Re: Original PDP-11/10 [was: Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name]

2018-12-22 Thread Bob Smith via cctalk
when the multi rack PDP11/20 (on the switch panel) was being assembled for delivery to Aeroflote, circa 1971 or 2 iirc, the unit did not have a working power fail recovery capability. The machine was then referred to as an 11/15. At that time, the PDP11 was considered a controlled technolgy item,

Re: Original PDP-11/10 [was: Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name]

2018-12-22 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 3:50 AM David C. Jenner via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org wrote: > Are you sure the referenced early PDP-11/10 wasn't really the PDP-11/15? > We got an 11/15 because it was cheaper and DEC had one sitting around > that we could get with end of year left over budget funds.

Re: Vintage Radio Catalogs

2018-12-22 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Donate to the radio history museum in wall township, NJ. InfoAge is the facility that hosts their museum. It's really nicely done. Bill On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 7:21 PM W2HX via cctalk http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors > > might be good. > > 73 Eugene W2HX > > > -Original Mes

Re: Public buy/sell/trade

2018-12-22 Thread Carlo Pisani via cctalk
> north amarican inforcement is most complaint based inforcement. were as > from what i know from friends in europe its proactive in many cases yep, precisely my point :D

Re: Original PDP-11/10 [was: Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name]

2018-12-22 Thread David C. Jenner via cctalk
Are you sure the referenced early PDP-11/10 wasn't really the PDP-11/15? We got an 11/15 because it was cheaper and DEC had one sitting around that we could get with end of year left over budget funds. On 12/21/18 2:00 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 4:47 PM Jay Jaeg

Re: Origin of 'Straight 8' name

2018-12-22 Thread David C. Jenner via cctalk
In 1968-69 my bedroom was right over PDP-8 #6. It's been 50 years, but it may have been referred to as a "straight-8" then? On 12/21/18 12:51 PM, Jim Carpenter via cctalk wrote: On 12/21/18 1:10 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: On 12/21/18 10:03 AM, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: "Straight-8"

Origin of 'Straight 8' name

2018-12-22 Thread JAMES FEHLINGER via cctalk
On 12/21/18 2:51 PM, Jim Carpenter via cctalk wrote: > The PDP8-LOVERS mailing list predates alt.sys.pdp8 by a couple years. I > just checked the archives and the earliest usage of 'straight-8' is from > Charles Lasner in an e-mail introducing himself to the still new mailing > list on August 1