From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: 4 Dec 2001 14:52:42 GMT Organization: Columbia University Lines: 15 Message-ID: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu X-Trace: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu 1007477562 1413 128.59.39.2 (4 Dec 2001 14:52:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@columbia.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Dec 2001 14:52:42 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!phl-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7960 A cursory tour through the various PDP-10 and museum sites turns up precious few DEC-20 photos, and especially not color ones. The only color marketing brochure I have left only a shows the logo and I haven't been able to find any machine-room photos of our DEC-20s at all, except the fuzzy black-and-white one here: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/dec20.jpg Who knows where I can find some sharp, colorful DEC-20 (esp. big KL) photos to rival the PDP-10 photos at the Retro-Computing Society of RI? Thanks. - Frank ###### From: Lars Brinkhoff Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: 04 Dec 2001 16:15:13 +0100 Organization: nocrew Lines: 16 Message-ID: <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: junk.nocrew.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: yggdrasil.utfors.se 1007478712 18842 212.73.17.42 (4 Dec 2001 15:11:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@utfors.se NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Dec 2001 15:11:52 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!news.utfors.se!unknown!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7953 fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes: > Who knows where I can find some sharp, colorful DEC-20 (esp. big KL) > photos to rival the PDP-10 photos at the Retro-Computing Society of RI? KL: http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos/decsystem_20.jpg http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f3-3.jpg KS: http://www.ludd.luth.se/gallery/ludd1-mII/image03.jpg http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f2-7.jpg http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG -- Lars Brinkhoff http://lars.nocrew.org/ Linux, GCC, PDP-10 Brinkhoff Consulting http://www.brinkhoff.se/ programming ###### From: Ben Franchuk Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 23:40:06 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3C0C6FC6.B4F97673@jetnet.ab.ca> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 32 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7947 Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes: > > Who knows where I can find some sharp, colorful DEC-20 (esp. big KL) > > photos to rival the PDP-10 photos at the Retro-Computing Society of RI? Initial thoughts > KL: > http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos/decsystem_20.jpg "Is Bigger always better"? > http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f3-3.jpg "A Computer with a personality" > KS: > http://www.ludd.luth.se/gallery/ludd1-mII/image03.jpg "B - Basement Level -- Bargain Computing for the masses" > http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f2-7.jpg "Look what else you found the $5 junk box special" > http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG "Now for $5,754,999.95 we can't throw in a FREE printer cable too!" > Lars Brinkhoff http://lars.nocrew.org/ Linux, GCC, PDP-10 > Brinkhoff Consulting http://www.brinkhoff.se/ programming Nice photos, do you have any more information on the systems shown? - Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's -- www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html ###### From: Lars Brinkhoff Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: 04 Dec 2001 19:26:04 +0100 Organization: nocrew Lines: 56 Message-ID: <853d2qkfk3.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <3C0C6FC6.B4F97673@jetnet.ab.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: junk.nocrew.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: yggdrasil.utfors.se 1007490403 20092 212.73.17.42 (4 Dec 2001 18:26:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@utfors.se NNTP-Posting-Date: 4 Dec 2001 18:26:43 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed.nextra.ch!news.nextra.ch!nextra.at!newsfeed4.cidera.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!telocity-west!TELOCITY!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!news.utfors.se!unknown!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7977 Ben Franchuk writes: > Nice photos, do you have any more information on the systems shown? Yep. > > KL: > > http://simh.trailing-edge.com/photos/decsystem_20.jpg > "Is Bigger always better"? I think this is from DEC's timeline on their former website. > > http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f3-3.jpg > "A Computer with a personality" Model: DEC-2065. Name: VERA. Location: Stockholm, Sweden? Owner: Peter Löthberg. Status: Unknown. History: Belonged to Stacken Computer Society (that's where the picture's from), and before that KTH, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. > > KS: > > http://www.ludd.luth.se/gallery/ludd1-mII/image03.jpg > "B - Basement Level -- Bargain Computing for the masses" Model: DEC-2020. Name: eLinor. Location: Ludd Computer Society in Luleå, Sweden. Owner: Anders Magnusson. Status: In runnable condition, except problem with TU45 and RP06. Mostly running ITS. Peripherals: TU45 and RP06, obviously, maybe more. History: Belonged to Lysator Computer Society, and University of Linköping (?) before that. > > http://www.stacken.kth.se/~thn/FullScale/f2-7.jpg > "Look what else you found the $5 junk box special" Model: DEC-2020. Name: NADJA. Location: Stacken Computer Society in Stockholm, Sweden. Owner: Johnny Eriksson. Status: In runnable condition, except there's no cooling. Peripherals: 16 lines DZ, 2 KMC/DUP, DELUA ethernet, 2 RP06, 1 TU45. History: Ran TOPS-20 while at KTH. > > http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG > "Now for $5,754,999.95 we can't throw in a FREE printer cable too!" No info. -- Lars Brinkhoff http://lars.nocrew.org/ Linux, GCC, PDP-10 Brinkhoff Consulting http://www.brinkhoff.se/ programming ###### From: "Zane H. Healy" Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Organization: Aracnet User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.19 (i686)) Lines: 7 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:05:38 EST Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:05:38 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!hub1.nntpserver.com!sjcppf01!