> When you've got that set up, post the link on Slashdot, they love text
> adventures.
I seen nothing there about the 1977 copy of Zork. If you're a Slashdot
regular, maybe post it there?
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 12:59:51AM +, dwight via cctalk wrote:
> I would think to be a mainframe, it has to have a I/O processor. That is
> about all I can think of.
Contemporary PCs satisfy that description: GPUs are the most visible I/O
processor, and all of the other bus interfaces such as
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> I would think to be a mainframe, it has to have a I/O processor. That i
On 7/23/20 9:00 PM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:47 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> Infocom's games were based on Crowther, after all.
>
>
> Inspired by, not "based on".
>
> ADVENT was written in Fortran 66. I'm not sure what Crowthe
Eric Smith wrote:
> Infocom games were written in ZIL (based on MDL), and developed on a
> DECSYSTEM-20. Presumably Infocom had a ZIP for the -20, but they
> didn't publicly release that.
Maybe this.
https://github.com/PDP-10/its-vault/blob/master/twenex/zork/z/zip.mud.96
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 11:47 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Infocom's games were based on Crowther, after all.
Inspired by, not "based on".
ADVENT was written in Fortran 66. I'm not sure what Crowther used
originally, but Don Woods version was developed on a DECsys
On 7/23/2020 6:59 PM, dwight via cctalk wrote:
I would think to be a mainframe, it has to have a I/O processor. That is about
all I can think of.
Dwight
Fontpanel display more than 1KW. :)
Ben.
a I/O processor. That is
> about all I can think of.
> > Dwight
> >
>
>
> So, a BeagleBone then
>
>
> >
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> On 7/23/20 4:34 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
>> How about the XT/370? or XT/360?
>> (I couldn't afford one)
>
> As the predecessor to the P
I would think to be a mainframe, it has to have a I/O processor. That is about
all I can think of.
Dwight
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On 7/23/20 4:34 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
How about the XT/370? or XT/360?
(I couldn't afford one)
As the predecessor to the P/390-E, I definitely think that the XT/370 or
XT/360 is a (baby) mainframe.
--
Grant. . . .
unix || die
Q: What is the definition of mainframe?
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
Something you buy from IBM? ;-)
I'm going to say something that runs a mainframe OS.
This includes IBM's zPDT & RDz which are software emulators. It also
includes a P/390-E, et al., card that has a p
> > Q: What is the definition of mainframe?
> > Lose a scope in it?
> > Need a forklift and a union moving crew?
>
> Something you buy from IBM? ;-)
*pats POWER6, which is not a mainframe*
... or for that matter, was purchased from IBM, because they wouldn't sell
me one.
--
--
On 7/23/20 11:24 AM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Is there a reason why he answered the OS, but not what the system was?
Having interacted with @bmoshix, I'm taking his "mainframe" answer to
mean that it's probably either (one of) his zPDT / RDz (IBM's answer to
Hercule) -or- one of the physi
Well, they started with the PDP-10 ZORK, and used PDP-10 (architecture) systems
to develop many of the others...
Rich Alderson
ex-Living Computers: Museum + Labs
http://www.panix.com/~alderson/
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> On Jul 23, 2020, at 10:26, Lars Brinkhoff via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Chuck Gu
> On Jul 23, 2020, at 10:47, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 7/23/20 10:25 AM, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
>> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>> Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a
>>> PDP-10.
>>
>> It's not Crowther's Adventure, but the Infocom games.
>
> Infocom's game
On 2020-07-22 10:52 p.m., Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> Just put up a big pdp11 and be done with it. Hm. Running on Simh a fully
> loaded 11 should handle just about anything the internet could toss at
> it...
>
> C
>
When you've got that set up, post the link on Slashdot, they love text
advent
How about running MDL Zork on ITS for historical accuracy? I'm scheming
with some of the implementers to take steps in that direction.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
>> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>> Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a
>>> PDP-10.
