On 13/12/17 06:09, Curt wrote:
> On 2017-12-12, wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 08:24:39AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> McGill MUSIC still exists, actually.
>>>
>>> http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/group3/dedwar1/web/msi/musicsp.htm
>> Thanks for the link :-)
> The Sim390
On Mon 11 Dec 2017 at 09:16:35 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> From the Wikipedia article on "Magnetic storage":
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_storage#Design
>
> "For reliable storage of data, the recording material needs to resist self-
> demagnetisation, which occurs when the
On 2017-12-12, wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 08:24:39AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> McGill MUSIC still exists, actually.
>>
>> http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/group3/dedwar1/web/msi/musicsp.htm
>
> Thanks for the link :-)
The Sim390 mainframe emulator home page link at
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 08:24:39AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
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> McGill MUSIC still exists, actually.
>
> http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/group3/dedwar1/web/msi/musicsp.htm
Thanks for the link :-)
Cheers
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I wrote:
The student timeshare systems my high school used (running the
McGill University MUSIC operating system) while I was a student
there (an IBM 370/135 at the District Office) and shortly after I
graduated (an on-site IBM 4341) used Merlin drives.
to which Tomas replied:
Those times, hig
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 08:34:41AM -0800, James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> On 12/11/17, 7:04 AM, Joe wrote:
> >The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
> >computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coatings. The surface of
>
On Mon 11 Dec 2017 at 08:34:41 (-0800), James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> On 12/11/17, 7:04 AM, Joe wrote:
> >The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
> >computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coatings. The surface of
> >each 12 inch platter side stored a magnificent
Thanks!
On Monday, December 11, 2017 10:04:09 AM Joe wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:16:35 -0500
>
> rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > (Did hard disks ever use iron oxide?)
>
> The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
> computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coati
On Monday, December 11, 2017 09:41:45 AM Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 09:16:35AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
> > From the Wikipedia article on "Magnetic storage":
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_storage#Design
> > "For reliable storage of data, the recording
On 12/11/17, 7:04 AM, Joe wrote:
The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coatings. The surface of
each 12 inch platter side stored a magnificent 2.5MB, or at least the
version I used did. It was used in a system with an e
On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:16:35 -0500
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> (Did hard disks ever use iron oxide?)
>
The rigid platters of IBM cartridges and packs (the things you see in
computer rooms in films) did have brown oxide coatings. The surface of
each 12 inch platter side stored a magnificent 2
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 09:16:35AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote:
On Monday, December 11, 2017 01:12:41 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
> There are instructions for making the pi's boot from rust, but its a one
> way as its said to be an otp rom in charge of that, however when I try
> to set
On Monday, December 11, 2017 01:12:41 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
> There are instructions for making the pi's boot from rust, but its a one
> way as its said to be an otp rom in charge of that, however when I try
> to set that bit, its write protected even for root. In all 3 of the pi's
> I bought. An
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