Re: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

/Calcomp103X/Calcomp_OPC906-907-Switches.pdf Good luck, Erik. On Mon, 5 Oct 2015, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi Simon, thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup: http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X

RE: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

Hi All, the 1039 is an interesting plotter I have got a 1038/1039 as well: There are two big PCBs inside - one is for the low level functions (essentally driving the servos and drawing lines using TTL implemented Bresenham) the second one contains the computer (68xx based) which is handling the

Re: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

> Jon Elson hat am 21. September 2015 um 17:47 > geschrieben: > Hmm, that sounds like my 1076C. One board had a 68000 that > ran the plotter servos, the other was the "plot manager" > that had a big RAM buffer and sorted the plot vectors for > optimum speed. I think it mostly communicated with th

RE: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

my web page. Did you make any progress with the plotter already? Best regards, Erik. P.S. My plotter is a 1038 which has been upgraded with the PCI/906 interface but it only has got a single pen holder. Does your plotter have got three colors? On Mon, 21 Sep 2015, Erik Baigar wrote

Re: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

ion once a month... Best regards, Erik. On 03-10-15 20:18, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi Simon, Hello to the group, this weekend I went digging for the Calcomp 1038/1039 manual and if your plotter looks like this... http://www.baigar.de/electronics/Calcomp103X.gif ...I may have what you need. Drop

Re: Calcomp 1039 plotter docs?

/2015-09-18-138.jpg unfortunately i cannot find a picture of the back of the controller. simon On 05-10-15 07:59, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi Simon, thanks for your email. I took the pictures on the weekend and loaded them onto my server - curious, whether you have got the same setup:

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek

Hi Jim, short version: Yes, I can confirm existence of such a software and I'd be highly interested in a copy. Of course I can offer digitizing it ;-) longer version: I am preserving various Rolm (later Loral) 16 bit machines which are hardened, military machines w

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek

supplying the converter with power from the PC. Addidionally you should send me your physical address via PM so I can prepare for shipping... Best regards from Germany, Erik. On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, jim s wrote: On 4/18/2016 12:19 AM, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi Jim, Dear Sherman, t

Vaisala SPT11A reader (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

ood health to You and Yours! paul (from Maryland, USA) -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Erik Baigar Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 11:42 AM To: jim s; cctalk@classiccmp.org Cc: Sherman Foy Subject: Re: Data General Nova Star Trek Hi Ji

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek

Hi Jim, Dear Sherman, thanks for your email (and the address via PM). I will prepare the reader for shipping tomorrow. I will ship it with the power supply and the adapter-cable attached, so you can plug it directly into the PC. The supply is wide-range, so it will support 115VAC directly, but

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

Hi Sherman! On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Sherman Foy wrote: under the heading of d??j?? vu, if this unit is a Rockwell Collins mil hand paper tape puller, my old roommate ran the qualification tests on Hm, the reader is a Vaisala SPT11A and I searched the internet for readers from Rockwell Collins.

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Swift Griggs wrote: On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Erik Baigar wrote: Apart from Rolm mil-spec computers, my hobby is airborne vintage avionics and I know that Ferranti tested their intertial navigations systems for aircraft also by torturing them in a car driving around Edinburgh

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

Erik is not the only one. Check out Tatiana van Vark. Here's a picture of what is in her DINING ROOM, the complete electronics suite from a Vulcan bomber! Yes, Tatiana is the queen of collecting this kind of stuff and she has an excellent page! There's also a video of her picking up a Litt

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Jon Elson wrote: problems with her SO freaking out, but who knows, perhaps she married an OCD butler. It's tough to escape the laws of the universe sometimes. :-) And I'd be interested in whether she had some help in maintaining all this outstanding equipment ;-) For

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

uble with the custom office... Best regards, Erik. On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi Sherman! On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Sherman Foy wrote: under the heading of d??j?? vu, if this unit is a Rockwell Collins mil hand paper tape puller, my old roommate ran the qualification tests on

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Rockwell Collins vs. Vaisala SPT11A)

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Noel Chiappa wrote: I am absolutely, completely, blown away. This has got to be one of the most amazing projects I have ever come across. I'm utterly awed by the work you did to reverse engineer this thing. Everyone should check out this site - especially the detailed time

Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, William Donzelli wrote: On the world there is probably only my 12 bit freely programmable Elliott 900 still alive, I know of as little as 6 Rolms (privately owned, all variants) and less than 5 of the inertial navigators. If you are talking about the various Rolm 1600 ser

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: I have my Rolm 1603 working. No peripherals hooked to it, but you can toggle in stuff from the front panel. http://dvq.com/oldcomp/photos2/1k/rolm1603_f.jpg Very cool, Bob - we have been in touch seom years ago and great, that your machine is still

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Sean Caron wrote: I don't have any ROLM computers (not that I wouldn't love one) but I am proud to say that I have a complete ROLM SCBX 8000. I've tried to take some pictures and compile some information on my personal site: http://wildflower.diablonet.net/~scaron/rolmfi

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Curious Marc I have a sales / tech details guide 1970 Rolm 1601 "ReggedNova" base system, option cards, instructions, etc. Hi Marc, do you have got this in digital form? It would be interesting to see the difference between 1601 and the later ones. I can o

Re: Data General Nova Star Trek (Vulcan Avionics)

On Tue, 26 Apr 2016, Jon Elson wrote: the complete electronics suite from a Vulcan bomber! The Rochester Avionics Archives are digitizing company videos from wha

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

8 Apr 2016, Erik Baigar wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Sean Caron wrote: I don't have any ROLM computers (not that I wouldn't love one) but I am proud to say that I have a complete ROLM SCBX 8000. I've tried to take some pictures and compile some information on

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Thu, 28 Apr 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: I was a staff engineer at ROLM MSC between '82 - '86. By that time by any reasonable measure MSC and telecomm were two utterly different companies that happened to have common parentage; technology cross-over [Another snip] OK, so you are an in

RE: Vaisala SPT11A reader (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

) to the special service section on my server: http://www.baigar.de/specials.html#Service2016 Use is without warranty and at own risk - credits and link to my pages are welcome ;-) Enjoy, Erik. -Original Message- From: Erik Baigar [mailto:e...@baigar.de] Sent: Tuesday

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

Many thanks Chris for all the interesting recollections! On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: internally was utterly unrelated to AOS/VS; it was the software effort that matched the Hawk/32 hardware effort (software was downstairs on the That sounds very interesting - although I do

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

Hi Chris, sorry, but there emerged more questions from my side ;-) On Fri, 29 Apr 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: Hawk, but not the odd S/140 and MV/8000 punches) and software (ARTS, ARTS/32) were ROLM designs. I only know ARTS from ads being sold on eBay - this is some form od Ada developm

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

o-called "Emotion Engine". From all your comments I am quite sure, that you had a very interesting business life so far - congratulations! Many thanks again and best regards, Erik. On Sun, 1 May 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: On 5/1/16 04:10, Erik Baigar wrote: sorr

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

customers preferred the MSE14 due to better compatibility with the DG Eclipse series... Very interesting and again many thanks for sharing! Erik. On Sun, 1 May 2016, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: On 4/27/2016 10:12 PM, Erik Baigar wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016, Bob Rosenbloom wrote: I have my

When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

Dear Experts, during discussing the Rolms I came accross the following question: What was the first (Minicomputer) architecture which offered memory- and IO protection? I'd define the minimum requirements as: - Existence of a superuser mode (Rolm calls this Executive mode) - Existence of a

Re: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Paul Koning wrote: No, the PDP-11 offered this starting with the 11/45, in 1971. OK, that is a hint - the 11/45 also had a MMU and obviosly must have been a great machine for multi-user stuff. In larger computers the feature is much older. Consider the CDC 6600 (1964).

Re: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Toby Thain wrote: [snip] Great book, that repeatedly shows how many ideas we think of as "modern" are actually quite old. :) Yes, that are very wise words ;-) Erik.

