Re: Women of Computing

2021-12-04 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
I'm curious what your definition of 'woke' is, because it seems grossly misapplied in this instance. --Jason On 12/4/21 10:20, Chris Long via cctalk wrote: Great.not. Why do we need woke Lego? -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Zane Healy via cctalk Sent: 03 December

Re: Writings on AI from 17 years ago....

2021-05-24 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On Sun, 2021-05-23 at 21:34 -0400, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > Anyone know if the LCM will be open Considering there is no staff as they were all laid off and have now all found other jobs, I'd guess that's a hard no. They'd basically need to spin up from 0 again -- considering Vulcan shut d

Re: Way off topic: posting to the list using default Samsung Android Mail Client

2020-11-10 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 11/10/20 3:45 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: Proper old-fashioned internet-standard email is totally unknown to the authors of modern email clients, such as for phones etc. Hell, even Gmail borked the display of plain text emails a while back. I started getting questions like, "What ha

Re: OpenVMS Community License

2020-07-28 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 7/28/20 9:39 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote: Not supported, sure, but it will probably work just fine. When we released 8.4-2L1 I tested it on DEC 3000 AXP and DEC 4000 AXP systems, and it ran fine on those. Kind regards, Camiel Vanderhoeven  VMS Software, Inc. R&D Department

Re: Dilithium Press (Computer Books)

2020-07-14 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
Agreed, this sounds like a ton of fun to implement. --Jason On 7/14/20 6:45 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: I’d love details on this! This sounds vaguely like a game I played on a Harris Minicomputer in the late 80’s. Zane On Jul 14, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote: If I am n

Re: Compaq Smart Array 3200 Controller as a SCSI Controller

2020-07-14 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 7/14/20 10:47 AM, Ali via cctalk wrote: This may be a bit too new for this list but I thought what the heck - maybe one of you Compaq/DEC/HP guys would know: Is there any reason a Smart Array controller can't be used as a simple SCSI controller? I.E. No array, just using it to drive a tape

Re: DS10 Alpha question = Sata Drive card?

2020-06-11 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 6/11/20 11:32 AM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: Correct. One of he BSDs or Linux bb On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:24 PM Zane Healy wrote: On Jun 11, 2020, at 11:19 AM, Bob Smith via cctalk wrote: Can anyone recommend a SATA card that will work with a DS10 Alpha, and which OS supports th

Re: Living Computer Museum

2020-05-29 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 5/29/20 2:31 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: On 05/29/2020 03:05 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk wrote: Just to make sure everyone knows that we haven't lost our minds: Nothing is going in the skip/dumpster/e-waste recycling bin.  It's a long pause, that's all. Well, that's a relief, at lea

Re: HPE OpenVMS Hobbyist license program is closing

2020-03-07 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
One of the machines I have still has it's permanent license (along with the pretty paper license) for the OS.  It's all the auxiliary packages you need to do anything useful that are going to be the headache. --Jason On 3/7/20 9:27 AM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:07 AM

Re: FW: [GreenKeys] DURA Selectric ASR terminals free

2019-12-18 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
I've been looking for a Selectric terminal for some time.  Sadly, I'm not really in driving distance to Carson City. --Jason On 12/14/19 11:19 PM, Dave Wade via cctalk wrote: I wonder if there is any interest here... -Original Message- From: greenkeys-boun...@mailman.qth.net On B

Re: 1983 UBC PDP-11 Unix tools distribution

2019-03-08 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On Thu, 7 Mar 2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: I'm sure there are. Usenix threw out the copies of their tapes that were given back to them to preserve. Oof, that reads like a punch to the gut. --Jason

Re: Bogus "account hacked" message

2019-01-08 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On Tue, 8 Jan 2019, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: What's easier to do: 1) Go find and repeatedly scrape mailing list archives for sending email addresses. 2) Subscribe one email address to the same mailing lists and have the messages delivered to you where you can have an automated pro

Re: More old stuff incoming

2018-12-18 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
Indeed. Just this year, we pulled our Pentium Pro box off our museum shelf and did a fresh install of NT4 for a faculty member and their scientific instrument. --Jason On 12/18/18 5:48 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: On Dec 18, 2018, at 2:51 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: I would take a gue

Re: Swap clarification (Was: bill was my first "real" computer comoany customer"

2018-11-13 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 11/13/18 2:37 PM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote: Fred Cisin wrote: Opened to public at 10:00 AM, by which time, the vendors had been buying each others stuff for quite a while. "It's worth getting a vendor table, just for the early admission!" That's true for just about any hamfest/s

Re: Computing from 1976

2018-01-01 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
On 01/01/2018 05:15 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: The machine I'm typing this on has a 1.4GHz single-core CPU, and _most_ things run on it just fine - but going to many Web sites is now painful, since the 'obligatory' HTTPS (another hot button, one I'll refrain from hitting right now, to

Free Not really old software

2017-11-14 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
All, I picked up a big lot of stuff this past weekend.  Amongst the pile of quite desirable Apple items (Feb '84 Macintosh!!!) were versions of "Canvas" graphics software for Windows.  Boxed versions of Canvas 3, 5 and 6. Free if anyone wants it.  Comes with training material on VHS tapes!

Re: DEC Alpha 3000 and OpenVMS 8.4

2017-10-13 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
Hi Camiel, Is there a solution for Hobbyists to get the VSI 8.4 Alpha release? Last time I checked/inquired it seemed like there was uncertainty about it.  And from what I understand the standard HP Hobbyists License PAKs won't be of much use on a VSI system. Thanks, Jason On 10/13/2017 03

Re: DEC Alpha 3000 and OpenVMS 8.4

2017-10-12 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
I have 8.4 running on a DEC 3000 as well.  SSH works fine for me.  I think I have a 4GB system disk and have all kinds of extra software installed.  It's currently on the shelf, so I can't tell exactly how much space I'm using -- but erm, I'd look for at least a 4GB drive ;) I've wanted to upg

Re: Teletype 43

2017-05-26 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
I'm in Seattle and am very tempted by this --Jason On 05/22/2017 11:04 AM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: If someone in the Pacific NW would like to have one, I'm in Portland and go to Seattle from time to time. Would like to at least see of it can find a home https://goo.gl/photos/e2

Re: Teletype 43

2017-05-26 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
No eye rolling here. I'd have picked it up too! I would love to get my hands on hard-copy terminal. (Still kicking myself for not grabbing a free DecWriter III several years ago). --Jason On 05/22/2017 10:44 AM, Jim Brain via cctalk wrote: OK, go ahead and roll your eyes at me, but I was

Re: FTGH clear-out at Mesa Electronics, Richmond, CA, USA

2017-05-26 Thread Jason Howe via cctalk
Gah! This is what I get for ignoring this list for a couple days. I'd love to grab those DEC 3000's for spares. I'm in Seattle and a trip to Cali isn't in the cards right now. :( --Jason On 05/21/2017 07:36 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote: Sorry, forgot - Alphas! Two DEC 3000 model 400