Univac 1050 emulator

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Mar 7, 2025, 3:28:55 PMMar 7

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Al Kossow has recently added a bunch of new files to the Univac 1050 archive on bitsavers.org. Looks like there might be enough now to do an emulator. I have cobbled together a first stab at the simulated control panel.

Screen shot here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g6v2vyzy9wu7qbd/u1050.jpg?dl=0

Andy Fowler

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Mar 8, 2025, 3:21:43 AMMar 8

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This is brilliant ..My first mainframe back in 1973 .. when it was decommissioned for the Univac 9400 all the manuals etc were thrown out into the yard store .. the caretaker said I can take them .. and I didn't

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Andy Fowler

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Mar 8, 2025, 5:28:39 AMMar 8

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is there an OS available to do the emulator ? .. I can remember the U9400 had a U1050 emulator .. the source code included .

Stephen Boyd

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Mar 8, 2025, 9:38:59 AMMar 8

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I'll bet you wish you had kept them now. I turfed a complete OS/3 library back in the 80s. :(

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Stephen Boyd

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Mar 8, 2025, 9:40:03 AMMar 8

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Al Kossow has archived a few 7-track tapes with what looks like source for some diagnostics. Nothing else so far.

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Charlie Gibbs

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Mar 8, 2025, 11:33:23 AMMar 8

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On 2025-03-08 06:38, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> I'll bet you wish you had kept them now. I turfed a complete OS/3
> library back in the 80s. :(

Fortunately I kept my OS/3 library until recently, when I got a
sheet-fed scanner. It's all on Bitsavers now.

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Andy Fowler

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Mar 8, 2025, 1:51:07 PMMar 8

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I kept OS/3 RPG II user guide and the reference .. also got Wang VS RPG .. in fact I got a load of RPG text books .

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Mar 10, 2025, 9:09:50 AMMar 10

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Any interest in some indicators from the 1050 console ? Free for cost of shipping from ON, L2S 2L3

On Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 5:28:39 AM UTC-5 andyfow...@gmail.com wrote:

is there an OS available to do the emulator ? .. I can remember the U9400 had a U1050 emulator .. the source code included .

On Sat, 8 Mar 2025, 08:21 Andy Fowler, <andyfow...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is brilliant ..My first mainframe back in 1973 .. when it was decommissioned for the Univac 9400 all the manuals etc were thrown out into the yard store .. the caretaker said I can take them .. and I didn't

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025, 20:28 sboy...@gmail.com, <sboy...@gmail.com> wrote:

Al Kossow has recently added a bunch of new files to the Univac 1050 archive on bitsavers.org. Looks like there might be enough now to do an emulator. I have cobbled together a first stab at the simulated control panel.

Screen shot here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g6v2vyzy9wu7qbd/u1050.jpg?dl=0

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Stephen Boyd

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Mar 10, 2025, 9:31:04 AMMar 10

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I've already got a 90/30 maintenance panel, U100 and an 8418 disk pack. My wife would divorce me if I added more to my collection.

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