Re: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Paul Koning wrote: further, at least as far as the THE operating system in 1964, on the EL-X8. That OS is particularly interesting because it has virtual memory and demand paging without any hardware help, without address mapping or protection. Wow - and this machine s

Re: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Al Kossow wrote: The early BASIC minicomputer timesharing systems (line 2000TSB) had virtual BASIC machines for each user that swapped. Well, but is this not an software abstraction for a non existing encapsulation feature of the underlying hardware? DGs Extended BASIC al

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

IIRC we sold a bunch of 1666Bs to the US Navy in YUK/something nomenclature). 1666s are known as AN/UYK-64. Yes and the 1602 was the AN/UYK-19. land and ship installations, thus the "U". If they were primarily for aircraft installations, they would have been "AN/A**" and not "AN/U**" (and

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: On 5/3/16 12:14, William Donzelli wrote: [ snip ] (and also not so freaking heavy!). Yes, these are extremely heavy - the 1602 with the additional 24kW memory extension can only be transported over larger distances using a barrow. It is not t

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Christian Kennedy wrote: [snip] A 1602B can hold 64kW of memory (only accessible via a banking function proprietary to Rolm, so not usable e.g. for RDOS). I thought the 16xx did it the same way Keronix and DCC did it -- by limiting indirection to one level and then using

Re: AW: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

e protection on basis of blocks ar abuse the virtual memory for the purpose ;-) Best regards, Erik. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von Erik Baigar Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Mai 2016 17:53 An: cctalk@classiccmp.org Betreff:

RE: AW: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Thu, 5 May 2016, Dave Wade wrote: I thought we were talking Mini Computers. The Ferranti/Manchester Atlas had virtual memory of a sort which provided protection, and indeed IBM bought the Virtual Memory patents from Manchester University. I gather the PDP/11 received Memory Mapping boards e

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

Google JETDS. It will tell all. Thanks - that is the perfect link. There is some information on the AN/AYK-14, an airborne computer, on the web... On May 3, 2016 4:35 PM, "Erik Baigar" wrote: IIRC we sold a bunch of 1666Bs to the US Navy in YUK/something nomenclature).

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Noel Chiappa wrote: A set of standards for allowed levels of emissions (in particular, electro-magnetic radiation) from communication/computing gear, intended to prevent listening to the activity of that gear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename) Thanks, ver

Re: Memory and I/O protection on the 940

On Wed, 4 May 2016, Mark Kahrs wrote: Al mentioned the 940 so I thought I would fill in the details: Lichtenberger and Pirtle extended the hardware to include a page map: 14 bits of VA was divided into 3 bits of page # and 11 bits of offset. The 8 pages were held in 2 x 24 bit words divided i

Re: TEMPEST protection (was Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx)

On Thu, 5 May 2016, Noel Chiappa wrote: If you want to see a great example of why it was important, check out the so-called 'Berlin Tunnel': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gold http://www.fas.org/irp/cia/product/tunnel-200702.pdf Many thanks - that is indeed an outstanding proje

Re: TEMPEST protection (was Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx)

On Thu, 5 May 2016, Paul Anderson wrote: The actual Tempest specs used to be classified. Very understandable and a good idea!

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

On Thu, 5 May 2016, Paul Koning wrote: [snip] displays, i.e., ones with analog video) that drastically reduces the emissions from the video signal. It was created by Markus Kuhn and Ross Anderson at U. Cambridge. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/emsec/softtempest-faq.html Quite interestin

Re: AW: AW: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

t outstanding feature - most others use protection on basis of blocks ar abuse the virtual memory for the purpose ;-) Best regards, Erik. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Im Auftrag von Erik Baigar Gesendet: Dienstag, 3. Mai 2016 17:5

Re: When did Memory- and IO Protection Emerge (Esp. in Minis)?

On Fri, 6 May 2016, Tor Arntsen wrote: On 5 May 2016 at 10:41, Mattis Lind wrote: [snip] minicomputer with up to 64kw of core memory. The NORD-1 reference [snip] alteration. The optional features guarantees that protected areas of memory cannot be written into. The protection feature

RE: Who recognizes this (UK) architecture (from 1970-1985)?

here we try to keep them up and running. We even had one of these installed in a car for a 1h trip around Munich ;-) Many thanks again, Erik. -Original Message- From: cctech [mailto:cctech-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Erik Baigar Sent: 16 June 2016 09:23 To: cct

Who recognizes this (UK) architecture (from 1970-1985)?

