...@bellsouth.net] > Sent: 10 November 2017 15:45 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org>; Dave Wade <dave.g4...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Computing Pioneer Di

Re: Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Brian L. Stuart via cctalk
On Fri, 11/10/17, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: > https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary This raises the question, is there anyone still alive from those first-generation projects? I had guessed that at age 101, Harry Husky was the last one

Computing Pioneer Dies

2017-11-10 Thread Dave Wade via cctalk
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/08/geoff-tootill-obituary Dave Wade G4UGM & EA7KAE