Re: ó One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-02 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 01/02/2014 at 01:31 PM, Kirk Talman said: >PDP stood for personal data processor. Programmable. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: Th

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2014-01-02 Thread John Gilmore
Kurt Talman wrote | 1 - PDP stood for personal data processor. John McCarthy insisted that it was an acronym for Programmed Data Processor and objected to it as all but vacuous, too generic because it described any computer. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-02 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 13:31:27 -0500, Kirk Talman wrote: >$)C1 - PDP stood for personal data processor. The PDP-1 was advertised w/a >teddy bear which I believe was delivered with it. So it depends how big >your desk was. > "Programmed Data Processor", I heard at MIT circa 1962. >2 - In the 1960s

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-02 Thread Kirk Talman
, > Date: 12/29/2013 04:28 PM > Subject: Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:30:52 -0600, Andy Wood wrote: > > > >Some may say that the HP 9100 was only a calculator, but Bi

Re: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-02 Thread Rouse, Willie
: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube Actually, there was a desktop computer called GENIAC which came out in 1955.  Quite crude but it worked fine.  I got an unmolested one off ebay about a year ago.  I first saw one when I was an IBM CE in the sixties. Heathkit had an a

Re: ¢† One day , a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-01 Thread Randy Hudson
In article , Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: > [Arthur C Clarke] also "invented"/predicted the synchronous satellite > being used for communications. I saw a picture of him at a Science Fiction > Convention wearing a T-Shirt which read "I invented the synchronous > satellite and all I got was this T-

Re: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2014-01-01 Thread Warren Brown
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Re: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-31 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In <1388417488.11875.16.camel@localhost>, on 12/30/2013 at 10:31 AM, David Andrews said: >Though the wikipedia article doesn't mention it, my recollection is >that Magnuson's M80 system was microprogrammable by the user. >Anybody remember/use that? Remember. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Me

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread David Andrews
On Mon, 2013-12-30 at 14:55 -0500, Tony Harminc wrote: > Much earlier the 370/165 and /168 had a Load MicroProgram instruction > that loaded microcode from main storage. X'B9', iirc. Used by OLTEP > tests, I think. I have a hazy memory of the /145 having a similar instruction (possibly a variant o

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2013-12-30 Thread zMan
That could make for some VERY interesting results from a bad branch...maybe that's why modern PCs sometimes wedge to the point of needing a power cycle: they've reimplemented this technology! :-D On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: > On 30 December 2013 10:31, David Andrews wr

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread Tony Harminc
On 30 December 2013 10:31, David Andrews wrote: > Though the wikipedia article doesn't mention it, my recollection is that > Magnuson's M80 system was microprogrammable by the user. Anybody > remember/use that? Much earlier the 370/165 and /168 had a Load MicroProgram instruction that loaded mic

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread DASDBILL2
In 1974, when that video was taped, a desk would fit on a computer.  :-) Bill Fairchild - Original Message - From: "Charles Mills" To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 8:26:12 AM Subject: Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - Yo

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2013-12-30 Thread Scott Ford
David, I remember the magnuson, it was PCM for IBM s/370s, I *think*.. Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > On Dec 30, 2013, at 10:31 AM, David Andrews wrote: > >> On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 09:50 -0500, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: >> total kern

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 14:30 -0600, Andy Wood wrote: > HP called it a calculator rather than a computer as a marketing ploy Heh. Bob Brigham once told me that the Bell System made "electronic switching systems" (ESS) because they were prohibited from marketing "computers". -- David Andrews A. Du

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2013-12-30 Thread David Andrews
On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 09:50 -0500, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: > total kernel time ... moved to microcode gained approx. 72% of kernel > time. Though the wikipedia article doesn't mention it, my recollection is that Magnuson's M80 system was microprogrammable by the user. Anybody remember/use that

Re: One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-30 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In , on 12/29/2013 at 09:50 AM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler said: >note that (at least low-end and mid-range) 360s & 370s were emulation >on some native microprocessor ... so 5100 wasn't all that different. The data paths on the 2030, 2040, 2050, 2065 and 2085 were designed with simulating a S/360 in

Re: ¢† One day , a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-29 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 15:28 -0600 on 12/29/2013, Paul Gilmartin wrote about Re: ’ñ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - You: >In context of that video, the HP 9100 is particularly significant - Athur C. Clarke had been presented with one by HP in 1970. Is that Clarke? I'm not entirely familiar wi

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-29 Thread Andy Wood
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:28:19 -0600, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >Is that Clarke? I'm not entirely familiar with his appearance. And the >filming location? Sri Lanka? > Yes, that was Clarke. It is from an Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV show called Perspective. The program list for 29 May 1

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:30:52 -0600, Andy Wood wrote: > >Some may say that the HP 9100 was only a calculator, but Bill Hewlett himself >supposedly said that HP called it a calculator rather than a computer as a >marketing ploy (knowing that potential customers could more easily justify the >purch

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-29 Thread Andy Wood
On Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:50:03 -0500, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote: > >IBM 5100 1973 at Palo Alto Science Center >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100 > Besides the IBM 5100, there were other desktop machines that could be called computers. Two that I personally encountered were the Datapoint 220

Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

2013-12-29 Thread Anne & Lynn Wheeler
edgould1...@comcast.net (Ed Gould) writes: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA IBM 5100 1973 at Palo Alto Science Center http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_5100 enuf of 1130 emulation to run apl\1130 (SCAMP) product out in 1978 was enuf of 360 emulation (on PALM) to run apl\360 note tha

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2013-12-29 Thread Binyamin Dissen
computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube :> :>AMAZING :> :> :> :> From: Ed Gould :>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:08 PM :>Subject: ? One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube

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2013-12-29 Thread Charles Mills
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Warren Brown Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube AMAZING From: Ed Gould To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013

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2013-12-29 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ed Gould wrote: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA My, oh my! Thanks Ed. That bold claim came true at all! ;-) Nice vid, I must admit! Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / arch

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2013-12-28 Thread Warren Brown
AMAZING From: Ed Gould To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:08 PM Subject: ▶ One day, a computer will fit on a desk (1974) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA

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2013-12-28 Thread Ed Gould
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdWQAKzESA -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN