Wow, oh man. Chuck was a good good man. I lack the words to say.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 6:20 PM John via cctalk wrote:
> There's been discussion of this on the VCFed forum, but it doesn't look
> like anybody's brought it up here yet. Per Mike Brutman, list member
> Chuck Guzis a.k.a. Chuck(G) pas
I was able to obtain a number of documents that pertain to the Comstar System 4.
I spoke about this computer in the past but I have scanned some
documentation that should help explain this unique computer
People who have been interested in the Intel 4004 might find this interesting
The Comstar S
>From what I was able to learn the 4004 based System 4 was implemented
in multiple systems
It ran systems at a Michigan-California Lumber Company sawmill, the
Comstar system was used in the grading and sorting operation, keeping
track of the number of boards that had gone into each bin and
activat
Back in Nov of 2023 Ed Sharpe asked the following: “Was there ever a
COMPUTER using a 4004 that you could really do something or did that
finally arrive with the 8008”
https://classiccmp.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/cctalk@classiccmp.org/message/LYKGFANNPN6S75X3IUEZVFDRVPD5MQKF/
I hope to answer t
I'm sorry if this has been asked before.
How can I send PDFs to Bitsavers?
I know I cannot just FTP and create a directory.
I am looking on the website but I am probably not reading what is
right in front of me.
Any help would be appreciated.
Wow. Yes they are and according to the website, he has pictures of the
Northwest Computer Society, Pacific Science Center Computer Fair and
Northwest Computer Society Computer Fair.
I wonder if he is still around, he must have some great stories.
On Sat, Feb 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM Lars Brinkhoff wro
I was debating sending this, but Microsoft is part of computing
history and fifty years is a milestone.
https://news.microsoft.com/microsoft-50/
From Punch Cards to Python Grace Hopper’s A-0 compiler paved the way for
modern programming languages
https://spectrum.ieee.org/from-punch-cards-to-python
As time goes on new things are found.
When IBM Built a War Room for Executives A new video captures a remarkable
1968 demo of IBM’s Executive Terminal
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibm-demo
I just saw.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-14/thomas-kurtz-co-creator-of-computer-language-basic-dies-at-96?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3KoXLcQfnlYwWx9mVvphwgApNi1lj1xGYUCYpCYWWDnQ-bTjmCw50-oWk_aem_fhgnmJCkoiuiIjct1aQPrw
On Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 9:36 AM Murray McCullough via cctalk <
The prototype of the Altair 8800 was completed in Oct 1974 and was
announced in Jan 1975.
On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 10:01 AM Murray McCullough via cctalk
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> A lot happened in the computer industry in early Nov. in the past: Intel's
> x86 PC architecture was born; lo & behold Windows ME was r
On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> . . . and, did you hear about first on this list?
> if so,
> NYT heard it from you, (THANK YOU!)
I read about it on the list and I shared the link to my company's chant channel.
I don't know if what I did made it happen but it did a
> Associated Press has a deaths wire where they put up obits of people of
> interest. I’d assume that’s how NYT even knew about Ward. It’s interesting to
> me that they bothered to put up his obit as he is mildly famous even to tech
> folks. They might have seen the chatter about him and decided
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29514/preview-lot/5918785/apple-twiggy-macintosh-prototype-used-in-the-development-of-demonstration-software-macintosh-personal-computer-apple-computers-inc-cupertino-ca-1983-with-5-14-inch-twiggy-disk-drive-with-corresponding-slot-in-front-panel/
APPLE "TWIGGY" MA
https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3884041/nsa-releases-copy-of-internal-lecture-delivered-by-computing-giant-rear-adm-gra/
FORT MEADE, Md. — In one of the more unique public proactive
transparency record releases for the National Security Agency (N
On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:28 AM Wayne S via cctalk
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> I think this sale might propel computer collecting into a parallel market now
> occupied by car collectors.
> In car collecting, not all cars are classic collectibles, but are worth more
> than scrap value because of condition, hobbyist
No.. I saw it and I am just sharing.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 12:22 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk
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> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 5:28 AM Christian Liendo via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> > The Daydreamer - Lee Felsenstein
> >
> > Legacy Techn
The Daydreamer - Lee Felsenstein
Legacy Technologies - Episode 02 This episode is dedicated to Lee
Felsenstein, a trailblazer in the development of early personal
computers during the 70s and 80s. Lee engineered the VDM-1 (Video
Device Module) in 1976, the precursor to modern graphic cards. Along
Good then please keep your opinions to yourself on this and stop
trying to start issues.
On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM Liam Proven via cctalk
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> Not my country, not my continent. I've lived in Africa, 3 different
> countries in Europe, spent a lot of time and speak the languages of 4
> m
There was a discussion about RR Auctions and this is their upcoming
Aug 2024 auction
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/698-steve-jobs-and-the-apple-computer-revolution/
The focus is clearly on Apple and for Apple collectors, there are some
non Apple related items.
There is a PDP8 for sa
I don't know.
This is new and I have only seen a few auctions and they have been
from some high profile people.
