Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > If your email program is crapping, it is not the responsibility of > everybody else to "adjust" their mail readers to filter out the crap. > This group has been remarkably tolerant of NON-ASCII content. > I

RE: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

2018, at 11:47, Fred Cisin wrote: > > > > On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > >> yep we see them but we did not type them intentionally > > > > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/13/we/ > > > >> may way to adjust your mail reader reader as they do not show up in any > of the

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

there seems to be a difference sometimes in quote in ms word and regular ascii when posting some things some places Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Thursday, May 17, 2018 Frank McConnell via cctalk wrote: On May 17, 2018, at 11:47, Fred Cisin wrote: > > On Thu, 17 May

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On May 17, 2018, at 11:47, Fred Cisin wrote: > > On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: >> yep we see them but we did not type them intentionally > > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/13/we/ > >> may way to adjust your mail reader reader as they do not show up in >>

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

OK I do know the  Pine   I used it at the stat of the internet  with a text browser  for webpages also. This back when I ran them on a slow  PC that was unable to run mosaic etc etc etc.    Wow   flashback...  and not necessarily a  pleasant one! ( but those software items would run on darn

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: wonder how many are running that version of alpine that exists errors? Sent from AOL Mobile Mail Are you hypothesizing that it is a specific version of Alpine that creates the extraneous characters, and produces the errors of captialization,

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: wonder how many are running that version of alpine that exists errors? The problem isn't on the destination end, it's on the origin. Asking me to adjust my email client to fix your problem is like a noisy neighbor demanding I wear earplugs.

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

wonder how many are running that version of alpine that exists errors? Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Thursday, May 17, 2018 Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > yep we see them  but   we  did not  type them intentionally  

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, 17 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: yep we see them?? but?? ??we?? did not?? type them intentionally https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/13/we/ may way to adjust?? your?? mail reader reader as?? they do not?? show up in?? ??any of the?? mail readers?? we have access to.

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 05/16/2018 09:13 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a strange > thing, labeled CDC, that somehow looks like a drum memory, but then > again not ( drum looks too small to be usefull ) > > The controller that goes with is  a transistor based 

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

yep we see them  but   we  did not  type them intentionally   may way to adjust  your  mail reader reader as  they do not  show up in   any of the  mail readers  we have access to. Ed#    In a message dated 5/17/2018 10:24:41 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   > On

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

> On Wed, 16 May 2018, geneb wrote: >> On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: >> >>> OK? I? see there is a? mix? of? photos in this? directory! >>> some? tape? reader? some? drum? 2? separate? topics. >>> ? >> Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone else) can see this, but there's two junk >>

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 5/16/18 9:13 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a strange thing, > labeled CDC, that somehow looks like a drum > memory, but then again not ( drum looks too small to be usefull ) > > The controller that goes with is  a transistor based 

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 9:11 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 17 May 2018, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2018, geneb wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> OK I see there is a mix of photos in this

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Thu, 17 May 2018, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2018, geneb wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory! some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics.   Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone else)

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Wed, 16 May 2018, Paul Koning wrote: On May 16, 2018, at 8:28 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: OK I see there is a mix of photos in this directory! some tape reader some drum 2 separate topics. Ed, I

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Wed, 16 May 2018, geneb wrote: On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory! some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics.   Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone else) can see this, but there's two junk characters at the

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 05/16/2018 11:13 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a strange thing, labeled CDC, that somehow looks like a drum memory, but then again not ( drum looks too small to be usefull ) The controller that goes with is a transistor based

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 05/16/2018 07:53 PM, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: never seen it... guess I will never want to use alpine? Ed# Yup, I don't see anything odd, I use Thunderbird as my email client. Jon

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

I  would  assume  there is  a  switch option in  that mail  reader  that  will enable or  disable the  reading of the   chars?     In a message dated 5/16/2018 5:48:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   > On May 16, 2018, at 8:28 PM, geneb via cctalk

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

never seen it...  guess I will never  want to use alpine? Ed#   In a message dated 5/16/2018 5:48:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   > On May 16, 2018, at 8:28 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

> On May 16, 2018, at 8:28 PM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: > >> OK I see there is a mix of photos in this directory! >> some tape reader some drum 2 separate topics. >> > Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On Wed, 16 May 2018, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory! some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics.   Ed, I don't know if you (or anyone else) can see this, but there's two junk characters at the end of every word you write. I see

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

nope   for  a  computer ! We have  some at  SMECC also. things weigh a  ton!     In a message dated 5/16/2018 10:59:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   On 5/16/18 10:43 AM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: > Added 4 more, that are from some frontpanel that probably

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 16.05.2018 20:00, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: Honeywell Level 66 CP http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/multics/jpg/L66CPUL.jpg That seems to be spot on... What a beast this machine was.. Jos

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 5/16/18 10:43 AM, Jos Dreesen via cctalk wrote: > Added 4 more, that are from some frontpanel that probably is also  CDC. > Quite easily the most complex I have ever seen, but somehow strange. > Maybe for a tester rather than a computer. Honeywell Level 66 CP

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

photos  are   fine  it  just   took  a  while   for the  ftp  to  load  at this  end ? nice  tape  reader too  with the multiple   code reading ability!   Ed#    In a message dated 5/16/2018 10:43:30 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   On 16.05.2018 19:13, Ed Sharpe

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 16.05.2018 19:13, Ed Sharpe via cctalk wrote: OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory! some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics. My mistake, sorry, that papertape reader was of course obvious. Removed that pic. Added 4 more, that are from some frontpanel

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

OK  I  see there is a  mix  of  photos in this  directory! some  tape  reader  some  drum  2  separate  topics.     In a message dated 5/16/2018 10:04:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   I will check this to see if there are any pictures

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

I will check this to see if there are any pictures http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102680349 On 5/16/18 10:04 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > http://www.oocities.org/athens/forum/8564/books/wmthesis/thesis_01.htm > references the 863 being used on the CDC 3100 > > On

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

http://www.oocities.org/athens/forum/8564/books/wmthesis/thesis_01.htm references the 863 being used on the CDC 3100 On 5/16/18 10:00 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > > > On 5/16/18 9:13 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: > >> Anyone can identify this ? >> > > > if you look on bitsavers under

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

On 5/16/18 9:13 AM, jos via cctalk wrote: > Anyone can identify this ? > if you look on bitsavers under cdc/catalogs M90310500_Internal_Literature_Catalog_Jul75.pdf lists several drum storage units including the models 861, 863 and 865 the controller looks a little too early to be for the

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

tape reader on  front  seems reads  5   7 and  8  level paper  tape ... but that thing on the   back   ???  not  sure...   Ed   In a message dated 5/16/2018 9:13:46 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a

Re: Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

real slow to access  but  what  i  just  saw  was a paper tape reader Ed     In a message dated 5/16/2018 9:13:46 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:   Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a strange thing, labeled CDC, that somehow looks like a

Unknown CDC unit , looks like a drum memory ?

Visited an older collector recently, and in his shed he has a strange thing, labeled CDC, that somehow looks like a drum memory, but then again not ( drum looks too small to be usefull ) The controller that goes with is  a transistor based  monster on countless small pluginboards. Pictures