On 6/22/2021 11:46 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
| The same goes for Multics
I think the 80286 was a better platform than the original for Multics.
And, of course, the Pentium is even better. Is Multics available for
Intel systems?
I'm not sure what you are talking about. Intel's engineer
On Tue, 2021-06-22 at 19:45 -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
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> There's actually a surprising amount of preserved material Both
> in source form, and both run in emulation.
I re-created the Bendix G-15 Intercom 2000 from a manual. Not running,
of course, on a real G-15. Is there a G-15
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 5:43 PM, ben via cctech wrote:
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> ...
> 1965 to 1985 generated most of the new computing languages,operating
> systems and ideas. Sadly most of it seems lost source code wise.
> Ben.
I might push the start of that back to 1955, but apart from that I agree you
have a go
On 2021-06-22 3:10 p.m., r.stricklin via cctech wrote:
On Jun 22, 2021, at 12:40 PM, ben via cctech wrote:
Lisp is evaluated, not compiled from what little I have read.
If I could read the papers (for free) I could know more.
So… have I got this right?
1. You admit directly you have onl
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 12:40 PM, ben via cctech wrote:
> Lisp is evaluated, not compiled from what little I have read.
> If I could read the papers (for free) I could know more.
So… have I got this right?
1. You admit directly you have only a little knowledge on the topic.
2. You choose to st
Someone already did this with a TEK4010 emulation: See
https://github.com/rricharz/Tek4010
Hmmm... You could use a Raspberry Pi to emulate a number of terminals.
Doug
On 6/22/2021 3:49 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
On 2021-06-22 01:03, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
I'm now wonder
I’d like a copy. This is the card version?
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 3:28 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk
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> On Tue, 2021-06-22 at 15:44 -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
>> The Electrologica ALGOL compilers used somewhat similar mixtures of
>> pseudocode and machine
On Tue, 2021-06-22 at 15:44 -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> The Electrologica ALGOL compilers used somewhat similar mixtures of
> pseudocode and machine code.
The IBM 1401 Fortran compiler 1401-FO-050 (subset of Fortran II)
generated machine code for integer operations, and bytecode for
flo
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 3:40 PM, ben via cctalk wrote:
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> ...
> Lisp is evaluated, not compiled from what little I have read.
> If I could read the papers (for free) I could know more.
> Refal "Recursive functions algorithmic language" from Russia
> looks just what I was looking for. Around sin
On 2021-06-21 3:47 p.m., Rich Alderson wrote:
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:19:02 -0600
From: ben via cctalk
LISP still can't be compiled.
May I respectfully suggest that you don't know WTF you're talking about?
LISP compilers have existed for decades. One of the *early* MIT AI Lab papers
by
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Zane Healy wrote:
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>> On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:19 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
>> wrote:
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Imagine a Tekronox Emulation on a 4K display ;-)
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>> Like a Tek 4019? I remember seeing those in Typeset-11, amazing.
>
> That brings up an interesting que
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:19 AM, Paul Koning via cctalk
> wrote:
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>>> Imagine a Tekronox Emulation on a 4K display ;-)
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> Like a Tek 4019? I remember seeing those in Typeset-11, amazing.
That brings up an interesting question, how good is a 4K display for emulating
vector graphics?
Zane
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 6:32 AM Grant Taylor via cctalk
wrote:
> > I would love to see REAL RS232 on a RBPi, probably even the original
> > MMJ from DEC for keyboard & mouse
>
> What is a /real/ RS-232? How does it differ from USB-to-RS-232 and / or
> bit banging GPIO lines?
The OP said he meant
> On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:32 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk
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> On 6/22/21 1:49 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
>> Be careful. The "native" resolution of the vt340 is 800x480 in 4:3 format ...
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> 800x480 isn't 4:3 aspect, like VGA 640x480 / SVGA 800x600 / XGA (?) 1024x768.
> Bu
On 2021-06-22 06:32, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 6/22/21 1:49 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
>> So I would use an 15" 4K display at the RBpi, and scale up...
>
> I personally dislike all the 4k monitors that I've seen. I'd be more
> likely to go old school.
Why? I love the new o
On 6/22/21 1:49 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote:
Be careful. The "native" resolution of the vt340 is 800x480 in 4:3
format ...
800x480 isn't 4:3 aspect, like VGA 640x480 / SVGA 800x600 / XGA (?)
1024x768. But I suppose the aspect ratio can be the area that the
pixels cover, not the act
On 22/06/2021 08:16, Matt Burke via cctalk wrote:
The VT640 had a green phosphor. This was a 3rd party upgrade for the
VT100 from Digital Engineering which gives the VT100 graphical
capabilities. Part of the upgrade involved changing the picture tube. I
suspect this was to reduce flicker as the p
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> On Mon, 2021-06-21 at 17:26 -0400, William Donzelli via cctalk wrote:
> > > Of course, nowadays, the
On 2021-06-22 01:03, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> I'm now wondering about building something like a Raspberry Pi with an
> LCD display (native resolution?)
Be careful. The "native" resolution of the vt340 is 800x480 in 4:3
format ...
So I would use an 15" 4K display at the RBpi, and scale u
On 21/06/2021 18:12, Antonio Carlini via cctalk wrote:
> I found the IPB on bitsavers and that lists the P4 phosphor and a
> later CRT with the P40 phosphor. I think both of those are white.
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> I did find one seemingly untouched image of a VT100 with green text:
> https://vistapointe.net/clipart
On 2021-06-22 01:03, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> After seeing the prices of VT3xx / VT4xx / VT5xx when I looked a few
> years ago, I quickly decided that I didn't want to spend that sort of
> money.
And, if you get a cheap VT340, it probably is just an "A", not a "G+"
version :(
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