Alan Turing used the Teletypes on the Manchester MK1 to write letters. I
doubt he had any software, just typed, perhaps using paper tape to edit.
Dave
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
> Guzis via cctalk
> Sent: 11 September 201
For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I
managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from
1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single
CPU because of the power it draws with two CPUs. Next challenges: the
Convex C1, a
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave Wade
> via cctalk
> Sent: 11 September 2017 10:28
> To: 'Chuck Guzis' ; 'General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-
> Topic Posts'
> Subject: RE: RIP Jerry Pournelle, the first author to write a novel
He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular hobbyist-type
context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPANET!)
Tim
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3223131/it-industry/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it.html
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech <
cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I
> managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from
> 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m r
> On Sep 10, 2017, at 10:55 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 09/10/2017 06:25 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctalk wrote:
>
>> There was one of those machines in my Junior High School shop
>> classroom. I saw it run once (not well enough to successfully set a
>> line of type, but nearly).
>>
On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote:
> Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run
> on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of
> system was used for.
Congratulations!
I'd recommend starting with LINPACK:
http://www.netlib.o
On 09/11/2017 11:09 AM, Paul Koning wrote:
> No, not kerning. Justifying. Linotype machines can't kern; when that's done
> in metal typesetting, which is rare, it involves cutting bevels onto the
> sides of the type blocks to allow them to partly overlap.
You're correct; I misstated the proce
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 2:15 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> On 09/11/2017 08:47 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctalk wrote:
>
>> Now I¹m looking for some FORTRAN code that would typically have run
>> on this kind of computer so I can show people what this kind of
>> system was used for.
>
Hello,
in my experience SMD components doesn't need a presoldering operation at
all, because pins are already stained or golded, thus very solderable.
Plus the extra heat could let the pin move inside the plastic, or add
somehow excessive thickness when positioned on the PCB.
In my experience the b
The way a lady at my work did them was to crack out the bottom piece of the
socket to give better access to the pins. She didn't typically put the
bottom piece back in since we used the PLCC socket to plug into an emulator
pod so there was no need for it (shoulder around the POD connector wouldn't
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 2:23 PM, shad via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> in my experience SMD components doesn't need a presoldering operation at
> all, because pins are already stained or golded, thus very solderable
>
> Note: use lower temperatures (<380C, less is better), good quality f
leaded solder = AgPb alloy
On 9/11/2017 1:38 PM, Geoffrey Oltmans via cctalk wrote:
The way a lady at my work did them was to crack out the bottom piece of the
socket to give better access to the pins. She didn't typically put the
bottom piece back in since we used the PLCC socket to plug into an emulator
pod so there was
On 09/11/2017 01:52 PM, shad via cctalk wrote:
leaded solder = AgPb alloy
Uh, no, that would be Silver-Lead. Regular old solder was
SnPb, that is Tin-Lead.
Jon
Lincoln had ETAOIN on his personalized MN license plate (on the very well worn
Ford full size van he drove) and another guy had SHRDLU on his plates.
I was told that the name came from this string which could be found in printed
works and that people had always seen it but just read past it beca
Was Jerry Pournelle the FIRST to write a PUBLISHED NOVEL on a
MICROCOMPUTER? Yikes! Talk about SHOUTING. As a historian is it worth
the aggravation to please everyone? Does revisionism take away the
honour(Cdn. Here!) Jerry Pournelle rightly deserves for pioneering
work in our beloved computing gen
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
Was Jerry Pournelle the FIRST to write a PUBLISHED NOVEL on a
MICROCOMPUTER? Yikes! Talk about SHOUTING.
It is EMPHASIS of individual words and phrases.
THIS IS SHOUTING! FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE!
As a historian is it worth the aggrava
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 7:38 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> Was Jerry Pournelle the FIRST to write a PUBLISHED NOVEL on a
>> MICROCOMPUTER? Yikes! Talk about SHOUTING.
>
> It is EMPHASIS of individual words and phrases.
> THIS IS SHOUTING! FIGURE OUT THE DIFFERENCE!
Zippy the Pinhead
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
wrote:
> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular hobbyist-type
> context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off ARPANET!)
Yes I remember reading something like that too. I would like to know
the story of that.
Mu
Etaoin Shrdlu was most importantly one of Walt Kelly's characters in
Pogo.
ETAOIN SHRDLU ETA name
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
I was told that the name came from this string which could be found in
printed works and that people had always seen it but just read past it
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:35 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
wrote:
> (It is sometimes stated that Sholes deliberately chose QWERTY to slow down
> typists to the speeds that the early typewriters could handle; that story
> has been challenged, but a replacement story of how that layout was chosen
> has
On 09/11/2017 07:22 PM, Chris Elmquist wrote:
> Lincoln had ETAOIN on his personalized MN license plate (on the very well
> worn Ford full size van he drove) and another guy had SHRDLU on his plates.
>
> I was told that the name came from this string which could be found in
> printed works and t
On 09/11/2017 08:35 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> Etaoin Shrdlu was most importantly one of Walt Kelly's characters in Pogo.
>
> ETAOIN SHRDLU ETA name
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2017, Chris Elmquist via cctalk wrote:
>> I was told that the name came from this string which could be found in
>> printe
On 09/11/2017 07:28 PM, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> Was Jerry Pournelle the FIRST to write a PUBLISHED NOVEL on a
> MICROCOMPUTER? Yikes! Talk about SHOUTING. As a historian is it worth
> the aggravation to please everyone? Does revisionism take away the
> honour(Cdn. Here!) Jerry Pournel
managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from
1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single
CPU because of the power it draws with two CPUs. Next challenges: the
Convex C1, and quad vector processor C240 (not before I¹ve upgraded the
power feed)
Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote:
> For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I
> managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from
> 1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a single
> CPU because of the power it draws w
I met Jerry once, at a BYTE-sponsored conference held at McCormick Place
in Chicago. Colorful. I already knew his writing, of course. He will be
missed.
Now:
From: Guy Sotomayor Jr
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 4:59 PM
> I think it all depends upon how you define “word processing”. For me
On 2017-09-11 08:47, Camiel Vanderhoeven via cctech wrote:
For a change, rather than a request for help, here¹s a success story: I
managed to bring a Convex C220 (dual vector CPU mini supercomputer from
1988) back to life. Both CPUs are working, but I¹m running with a
single
CPU because of the
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Rich Alderson via cctalk
wrote:
> I didn't think of it as word processing, but I did something similar at Ohio
> State in 1974...
Hi, Rich,
Did we ever discuss when you were at OSU? I know I've had
conversations with Herb Johnson about when he worked at OSU. I
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Laurens Vets via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>>
> There's something seriously wrong with your site
> http://www.vaxbarn.com/index.php/other-bits/603-convex-c220 unless the
> title of your work is indeed "Feel Like Having Sex Tonight | Best Legal
> Viag
Charles Dickman via cctalk writes:
>> He seems to have been the first to mention ARPANET in a popular
>> hobbyist-type context like BYTE. (Leading him to get kicked off
>> ARPANET!)
> Yes I remember reading something like that too. I would like to know
> the story of that.
You should probably ask
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