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!sjcpnn01.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7991 Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG The sad thing is I think this is about the best picture I've ever seen of a KS10. Zane ###### From: Mike Ross Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Message-ID: References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 23 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 02:37:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.108.217.161 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.nyc.rr.com 1007519877 66.108.217.161 (Tue, 04 Dec 2001 21:37:57 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 21:37:57 EST Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!nyccyc01!news-out.nyc.rr.com!typhoon.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7990 On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:05:38 GMT, "Zane H. Healy" wrote: >Lars Brinkhoff wrote: >> http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG > >The sad thing is I think this is about the best picture I've ever seen of a >KS10. > > Zane There's a half-decent pic of my KS on my website: http://www.corestore.org/DEC20.htm I'll try to take some more next time I visit it (Christmas). I've got a bunch of -10 and -20 brochures, many with colour shots... scanning is definitely on my 'to do' list! Mike http://www.corestore.org Rangers Catering Corps - 'we boil for the One, we fry for the One' ###### From: "Zane H. Healy" Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Organization: Aracnet User-Agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.19 (i686)) Lines: 15 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:42:04 EST Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 03:42:04 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!193.190.198.17.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!64.152.100.70!sjcppf01!e420r-sjo4.usenetserver.com!usenetserver.com!sjcpnn01.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7993 Mike Ross wrote: > There's a half-decent pic of my KS on my website: > http://www.corestore.org/DEC20.htm > I'll try to take some more next time I visit it (Christmas). > I've got a bunch of -10 and -20 brochures, many with colour shots... > scanning is definitely on my 'to do' list! I just looked at your site, and I'm impressed! That's some computer collection. I'd only seen the KL10 page before. The KS10 pic is probably the best pic of a hobbyist system I've seen. Zane ###### From: Mike Ross Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Message-ID: References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 27 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 06:54:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.108.217.161 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.nyc.rr.com 1007535254 66.108.217.161 (Wed, 05 Dec 2001 01:54:14 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 01:54:14 EST Organization: Road Runner - NYC Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!50058!news.imp.ch!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!xfer02.netnews.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!nyccyc01!news-out.nyc.rr.com!typhoon.nyc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7992 On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 03:42:04 GMT, "Zane H. Healy" wrote: >Mike Ross wrote: >> There's a half-decent pic of my KS on my website: > >> http://www.corestore.org/DEC20.htm > >> I'll try to take some more next time I visit it (Christmas). > >> I've got a bunch of -10 and -20 brochures, many with colour shots... >> scanning is definitely on my 'to do' list! > >I just looked at your site, and I'm impressed! That's some computer >collection. I'd only seen the KL10 page before. The KS10 pic is probably >the best pic of a hobbyist system I've seen. > > Zane Glad you liked it; you might like even more the new page I've put up, http://www.corestore.org/kl.htm - it's not linked through the site yet, it's just a quick thumbnail page including several new images of my KL. Mike http://www.corestore.org Rangers Catering Corps - 'we boil for the One, we fry for the One' ###### Reply-To: "Henry W. Miller" From: "Henry W. Miller" Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Lines: 21 Organization: What? You mean someone organized this? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 16:48:47 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.81.86.55 X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1007570927 12.81.86.55 (Wed, 05 Dec 2001 16:48:47 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 16:48:47 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!135.173.83.71!wnfilter1!worldnet-localpost!bgtnsc06-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7978 "Zane H. Healy" wrote in message news:SMbP7.78558$Lc.2621723@sjcpnn01.usenetserver.com... > Lars Brinkhoff wrote: > > http://www.jfcl.com/pdp10/images/2020.JPG > > The sad thing is I think this is about the best picture I've ever seen of a > KS10. > > Zane > Zane, Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. -HWM ###### From: Ben Franchuk Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 10:36:32 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3C0E5B20.A6B1C7AF@jetnet.ab.ca> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 12 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.25.134.126.MISMATCH!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7968 "Henry W. Miller" wrote: > Zane, > > Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. > > -HWM But then I would want Coke! Yes Dec could of made lots of $$$ if a Coke and Pizza machine was a standard 10/11 peripheral. -- Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's -- www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html ###### From: Ben Franchuk Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 14:20:47 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <3C0E8FAF.A2CD0B03@jetnet.ab.ca> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <3C0E5B20.A6B1C7AF@jetnet.ab.ca> <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net> <9um8qt$jfg$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 29 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!newsfeed.online.be!