Here was the RR Auction from March 21, 2024
https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/details/690-steve-jobs-and-the-apple-computer-revolution/
Here was the RR Auction from August 24, 2023
h
R&R Auction. They have been doing mostly Apple and some other.
https://www.rrauction.com
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 4:46 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk
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> Which commercial auction houses specialize in collectible computers?
>
> --
> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
I agree. I have been doing research about a computer I have and
everything I found about it have been from magazines and other
publications.
Magazines help document history. They are very important.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM Murray McCullough via cctalk
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> I, as a history-research
I enjoy and have many of the older magazines. Some I have in plastic
and some I can actually take out and read because they are not in good
condition.
When I get my house, I would like to display some of them like this.
https://www.virginiasweetpea.com/window-wall-decor-vintage-magazine-covers/
https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/
Living Computers Museum + Labs, the Seattle institution created by the
late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a hands-on showcase for rare
computing technology and int
The Micral N was developed for process control as well.
The only difference was that Comstar was purchased by Warmer Swasey and it
was integrated to their systems so they never marketed their systems
outside of that market.
On Mon, May 27, 2024, 7:48 AM Christian Corti via cctalk <
cctalk@classic
There was a 4004 based computer developed in 1972 that was released before
the Micral called the Comstar 4. It's not very well known but it was
written about in the ACM and the Computer History Museum has a copy of
their sales manual
ACM article
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1499949.1499959
Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/
New York Times Obit
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/technology/c-gordon-bell-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.xAnm.sr2ZsjF5OSti&smid=url-share
4, 1:12 PM Christian Liendo via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> > Sorry I forgot to add Kennet Classic. I failed, my mistake.
> >
> > On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 1:11 PM Christian Liendo
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I see computer history slo
Sorry I forgot to add Kennet Classic. I failed, my mistake.
On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 1:11 PM Christian Liendo wrote:
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> I see computer history slowly growing. Before you had only one museum
> in the United States and now you have multiple ones such as but not
> limited to:
>
> American Computer M
I see computer history slowly growing. Before you had only one museum
in the United States and now you have multiple ones such as but not
limited to:
American Computer Museum
Computer History Museum
Computer Museum of America
Large Scale Systems Museum
Rhode Island Computer Museum
System Source Co
I have a box from Comstar that I was told was a "programmer" that
allowed you to burn ROMs for a much larger computer. I did some
research and found that COMSTAR made a Microcomputer based on the
Intel 4004
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6368812 Page 26
"Compiler programme
I went to Onyx2/Origin 2000 training in Mountain View in the building that
is now the Computer History Museum and I met a lot of Gov folks but I also
met a lot of oil people who used SGIs to crunch data. At the time no one
could touch them but that too changed
As for workstations the one I remembe
I actually created an account to support this but I think it already
has enough votes to get it made. I ended up giving private feedback.
I like vintage computing legos and I have a few of Chris McVeigh's
sets before he went to work for LEGO. I would like to see these sets
get made.
These sets we
https://web.stanford.edu/~allison/JimWarren.html
For those who do not know about Jim Warren
Jim Warren's wiki page
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Warren_(computer_specialist)
I just wanted to say thank you for sending us the link, they are great
https://www.team6502.org/
This was on the Team 6502 facebook page
I just received an email from Bill Mensch that Chuck Peddle has died.
He died on December 15. Chuck Peddle was one of the team of eight
Motorola employees and engi
On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 11:58 AM Ali wrote:
> In none of the stories I have read, and I admit I haven't been following this
> closely, there has been no mention of labels being copied (i.e. logos,
> graphics, etc.). If he did do this then yes he screwed himself royally.
>
> -Ali
>
https://mashab
Ugh this is old and has nothing to do with what we do
Also is has nothing to do with what anyone is discussing.
The guy make exact copies of restore CDs with Dell and Microsoft
labels, so they were counterfeit.
I meant to say Raymond Chen and it didn't notice the spell check change
Sometimes modern technology sucks.
On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 3:18 PM Christian Liendo wrote:
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> How did MS-DOS decide that two seconds was the amount of time to keep
> the floppy disk cache valid?
>
> https://devblogs.microso
How did MS-DOS decide that two seconds was the amount of time to keep
the floppy disk cache valid?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190924-00/?p=102915
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 1:52 PM Al Kossow via cctalk
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> pretty cool..
>
I agree..
I remember someone ported GLTron as a screen saver for SGI and Mac as
well. Probably my favorite screensaver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8FWro9sFJc
I live in Manhattan, ping me off line maybe I can help.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:37 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk
wrote:
> I like that area of NYC, nice place to get a good meal. I'll be around the
> area in a few weeks, it's kind of near the Lincoln tunnel IIRC, the Javits
> Convention Center, et
That's awesome. I did Origin 2000 and Onyx 2 repair training over at
the SGI building that now houses the Computer History Museum.
I don't have any parts, but keep us in the loop. I would come down to see that
On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 7:58 PM, PhreakShow Telephone Company via
cctalk wrote:
> I won
Thanks everyone for the ideas, however I cannot leave Hong Kong and enter
China. That requires a different visa that I didn't obtain and I don't
have the time to travel that far.
Im working in Hong Kong the next few weeks and I was wondering if there is
a place of interest I should check out
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