[cctalk] CDC Documentation and Manuals

2024-10-15 Thread hupfadekroua via cctalk
Hi all, I do see a lot of CDC documentation on bitsavers like software, hardware concepts, programming concepts, but no logic diagrams, schematics, detailed assembly etc. Didn't publish CDC logic diagrams, schematic, board layouts etc, esp. of course for the 180/8xx series in the past - wasn't su

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread bluewater emailtoilet.com via cctalk
Ward was 3 years older than me. I email someone every morning with an email that is titled Up. No deep discourse. Just a sentence saying what I plan to do that day. They either send or reply to me with the same. If we have not heard from each other by 11:00 we try text. If that does not work we

[cctalk] Re: Passing of Edson (Ed) De Castro, Founder of Data General

2024-10-15 Thread Evan Linwood via cctalk
> Oh, my, of course yes. > This is sad news. I wonder if I can talk my editor into a belated > obit? I feel too ignorant though... I guess you could try I'm a nobody but De Castro was important First person (I think) to put a whole CPU on a single card, at least in a mass-produced machine

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
When my mom died, at home , at age 99, the ambulance people said that an autopsy has to be performed when someone dies at home. The police also came and said the same thing. When my mother-in-law passed, in the hospital, no autopsy needed to be done. I did not ask specifics in either case. On Tu

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Ali via cctalk
> When my mom died, at home , at age 99, the ambulance people said that > an autopsy has to be performed when someone dies at home. The police > also came and said the same thing. > When my mother-in-law passed, in the hospital, no autopsy needed to be > done. > I did not ask specifics in either ca

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
When my mom died, at home , at age 99, the ambulance people said that an autopsy has to be performed when someone dies at home. The police also came and said the same thing. When my mother-in-law passed, in the hospital, no autopsy needed to be done. I did not ask specifics in either case. Sent

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Ali via cctalk
> Don’t know when it started, but at least 30 years. > Cause of death is a must. What does that even mean: "Cause of death is a must"? Are you referring to a cause of death being listed on the death certificate? Then yes, a cause needs to be written. However, that does not require an autopsy in

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Don’t know when it started, but at least 30 years. Cause of death is a must. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2024, at 17:44, Ali wrote: > >  >> >> When someone dies at home with no doctor present, an autopsy is always >> done and it takes awhile. > > Since when? > > -Ali >

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Ali via cctalk
> When someone dies at home with no doctor present, an autopsy is always > done and it takes awhile. Since when? -Ali

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
When someone dies at home with no doctor present, an autopsy is always done and it takes awhile. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2024, at 16:17, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > Here is a little more information: > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Here is a little more information: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/ still no cause of death ("probably natural causes"), memorial services, relatives/loved ones left behind, etc.

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
George Morrow said, "I believe in standards. Everyone should have one." About 45 years ago, he and Howard Fullmer tried to standardize the S100 bus. There seemed to have been as little written about Howard's death as the void around Ward christensen's death. On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Sellam Abrah

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 2:25 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose > from" - Andrew Tanenbaum. > > George Morrow said, > "I believe in standards. Everyone should have one." > >

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from" - Andrew Tanenbaum. George Morrow said, "I believe in standards. Everyone should have one." About 45 years ago, he and Howard Fullmer tried to standardize the S100

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Oct 15, 2024, at 4:08 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk > wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk > wrote: >> I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing 3D models for 3D printing, >> please include a STEP file. STLs are mesh based (at least that's how they >> loa

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing 3D models for 3D printing, > please include a STEP file. STLs are mesh based (at least that's how they > load into Fusion 360) and by default you can't align objects to them or > perform

[cctalk] Re: Emails with photos attached to this list

2024-10-15 Thread Lawrence Wilkinson via cctalk
On 13/10/24 10:02, hupfadekroua via cctalk wrote: Will emails with embedded/attached photos send to this list published or dropped? Andreas Andreas, sorry for the delay - your messages were sitting in the moderation queue along with a zillion spams. I am glad you found a solution. -- Lawren

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread hupfadekroua via cctalk
For the substitution of the H732 psus of their KI10 Cabinets LCM used execsys xlc devices. A quite interesting since configurable approach, but not cheap. On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 7:19 PM Anders Nelson wrote: > Great fix! > > I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing 3D models for 3D printing

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 10:35 PM Steve Lewis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Maybe VCF West and the great CHM might consider a kind of computing "hall > of fame". It may be hard to decide who meets that threshold, but one > criteria might be that of being humble enough to attend a VC

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
I think it's worth noting that Ward's body wasn't found until apparently a couple days after he passed. People had been trying to contact him with no reply forthcoming, and it wasn't until a couple days later when someone finally went to check on him that they discovered him dead. A lot of us are

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread Sellam Abraham via cctalk
On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2024, Ali via cctalk wrote: > > (C-Modem, J-Modem, N-Modem... I was waiting for them to run out of > > letters). > > > Speaking of alphabetic order, . . . > > 35 years ago, I was interviewed for a puff piece in the comd

[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen (BBS, XMODEM) has died

2024-10-15 Thread The Doctor via cctalk
On Monday, October 14th, 2024 at 17:03, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > > (Leech-Zmodem would tell the BBS side that there was a CRC error on the > > line on the last blocks and back up the position, then cancel the > > transfer so the transfer was "unsuccessful" to the BBS software and > > di

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
Great fix! I'd like to suggest that anyone distributing 3D models for 3D printing, please include a STEP file. STLs are mesh based (at least that's how they load into Fusion 360) and by default you can't align objects to them or perform other standard operations. I include STEP, STL and F3D (Fusio

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread Milo Velimirović via cctalk
Any thoughts on wiring harnesses and connectors to mate to DEC backplanes? Thanks! —Milo > On Oct 15, 2024, at 8:11 AM, hupfadekroua via cctalk > wrote: > > Next try … > > https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMV48 > > > A. > >> Am 15.10.2024 um 15:28 schrieb Milo Velimirović : >> >> The photos didn’t

[cctalk] Re: LCM STL Files for 3D Printing of DEC PSU Chassis

2024-10-15 Thread hupfadekroua via cctalk
Next try … https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMV48 A. > Am 15.10.2024 um 15:28 schrieb Milo Velimirović : > > The photos didn’t make it through. I’ve got a pdp11/05 that I’d like to > restore and new PSUs make total sense to me. Please send photos directly. > > Thanks! > —Milo > >> On Oct 12, 2024, a

[cctalk] Re: Passing of Edson (Ed) De Castro, Founder of Data General

2024-10-15 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 01:14, Evan Linwood via cctalk wrote: > And of course most of us know of Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer prize-winning book, > The Soul of a New Machine. Oh, my, of course yes. This is sad news. I wonder if I can talk my editor into a belated obit? I feel too ignorant though...

[cctalk] Convex and CDC items on ebay.de

2024-10-15 Thread hupfadekroua via cctalk
Hi, there are some Convex and CDC items on ebay.de Best