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:7996 Frank da Cruz wrote: > > In article <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net>, > Charles Richmond wrote: > : Ben Franchuk wrote: > : > "Henry W. Miller" wrote: > : > > Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. > : > > : > But then I would want Coke! Yes Dec could of made lots of $$$ > : > if a Coke and Pizza machine was a standard 10/11 peripheral. > : > > : How about a standard Coke machine with a DECsystem-20 logo > : across the top??? Or a Coke machine which is wrapped in the > : pictures of the -10 and -20 systems??? > : > Somebody here will know this better than I do, but I think it was > CMU (or maybe Stanford) where they hooked up their coke machine to the > network (Chaosnet no doubt) and then had software on the -10 to query it: > how many are left, how cold are they, etc. > > - Frank Check here ... Current list of COKE machines on the internet. Also a bit about the first? coke machine. Yep it was on a 10 so it is not off topic. http://www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/bsy/coke.html -- Ben Franchuk --- Pre-historic Cpu's -- www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html ###### Message-ID: <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net> From: Charles Richmond Reply-To: richmond@ev1.net Organization: Cannine Computer Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-CCK-MCD {C-UDP; EBM-APPLE} (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <85k7w3j9tq.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> <3C0E5B20.A6B1C7AF@jetnet.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:15:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.127.202.214 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: rwcrnsc54 1007590558 204.127.202.214 (Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:15:58 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 22:15:58 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!wn2feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.204!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!rwcrnsc54.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:8019 Ben Franchuk wrote: > > "Henry W. Miller" wrote: > > Zane, > > > > Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. > > > > -HWM > > But then I would want Coke! Yes Dec could of made lots of $$$ > if a Coke and Pizza machine was a standard 10/11 peripheral. > How about a standard Coke machine with a DECsystem-20 logo across the top??? Or a Coke machine which is wrapped in the pictures of the -10 and -20 systems??? -- +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Charles and Francis Richmond | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ ###### From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: 5 Dec 2001 22:58:37 GMT Organization: Columbia University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <9um8qt$jfg$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <3C0E5B20.A6B1C7AF@jetnet.ab.ca> <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: watsun.cc.columbia.edu X-Trace: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu 1007593117 19952 128.59.39.2 (5 Dec 2001 22:58:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: postmaster@columbia.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Dec 2001 22:58:37 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!feed.news.qwest.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!phl-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!watsun.cc.columbia.edu!fdc Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:8012 In article <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net>, Charles Richmond wrote: : Ben Franchuk wrote: : > "Henry W. Miller" wrote: : > > Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. : > : > But then I would want Coke! Yes Dec could of made lots of $$$ : > if a Coke and Pizza machine was a standard 10/11 peripheral. : > : How about a standard Coke machine with a DECsystem-20 logo : across the top??? Or a Coke machine which is wrapped in the : pictures of the -10 and -20 systems??? : Somebody here will know this better than I do, but I think it was CMU (or maybe Stanford) where they hooked up their coke machine to the network (Chaosnet no doubt) and then had software on the -10 to query it: how many are left, how cold are they, etc. - Frank ###### From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 References: <9uinvq$1c5$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <3C0E5B20.A6B1C7AF@jetnet.ab.ca> <3C0EB7E5.D4DEA796@ev1.net> <9um8qt$jfg$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: Color DEC-20 photos? Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 19:08:47 -0500 Lines: 24 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 NNTP-Posting-Host: lou-ts4-4.iglou.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lou-ts4-4.iglou.com Message-ID: <3c0eb71b$1_2@news.iglou.com> X-Trace: news.iglou.com 1007597339 lou-ts4-4.iglou.com (5 Dec 2001 19:08:59 -0500) X-Authenticated-User: dougq X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.255.239.156 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newscore.univie.ac.at!194.74.65.73.MISMATCH!btnet-peer0!btnet!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn3feed!worldnet.att.net!198.6.0.7!uunet!ash.uu.net!news.iglou.com Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.sys.pdp10:8039 "Frank da Cruz" wrote in message > Charles Richmond wrote: > : Ben Franchuk wrote: > : > "Henry W. Miller" wrote: > : > > Thinkofa 20 year old terra cotta & cream colored coke machine. > : > But then I would want Coke! Yes Dec could of made lots of $$$ > : > if a Coke and Pizza machine was a standard 10/11 peripheral. > : > > : How about a standard Coke machine with a DECsystem-20 logo > : across the top??? Or a Coke machine which is wrapped in the > : pictures of the -10 and -20 systems??? > : > Somebody here will know this better than I do, but I think it was > CMU (or maybe Stanford) where they hooked up their coke machine to the > network (Chaosnet no doubt) and then had software on the -10 to query it: > how many are left, how cold are they, etc. Hmmm... I really thought this was the Multics at MIT, but I can't find a reference on the web, so what I vainly call my mind has failed me again... -dq