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Please remember to sign them! :-) Thanks! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:56, 9 July 2019 (CEST)
 
Please remember to sign them! :-) Thanks! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:56, 9 July 2019 (CEST)
  
== MC configuration ==
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==Contacting me==
  
So I'm trying to work out MC's configuration. (I know, I know, I could look in CONFIG >, but I'm lazy.) Here's what I remember/can work out:
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hey just saw your messages as I was about to go on an A/UX binge.  Also the emacs stuff.  You can email me directly neozeed <at> GOOG .... you know gmail <dot> com...
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[[User:Neozeed|neozeed]] ([[User talk:Neozeed|talk]]) 06:42, 8 September 2021 (CEST)
  
* 8 [[MF10]]'s
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==Autopatrolled==
* (later) An Ampex? 'external' memory box was added
 
* 3 [[RP04]]'s
 
* So, therefore, some sort of MASSBUS controller, but since it was a KL10 Model A, not an [[RH20]]; probably an [[RH10]]
 
* That would have needed a [[DF10]]
 
* A [[TM10]] of some sort; dunno if that had a separate DF10, or shared the one the RH10 used
 
* Some sort of high-end DEC magtape drive
 
* A [[DL10]]
 
* Later, first one, and then a second Trident drive, attached to the DL10 PDP-11
 
* The front-end -11 had a bunch of serial lines, probably a [[DH11]]
 
* CHAOSNET eventually on the DL10 PDP-11
 
* I'm not sure why they initially acquired the DL10+PDP-11 (i.e. what it did to begin with); probably more serial lines
 
  
Well, that's a start. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 17:09, 12 April 2021 (CEST)
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I was going to try and turn on [[Special:ListGroupRights|Autopatrolled]] for you, so I don't have to do that for your edits, but apparently as a mere 'administrator' I can't do that, only 'bureaucrats' can. Maybe I'll drop Tore a line, and ask him to do it. (I think as a mere 'user' you can't see the 'unpatrolled edit' marker in [[Special:RecentChanges]]; ISTR I did an experiment from another non-admin account - my wife's - to check if they showed up.)
  
: I have tried to summarize changes to CONFIG > for all machines over the years: https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/1168
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PS: I loved the 'meow' - took me a few moments to get it! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:24, 28 April 2022 (CEST)
: Most of what you wrote seems spot on.  I can see there was a third T-300Yes, initially the DL10 front end was just a normal DC76 handling terminals. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 17:29, 12 April 2021 (CEST)
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: No, I had no idea there was such as thing as "autopatrol", and I never before saw that list of group rights.  By all means, if it's any trouble have any appropriates properties turned on. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 19:19, 28 April 2022 (CEST)
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== Gordon Bell oral history ==
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I dunno if you've ever read his oral history thing the CHM did, but it's worth reading; I just linked it in, at [[C. Gordon Bell]]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 15:21, 6 April 2023 (CEST)
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== Not individual models ==
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Not individual models - there are hundreds of them! We'd be here all year! So only tag [[PDP-11]] with [[:Category:16-bit Computers]], not [[PDP-11/20]], [[PDP-11/45]], etc. Unless there's a good reason to do individual models? (I can't think of one off the top of my head, but there might be.) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:55, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
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: Sure. I wasn't going to touch the PDP-11s.  At least not today.  I did go through the PDP-8's, but they aren't as plentiful.  [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 13:57, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
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:: There are also all the VAXen. I thought we had individual pages for some [[IBM System/360]] models, but apparently not. We do have [[KA10]], etc, of course. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:32, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
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::: The KA10 is arguably a processor, not a full computerMaybe the categories should cover processors and architectures too, but I'm not in a hurry to do that nowBut e.g. microprocessors like 4004, 8080, 6502 ought to have a place in this. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 15:24, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
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:::: Well, true, technically the KA10 is a processor - but we don't have pages for the KA10 ''models'', like the 1040. So [[KA10]] is kind of a stand-in for them (in not being categorized).
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::::  Yes, micros should be covered too. But again, as you suggest, architectures/lines, not models. So [[Motorola M68000 Family]] goes in [[:Category:32-bit Computers]], but not [[Motorola MC68000]]. I will write a few words someplace to formalize this - once I figure out what the right place is! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:29, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
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==Chaosnet application protocols glitch?==
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Did you miss [[Talk:List of Chaosnet application protocols|this]]? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 22:54, 16 October 2023 (CEST)

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Please remember to sign them! :-) Thanks! Jnc (talk) 13:56, 9 July 2019 (CEST)

Contacting me

hey just saw your messages as I was about to go on an A/UX binge. Also the emacs stuff. You can email me directly neozeed <at> GOOG .... you know gmail <dot> com... neozeed (talk) 06:42, 8 September 2021 (CEST)

Autopatrolled

I was going to try and turn on Autopatrolled for you, so I don't have to do that for your edits, but apparently as a mere 'administrator' I can't do that, only 'bureaucrats' can. Maybe I'll drop Tore a line, and ask him to do it. (I think as a mere 'user' you can't see the 'unpatrolled edit' marker in Special:RecentChanges; ISTR I did an experiment from another non-admin account - my wife's - to check if they showed up.)

PS: I loved the 'meow' - took me a few moments to get it! Jnc (talk) 14:24, 28 April 2022 (CEST)

No, I had no idea there was such as thing as "autopatrol", and I never before saw that list of group rights. By all means, if it's any trouble have any appropriates properties turned on. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 19:19, 28 April 2022 (CEST)

Gordon Bell oral history

I dunno if you've ever read his oral history thing the CHM did, but it's worth reading; I just linked it in, at C. Gordon Bell. Jnc (talk) 15:21, 6 April 2023 (CEST)

Not individual models

Not individual models - there are hundreds of them! We'd be here all year! So only tag PDP-11 with Category:16-bit Computers, not PDP-11/20, PDP-11/45, etc. Unless there's a good reason to do individual models? (I can't think of one off the top of my head, but there might be.) Jnc (talk) 13:55, 11 July 2023 (CEST)

Sure. I wasn't going to touch the PDP-11s. At least not today. I did go through the PDP-8's, but they aren't as plentiful. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 13:57, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
There are also all the VAXen. I thought we had individual pages for some IBM System/360 models, but apparently not. We do have KA10, etc, of course. Jnc (talk) 14:32, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
The KA10 is arguably a processor, not a full computer. Maybe the categories should cover processors and architectures too, but I'm not in a hurry to do that now. But e.g. microprocessors like 4004, 8080, 6502 ought to have a place in this. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 15:24, 11 July 2023 (CEST)
Well, true, technically the KA10 is a processor - but we don't have pages for the KA10 models, like the 1040. So KA10 is kind of a stand-in for them (in not being categorized).
Yes, micros should be covered too. But again, as you suggest, architectures/lines, not models. So Motorola M68000 Family goes in Category:32-bit Computers, but not Motorola MC68000. I will write a few words someplace to formalize this - once I figure out what the right place is! Jnc (talk) 18:29, 11 July 2023 (CEST)

Chaosnet application protocols glitch?

Did you miss this? Jnc (talk) 22:54, 16 October 2023 (CEST)