Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

ons 2019-10-30 klockan 16:01 -0700 skrev Zane Healy via cctalk: > > > I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems > intermittent. I will say, that backing up my directory of files, and > restoring it to the new system was a lot easier than fighting with > the tape drives we had on the

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 31, 2019, at 6:04 PM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > It looks like you need a copy of Multics Communications Software (MCS). > > We have MCS for the 355. MCS for the 6661, not so much, but that document > shows that I can lease it for $275 month, but I can't get through to the > sales

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 5:41 PM Zane Healy wrote: > > > > It looks like you need a copy of Multics Communications Software (MCS). > > We have MCS for the 355. MCS for the 6661, not so much, but that document shows that I can lease it for $275 month, but I can't get through to the sales department

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 31, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 9:23 AM Warner Losh wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 8:15 AM Zane Healy via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> Anything from bitsavers relevant? >> >> http://bitsave

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 9:23 AM Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 8:15 AM Zane Healy via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> Anything from bitsavers relevant? > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/honeywell/ > > Sadly no. There are two models of FNP, the 355 and the 6661. The

RE: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

a cctalk > Sent: 30 October 2019 21:36 > To: Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk > Subject: Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > All, > > my daughter is well aware of my affin

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 7:15 AM Zane Healy wrote: > > Unfortunately I sent all my Honeywell documentation up to LCM a few years > ago, so no longer have access to it. If I remember right, they should have > some Datanet-8000 documentation. > > I'm in the Seattle area and have contacts at LCM; I

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 8:15 AM Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2019, at 10:11 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > Thank you. We are currently simulating the comms front end at the API > > level, but there is a lot of interest in doing it at th

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 10:11 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > Thank you. We are currently simulating the comms front end at the API > level, but there is a lot of interest in doing it at the h/w level. > > -- Charles Unfortunately I sent all my Honeywell documentation up to LCM a

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 4:10 PM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy > wrote: > > I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent. I will > say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On 10/30/19 5:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> All, >> my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, >> and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

At 02:36 PM 10/30/2019, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk wrote: >my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, and, >as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that: > >https://xkcd.com/2221/ > >I found this remarkably accurate. Does reading this in 1997's Eudora co

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 07:36:18PM +, Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk wrote: > All, > my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and > software, and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for > that: > > https://xkcd.com/2221/ > > I found this remarkably accurate. > - Mark

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:53 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 10/30/19 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete > > immediately. > > FWIW, I just uploaded a lot of information on the Honeywell Level 6 > minicomp

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On 10/30/19 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk wrote: > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete > immediately. FWIW, I just uploaded a lot of information on the Honeywell Level 6 minicomputer to bitsavers. I don't know if this is helpful at all for simulating t

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:01 PM Zane Healy wrote: > > I rebuilt the system recently, and now the error seems intermittent. I > will say, that backing up my directory of files, and restoring it to the > new system was a lot easier than fighting with the tape drives we had on > the DPS-8 Mainframe

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Charles Anthony > wrote: > > I would think that Multics is well inside the cctalk purview. There are > several Multics knowledgeable people lurking on this list, and if we can't > answer a question, we know people who can. Ask away... Awesome! On my first ins

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:50 PM Zane Healy wrote: > > > On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete > > immediately. When the CPU executes an I/O instruction, the I/O is

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

> On Oct 30, 2019, at 2:35 PM, Charles Anthony via cctalk > wrote: > > For the dps8 emulator, I wrote (for expediency) the I/O code to complete > immediately. When the CPU executes an I/O instruction, the I/O is completed > and the interrupt posted before the next instruction is executed. As t

Re: OT(?): Emulation XKCD

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:17 PM Tapley, Mark B. via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > All, > my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, > and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that: > > https://xkcd.com/2221/ > > I found this remarkably accura

OT(?): Emulation XKCD

All, my daughter is well aware of my affinity for old computers and software, and, as usual, she pointed out that there’s an XKCD for that: https://xkcd.com/2221/ I found this remarkably accurate. - Mark