On Wed, 7 Sep 2016, Kyle Owen wrote:
I updated the project to include optional OS/8 support. I won't say I've
tested it extensively, but it does seem to be working as expected in SimH,
anyways. I updated the README to reflect the additions.
...
I tried it out: I dowloaded the hp35only.pal-sou
What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
a television show of 50 years ago?
Happy computing!
Murray
The rest of the story.
As Al pointed out, much to our surprise, the museum has rejected an offer
from Art's estate for the donation of a Fast Fourier Transform computing
system which included both the Unicomp Computer and a hardware FFT
accelerator. This is a very strange decision since the syste
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Murray McCullough
wrote:
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
> things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
> a television show of 50
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Murray McCullough
> wrote:
>
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
> things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
> a television show of
> From: Jerry Weiss
> The first is an MSV11-PL 512KB-Q-Bus 22bit.
> Dead to both CSR and Memory address access in ODT.
> ... before start poking around with my scope ... can recommend a
> particular methodology to finding the fault.
Well, the CSR and RAM address detection c
The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh
trying to show transparent aluminum.
In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever from a Star
Trek movie or show.
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Murray McCullough wrote:
What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
a television show of 50 years ago?
ALL of
On 9/8/16 10:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote:
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today?
The main thing that comes to mind is how often images or references to TOS
appear in mid-70's computing magazines.
On 09/08/2016 10:25 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
> A few examples are the PADD (iPad and other tablets) and the
> Communicator (Mobile Phones).
Maybe, but the computer "brain" IIRC was always shipboard. Dick Tracy
had the 2-way wrist radio decades before.
Perhaps in years to come, the tricorder m
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Christian Liendo wrote:
>
> The only "computer" related thing I can think of is the scene from
> Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where Scotty works on the Macintosh
> trying to show transparent aluminum.
>
> In my own humble opinion it is one of the best scenes ever
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> On 09/08/2016 10:25 AM, Peter Cetinski wrote:
>
>> A few examples are the PADD (iPad and other tablets) and the
>> Communicator (Mobile Phones).
>
> Maybe, but the computer "brain" IIRC was always shipboard. Dick Tracy
> had the 2-way wrist
On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 01:03:36PM -0400, Murray McCullough wrote:
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
> things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
> a television sho
Hello gents, seeking some advice. I recently brought home my IBM 3741 Data
Station that has been in controlled storage since the late 90’s and was
working at that time. Given almost 20 years has passed, what would be the
best way to power it back up? I believe I have a variac of sufficient size
aro
On 09/08/2016 11:01 AM, Thomas Kula wrote:
> I remember reading, ages ago, that the ubiquitous 'memory tapes'
> they were always shoving into techno things on TOS were about the
> size of a 3.5" disk. And, after they started to become common, I
> remember thinking that USB 'thumb drives' were abou
Is there engineering drawings online for the DEC 871 or 874 power
controllers?
I have one with a failed solid state relay and I cannot figure out the spec.
One is an Opto-Film OFA-2402H and the other is a CLARE 203A05A3A
But I cannot find a data sheet for any of those. Does anyone know a
compat
On 9/8/2016 10:41 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 9/8/16 10:03 AM, Murray McCullough wrote:
What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
so ubiquitous today?
The main thing that comes to mind is how often images or references to TOS
appear in mid-70's computing magazines.
I
>
> Is there engineering drawings online for the DEC 871 or 874 power
> controllers?
I don't know if it's any use, but the 874 printset seems to be here :
http://oldcomputers.dyndns.org/public/pub/rechner/dec/manuals/decimages/moremanuals.htm
-tony
Hi
Anyone have a TK50 install of this ?
Either for sale, trade or loan?
Thanks,
Curt
It's interesting to me that the Enterprise computers were effectively
command-and-control grammars, albeit somewhat freeform regarding the
commands (e.g., "Provide information about such-and-so" with no paramters
as to *what* knowledge). There were only a select few episodes about
self-aware or se
From: Murray McCullough
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 10:04 AM
> What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
> so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
> things but how many actually happened or am I expecting too much from
> a television s
I am not at all familiar with Unicomp minicomputers, and I'd love to see
pictures of this one. I'm sorry that I'm not closer to the machine, but it
sounds like heroic rescuers are already lined up to keep it from getting
scrapped.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X
http://www.nf6x.net/
Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads.
Jerry
On 09/ 8/16 12:03 PM, Murray McCullough wrote:
What role did Star Trek play in the rise of small computers that are
so ubiquitous today? This science fiction series prognosticated many
things but how many actually happened or am I e
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Klemens Krause <
kra...@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>
> I tried it out: I dowloaded the hp35only.pal-source, because it needs only
> 4K of memory, kermited it to my PDP8/E and succeeded assembling with PAL8
> without modifying the PALBERT-code.
