Prime Documentation
Bill Gunshannon
collection. I do not anticipate ever working with Prime's again as
there is no liklihood of a hobbyist license for the OS or a free
emulator (and real hardware is even rarer). So, what do people think
the interest in old Prime Docs would be? I have a number of books and
even have some of the pocket guides. I may even have a copy of the
text from the "Internals" class that Prime came out to our site to
teach. Should I just throw them up on eBay and see what the market
will bear? Or throw them in the recycling bin?
bill
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Dennis Boone
> collection. I do not anticipate ever working with Prime's again as
> there is no liklihood of a hobbyist license for the OS or a free
> emulator (and real hardware is even rarer). So, what do people think
> the interest in old Prime Docs would be? I have a number of books and
> even have some of the pocket guides. I may even have a copy of the
> text from the "Internals" class that Prime came out to our site to
> teach. Should I just throw them up on eBay and see what the market
> will bear? Or throw them in the recycling bin?
I'd be happy to have them, either by working out a deal, or buying
them off ebay if I have to. One way or the other, don't bin them.
Any chance you have tapes around?
De
Edward Feustel
wrote:
>In anticipation of an upcoming move I am cleaning out stuff from my
>collection. I do not anticipate ever working with Prime's again as
>there is no liklihood of a hobbyist license for the OS or a free
>emulator (and real hardware is even rarer). So, what do people think
>the interest in old Prime Docs would be? I have a number of books and
>even have some of the pocket guides. I may even have a copy of the
>text from the "Internals" class that Prime came out to our site to
>teach. Should I just throw them up on eBay and see what the market
>will bear? Or throw them in the recycling bin?
>
>bill
Bill,
Why not check with the Computer History Museum?
I have donated a bunch of my Prime stuff to them.
I'd bet that there would be interest especially in
any Version 24 OS stuff or things like Oracle or
the Business Language (I don't remember its
name at the moment). Stuff about EPFs or
other special software or the Ring Network,
etc. would also be useful.
Ditto all the special systems that Prime rebranded
and sold or the Unix systems they built and vended.
Best Regards,
Ed Feustel
Bill Gunshannon
Well, there seems to be limited interest. I will take a week or two
(maybe longer as I don't even have a free weekend until late in June)
and dig up all I have and make up a list. I hate to sound mercinary
but I need to start selling, rather than giving away, some of my stuff
as it is getting harder and harder to support my classic computer
habit. But, I will come back here first as I eBay is my second to
last resort (last is the skip!!) Sadly, I expect unless all this
stuff goes to one place, I expect the postage will exceed the actualy
price I am likely to get for any of it. And even as one big bundle it
is likely to be costly. :-(
Someone asked about tapes, sorry, I passed all of them on to someone
who actually could use them back when I got rid of my last Prime
System. And no hardware, just docs left over from when I maintained
the OSes on a bunch of 850's at West Point almost 30 years ago.
Mike Causer
Edward Feustel <efeu...@hughes.net> wrote:
> Ditto all the special systems that Prime rebranded
> and sold or the Unix systems they built and vended.
"RiscOS" on the MIPS hardware? I had to check out our CADCAM packages
on them (we were owned by Prime), but they were not a patch on the
contemporary Sun systems for usability, performance or documentation :-)
I only have Sun manuals from that era, sorry.
Mike
Bill Gunshannon
bill...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>
> Well, there seems to be limited interest. I will take a week or two
> (maybe longer as I don't even have a free weekend until late in June)
> and dig up all I have and make up a list.
OK, sorry it took so long but here is a first run. I am sure I have
more but I may not even find them until after I move (again) and get
to unpack all my boxes of books.
http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~billg999/Prime
Nothing there but picture. I assume people here will recognize them.
>
Postage will likely start around $5 (USPS flat rate envelope) and,
obviously, bundling will keep the cost down. Any offers?
Daiyu Hurst
I'd be interested in the Rev 19 Internals manual, if not already gone.
Fundsalo but let me know what you'd need for it.
Regards,
-daiyu hurst (f/k/a doug quebbeman)
On Jul 3, 12:55 pm, billg...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <93f897Ft2...@mid.individual.net>,
> billg...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>
>
>
> > Well, there seems to be limited interest. I will take a week or two
> > (maybe longer as I don't even have a free weekend until late in June)
> > and dig up all I have and make up a list.
>
> OK, sorry it took so long but here is a first run. I am sure I have
> more but I may not even find them until after I move (again) and get
> to unpack all my boxes of books.
>
> http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~billg999/Prime
>
> Nothing there but picture. I assume people here will recognize them.
>
> Postage will likely start around $5 (USPS flat rate envelope) and,
> obviously, bundling will keep the cost down. Any offers?
>
> bill
>
> --
> Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
> billg...@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
Bill Gunshannon
Daiyu Hurst <daiyu...@gmail.com> writes:
> Bill,
> I'd be interested in the Rev 19 Internals manual, if not already gone.
> Fundsalo but let me know what you'd need for it.
All of it is gone.
bill
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Dennis Boone
> > Fundsalo but let me know what you'd need for it.
> All of it is gone.
...to me. I'll scan it shortly and let you know. BTW I scanned my
19.4 internals class book, and it's available at:
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/prime_manuals/ce0810.pdf
if it's of interest.
De
Bill Gunshannon
As long as you are scanning them, you might consider getting in touch
with Al Kossow about putting copies on bitsavers.
If I have time next weekend I will try to go thru the boxes I packed
in the attic and see if I can find the rest of the manuals I saved.
Dennis Boone
> with Al Kossow about putting copies on bitsavers.
Yup, I always let him know when I scan stuff and put it online. A
few of the Prime things on bitsavers are my scans.
> If I have time next weekend I will try to go thru the boxes I packed
> in the attic and see if I can find the rest of the manuals I saved.
If you happen to find the ones I misplaced years ago, let me know? :)
De
Edward Feustel
Since Al is a docent there, he ought to be able to put them on-line.
Ed Feustel
Dennis Boone
Me interesa conocer los éxitos Españoles de Prime. Existen documentos
de Prime en Español? ...
De
Cydrome Leader
These old typewritter manuals are great.
They'll be no trace of the obscured junk hidden inside the new
support.oracle.com site in 25 years.
Dennis Boone
> on them (we were owned by Prime), but they were not a patch on the
> contemporary Sun systems for usability, performance or documentation :-)
"We"?
De
Mike Causer
Business started as Cambridge Interactive Systems, main product the
Medusa CAD/CAM system. Absorbed into ComputerVision in 1983, and
therefore part of Prime from 1988.
Mike
Dennis Boone
> > > Fundsalo but let me know what you'd need for it.
I've scanned a copy of the PRIMOS Internals 19.1 class textbook, in
the usual 400dpi G4 format. It's available as a PDF file, or as a
ZIP file containing the loose TIFF images and the control files I used
to assemble it:
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/prime_manuals/internals_191.pdf
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/prime_manuals/internals_191.zip
Cheers,
De
Bill Gunshannon
When you first said CADCAM and "owned by Prime" MEDUSA came immediately
to mind.
Dennis Boone
It's not one I got from Bill, and I'm following up to my own posting,
but as long as we have a recent doc topic...
I've scanned a copy of the Prime RPG II Programmer's Guide, PDR3031 of
1979, in the usual 400dpi G4 format. It's available as a PDF file,
or as a ZIP file containing the loose TIFF images and the control
files I used to assemble it:
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/prime_manuals/pdr3031_rpgii.pdf
http://yagi.h-net.msu.edu/prime_manuals/pdr3031_rpgii.zip
Cheers,
De