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John Kennedy
Mar 21, 2024, 3:48:43 PMMar 21
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In a UK computer magazine from 1983
Malcolm Ray
Mar 21, 2024, 4:20:06 PMMar 21
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Ah, Display Electronics, run by "Fatty Fisher". I visited the place once, many years ago. It was a treasure trove, if you had time to search through the junk for the few gems.
On Thu, 2024-03-21 at 12:48 -0700, John Kennedy wrote:
In a UK computer magazine from 1983
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Ken Hansen
Mar 21, 2024, 4:38:48 PMMar 21
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Personally I'd like a ASR33 please, with floor stand. The sound shroud looks tempting, but honestly, just like the point of the PiDP-8 is the blinking lights, the appeal of an ASR33 teletype is the glorious noise it generates, and the aroma of (sewing machine?) oil! Acoustic modem sync sounds are also desired...
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Mike Katz
Mar 21, 2024, 4:49:03 PMMar 21
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I too would love an ASR-33 to connect to both my PiDP-8/I and my
PDP-8/E.
That sound brings back so many memories from the early 70's
That sound brings back so many memories from the early 70's
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DR
Mar 21, 2024, 7:36:03 PMMar 21
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When I worked at UW-Madison computing center and we got an 8, it was
mostly all ours on weekends and during the night shifts.
The bootstrapping a tape to load was a pain (no tape), and the acid test
was to hear that wonderful sound of the teletype waking up to let us
know all went well with the load.
I think the most impressive thing was that the output started and
continued unabated as long as there were characters to output. A pause
meant waiting for input, or rarely for some process to finish.
Such a cool pace to computing and waiting and being as involved and
hands on as one could be, especially with most everything else being
batch jobs, or not having access to the big iron.
mostly all ours on weekends and during the night shifts.
The bootstrapping a tape to load was a pain (no tape), and the acid test
was to hear that wonderful sound of the teletype waking up to let us
know all went well with the load.
I think the most impressive thing was that the output started and
continued unabated as long as there were characters to output. A pause
meant waiting for input, or rarely for some process to finish.
Such a cool pace to computing and waiting and being as involved and
hands on as one could be, especially with most everything else being
batch jobs, or not having access to the big iron.
John Kennedy
Mar 21, 2024, 10:24:15 PMMar 21
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Part of the PiDP-10 software distribution includes a terminal emulation with classic sounds. Maybe Oscar could be persuaded to bring it to the 8 :)
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