> After starti
My physician uses a Palm Pilot type device specifically to look up medication
doses and drug interactions. He knows the fellow who wrote the program, who had
the device that was used in sick bay in mind when he wrote it. The telemetry
unit I wore in the hospital last week is another take off on
> Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads.
>
> Jerry
Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one
piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a
separate pad. And of course data could be transferred everywhere except
between
On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 09:37:35PM +, Rich Alderson wrote:
> ("Wagon Train to the Stars", as Roddenberry envisioned it.)
Well, specifically, how he sold the concept to the networks.
mcl
On 09/08/2016 03:54 PM, Electronics Plus wrote:
>
> My physician uses a Palm Pilot type device specifically to look up
> medication doses and drug interactions. He knows the fellow who wrote
> the program, who had the device that was used in sick bay in mind
> when he wrote it. The telemetry unit
On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 04:07:45PM -0700, Ali wrote:
> > Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads.
> >
> > Jerry
>
> Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one
> piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a
> separate pad.
They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship
affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for
the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit
something large in space at the speed of light.
Handheld phasers would be
From: Kyle Owen: Thursday, September 08, 2016 3:53 PM
How does the following compare to your BSWEMU, by the way? This ensures
that the link bit remains untouched, which may or may not be important in
every case of BSW in my application.
I'm sure I've seen some code before that does this, but I
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, TeoZ wrote:
They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship
affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for
the actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit
something large in space at the speed of li
From: "Vincent Slyngstad"
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:07 PM
7 00402 7630 szl cla / Link set?
8 00403 7140 cll cma / Yes, remember it
That should probably be:
7 00402 7620 snl cla / Link set?
8 00403 7140 cll cma /
On Sep 8, 2016 8:07 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad"
wrote:
>
> Here's my slightly optimized version, for what it's worth:
Nice work. Definitely shorter than mine. I was just working on an
optimization that used ISZ, but you beat me to it!
>
> Some assemblers flag the "(" construct when used on page 0, B
On Sep 8, 2016 8:28 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad"
wrote:
>
> From: "Vincent Slyngstad"
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:07 PM
>
>> 7 00402 7630 szl cla / Link set?
>> 8 00403 7140 cll cma / Yes, remember it
>
>
> That should probably be:
> 7 00402 7620
From: Kyle Owen: Thursday, September 08, 2016 5:43 PM
On Sep 8, 2016 8:28 PM, "Vincent Slyngstad" wrote:
That should probably be:
7 00402 7620 snl cla / Link set?
8 00403 7140 cll cma / No, remember it
Needs more testing :-/.
Probably can make it "snl" inst
On 09/ 8/16 06:07 PM, Ali wrote:
Star Trek:TNG brought us our first view of Apple iPads.
Jerry
Except of course in the 24th century the concept of storing more than one
piece of data on the same pad did not exist. So each report had to be on a
separate pad. And of course data could be transf
On 09/ 8/16 07:14 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, TeoZ wrote:
They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship
affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the
actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit so
On 09/ 8/16 07:05 PM, TeoZ wrote:
They never really show acceleration and deceleration onboard a spaceship
affecting the crew so why bother with seat belts (that would be a pain for the
actors to use)? Besides what good would they do if you actually hit something
large in space at the speed of
> On Sep 8, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>
>> From: Jerry Weiss
>> The first is an MSV11-PL 512KB-Q-Bus 22bit.
>> Dead to both CSR and Memory address access in ODT.
>> ... before start poking around with my scope ... can recommend a
>> particular methodology to finding the fault.
>
So your waiting for BMW or Mercedes to come out with the Hindenburg line of
hydrogen powered vehicles?
I hope before I die somebody comes out with a nuclear powered car that can
do 300,000 miles per reactor replacement.
-Original Message-
From: Jerry Kemp
Sent: Thursday, September
On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 04:34:32PM -0500, Kyle Owen wrote:
>
> Now I'm working on real VC8E integration into SimH to better tell how these
> programs work. Anyone want to help? :)
Hmm, yes, I think I might actually. What do you have so far?
/P
It's funny you bring up Alexa and Siri. I read an article a few days
ago about how Majel Barrett, the voice of the ship's computer from TOS
to the first reboot movie (and Gene Roddenberry's wife) recorded a
phonetic library shortly before her death. I know that Google at one
point had a speech syst
I'm looking for a couple DEC VT100 5 spoke rolling table stands. Please
contact me privately if you have one available. Thank you
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