Hi There, I am working on restoration, documentation of a some vintage navigation systems from the late 1970ties, which have been designed in the UK. They contain an archaic bit-serial computer and I'd be interested if someone on this list recognizes the architecture and/or can confirm my assump

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Hi Jon, thanks for your mail - the Alert looks interesting (I also collect such vintage Ex-MIL gear). I have a Honeywell Alert. It is a 24-bit aircraft computer that was originally designed for the X-15 project. It was the 2nd "mass-produced" computer in the US to use ICs. The first was th

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Hi together! Really an impressive amount of replies and quite cool equipment which gets preserver all over the world! Really great! From my side I have various MIL-SPEC gear. (1) First of all an intertial navigation system Ferranti FIN1010 from the early 1970ties containing an archaic bitser

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

Hi Jon, thanks for your email and the positive words... On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Jon Elson wrote: On 01/11/2017 07:03 AM, Erik Baigar wrote: Hi together! Really an impressive amount of replies and quite cool equipment which gets preserver all over the world! Really great! From my side I

Re: What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

On Wed, 11 Jan 2017, Jon Elson wrote: I should take some pics. I have a set of EMM core units in a matching 1/2 Indeed, this would be very nice. ATR box that I'm pretty sure went with it. Apparently on mission critical applications, they used BiAx which was non-destructive readout. So

[cctalk] Re: Tadpole RISC laptop RAM modules

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Re: SPARCstation 20 and dual CPUs

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017, John P. Willis via cctalk wrote: Does anyone know if there is some physical jumper or OpenBoot parameter required in order to enable multiprocessor support on a SPARCstation 20? I do not know of such a switch/jumper. Both my SS2 I upgraded to 2-CPU and 2*2 CPU did not req

Re: Wanted: Parsytec SCSI-T or BBK-S4.

Hi Andrew, thanks for your email and great to hear, that you managed to get hands on a BBK-S4! On Sun, 1 Oct 2017, Andrew Back wrote: Have you got PARIX up and running with the Power Xplorer? Yes, 1.3.something. I even ported the povray to this hardware using an older pvmpov version. Most

Edinburgh Computer History - Silverknowes machines...

Hi there, is probably Ken Adam on this list? He was in various roles working at Ferranti/Edinburgh probably during the 1970ties and 1980ties and I'd like to get in touch because of his 2013 posting in a yahoo group... https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EDINBURGH-COMPUTER-HISTORY/conversati

[cctalk] Re: Paper tape in casettes...

on my desk. As the thread deviated meanwhile, I guess the Elliott Mylar tape casette is a unique leftover from the old days ;-) Best wishes, Erik. ''~`` ( o o ) +--.oooO--(_)--Ooo

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

Hi Paul, thanks for your reply - good to see that there are still guys out there who worked with this heavy iron. So you have been in the UK while working with the Rolm? I guess it was a 1602B or later and pesumably some airborne early warning stuff? Best wishes, Erik. Am 21. Oktober 2018 03:

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

Hi Tom, thanks for getting in touch. I got some hardware and documentation from PWA as they wanted to get rid of all the small portion which remained. I focused on the 16 bit machines so I have 1602 (forwarded 1602b to a colleague) and a mse14. All restored to working condition. With two collea

Re: Rolm Computers: 1602, 1602A, 1602B, 1666, MSExx (was Data General Nova Star Trek)

ocs >library a Rolm 1601 Sales brochure with some tech info/parts/prices. >Heavy >duty machines for sure. >Bill > > >On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 2:25 PM Erik Baigar via cctalk < >cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> >> Hi Paul, thanks for your reply - good to

Re: Rolm computers

Hi Peter, sorry I have no items to pary with. Just trying to preserve the legacy of the early Rolms by keeping one unit up and running and having some spares. Anything special you are looking for (a 1666B is for auction on eBay right now)? Best wishes, Erik. Am 22. Oktober 2018 12:28:34 GMT-06:

[cctalk] Re: SGI vs. Mac

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[cctalk] Paper tape in casettes...

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920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

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Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

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Re: 920M - an European contemprary of the Apollo Guidance Computer

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Re: 400 Hz

ou can select frequency (10..400Hz) and Uout (10%...100%) and also go ramps etc. Again good luck ;-) Erik. ''~`` ( o o ) +----.oooO--(_)--Oooo.--+ | Dr. Erik Baig

Re: 400 Hz

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[cctalk] Re: Elliott Algol

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