RE: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-04 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Johnny Billquist Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 2:11 PM > On 2015-12-04 21:52, Phil Budne wrote: >> Rich wrote: >>> [1] "Tops-10" was simply a renaming of an operating system which began on >>> the PDP-6 in 1964 and continued in an uninterrupted line of >>> development up through

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-04 Thread Johnny Billquist
On 2015-12-04 21:52, Phil Budne wrote: Rich wrote: [1] "Tops-10" was simply a renaming of an operating system which began on the PDP-6 in 1964 and continued in an uninterrupted line of development up through the final release, Tops-10 v7.04 (1988), and maintenance (v7.05, 1993).

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-04 Thread Phil Budne
Rich wrote: > [1] "Tops-10" was simply a renaming of an operating system which began on the > PDP-6 in 1964 and continued in an uninterrupted line of development up > through the final release, Tops-10 v7.04 (1988), and maintenance (v7.05, > 1993). Are you sure about the captialization

RE: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-04 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Eric Smith Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 9:57 PM > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > [about KL10/KA10/PDP-6 tri-processor >> Wow, that's impressive. How was it done? Was it done with DEC or was it >> a local "hack"? > Prior to the 1091 and 20xx, all PDP-10 proc

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-03 Thread Eric Smith
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: [about KL10/KA10/PDP-6 tri-processor > Wow, that's impressive. How was it done? Was it done with DEC or was it > a local "hack"? Prior to the 1091 and 20xx, all PDP-10 processors used essentially the same memory bus, and the memory boxes wer

RE: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-03 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Pontus Pihlgren Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 11:30 PM > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 06:47:12PM +, Rich Alderson wrote: >> From: Pontus Pihlgren >> Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:19 AM >>> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:13:06AM +, Rich Alderson wrote: KL-10/PDP-10/PDP

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 06:47:12PM +, Rich Alderson wrote: > From: Pontus Pihlgren > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:19 AM > > > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:13:06AM +, Rich Alderson wrote: > > >> KL-10/PDP-10/PDP-6 triprocessor, and KL-10/PDP-10 dual processor and > > > You make

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Rich Alderson wrote: > Yes. Eric Smith was incorrect in his identification of the processor as a > KI-10. That was a thinko or typo. I knew it was a KA10, I'm not sure how KI10 got into the message. Thanks for the correction.

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Phil Budne
Michael Thompson wrote: > 1026 TOPS-10 DEC Development Marlboro, MA KL1099 Tri-SMP Scrapped 12/14/97 > 1042 TOPS-10 DEC Development Marlboro, MA KL1099 Tri-SMP Scrapped 12/14/97 > 1322 TOPS-10 DEC Development Marlboro, MA KL10 Tri-SMP This is almost CERTAINLY derived from the list of CPU (APR) ID

RE: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Rich Alderson
From: Pontus Pihlgren Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2015 12:19 AM > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:13:06AM +, Rich Alderson wrote: >> KL-10/PDP-10/PDP-6 triprocessor, and KL-10/PDP-10 dual processor and > You make it sound like someone hacked up a computer consisting of one > KL-10, one PDP

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Michael Thompson
> > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 09:18:56 +0100 > From: Pontus Pihlgren > Subject: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor] > > You make it sound like someone hacked up a computer consisting of one > KL-10, one PDP-10 and one PDP-6. But I assume you mean homogenic > three-processor machine

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Al Kossow
On 12/2/15 12:18 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 02:13:06AM +, Rich Alderson wrote: KL-10/PDP-10/PDP-6 triprocessor, Who, besides Peter Löthberg, ran threeprocessor machines? SAIL, which is the triprocessor Rich is referring to.

Re: Triprocessor PDP-10 [Was: Re: [multicians] Emacs humor]

2015-12-02 Thread Eric Smith
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 1:18 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > You make it sound like someone hacked up a computer consisting of one > KL-10, one PDP-10 and one PDP-6. Yes, the processors were a KL10, a KI10, and a 166 (PDP-6 CPU). Needless to say, that was not a DEC-supported configuration.