>> It's not Crowther's Adventure, but the Infocom games.
> Infocom's games were based on Crowther, after all.
Rich Alderson wrote:
> Well, they starte
Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a PDP-10.
True, and when I thought about it I realized the problem: I could create
a GAMES directory on my RSX11m+, but if multiple users logged in
wouldn't they step on each other? Or would it work because each user
would have
On 7/23/20 10:25 AM, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a
>> PDP-10.
>
> It's not Crowther's Adventure, but the Infocom games.
Forgot to mention that access to the game was via SCOPE's INTERCOM.
--Chuck
On 7/23/20 10:25 AM, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a
>> PDP-10.
>
> It's not Crowther's Adventure, but the Infocom games.
Infocom's games were based on Crowther, after all. I remember porting
the PDP-10 FORTRAN to
Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a
> PDP-10.
It's not Crowther's Adventure, but the Infocom games.
I asked @bmoshix what the system was. I've not gotten a reply yet.
On Thu, 23 Jul 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
@bmoshix replied that it's Linux running on a mainframe.
Is there a reason why he answered the OS, but not what the system was?
What sort of mainframe would somebody be ash
On 7/23/20 9:32 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
> On 7/22/20 11:32 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
>> I asked @bmoshix what the system was. I've not gotten a reply yet.
>
> @bmoshix replied that it's Linux running on a mainframe.
>
Well, if one wanted to stay historically accurate, one would use a P
On 7/22/20 11:32 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
I asked @bmoshix what the system was. I've not gotten a reply yet.
@bmoshix replied that it's Linux running on a mainframe.
I half way expect that it's Docker running on z/OS.
So, apparently not Docker running on z/OS.
It could be Docker on Linux
On 7/22/20 8:35 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
Sadly, the original tweet doesn't mention what mainframe - Somebody
did ask, and there was no response I could see.
I asked @bmoshix what the system was. I've not gotten a reply yet.
The error messages suggest it's some sort of Linux system u
On 7/22/20 7:52 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote:
> Just put up a big pdp11 and be done with it.
A PDP11 might be a "mainframe" (personally, I'd call it a minicomputer),
but in the world of mainframes, it's hardly "big".
FWIW,
Chuck
Just put up a big pdp11 and be done with it. Hm. Running on Simh a fully
loaded 11 should handle just about anything the internet could toss at it...
C
On 7/22/2020 10:35 PM, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
Sadly, the original tweet doesn't mention what mainframe - Somebody did
ask, and there w
Sadly, the original tweet doesn't mention what mainframe - Somebody did
ask, and there was no response I could see.
The error messages suggest it's some sort of Linux system using Docker
containers, so it's not OS/360 :-)
I suspect given that it's running out of memory, that it's yet another
linu
Ask the tweet included in the initial posting..
I have nothing to do with it .. cheers
> On 22 Jul 2020, at 23:15, Kevin Monceaux via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 09:52:14PM +0200, 821--- via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Almost all InfoCom adventure games now online running on a mainfra
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 09:52:14PM +0200, 821--- via cctalk wrote:
> Almost all InfoCom adventure games now online running on a mainframe!
> Telnet to 35.209.67.107 (guest/guest1) and play text mode adventure games
> on a mainframe
>
> https://twitter.com/bmoshix/status/1285905078373814273/photo
> Well still glad its getting used :)
> cheers
So am I except I want to use it as well LOL!
Well still glad its getting used :)
cheers
> On 22 Jul 2020, at 22:37, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Almost all InfoCom adventure games now online running on a mainframe!
>> Telnet to 35.209.67.107 (guest/guest1) and play text mode adventure
>> games on a mainframe
>>
>> https://twitter.com/bmo
> Almost all InfoCom adventure games now online running on a mainframe!
> Telnet to 35.209.67.107 (guest/guest1) and play text mode adventure
> games on a mainframe
>
> https://twitter.com/bmoshix/status/1285905078373814273/photo/1
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