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Started by Bob Eager
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:34
Honeywell 516
Author: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:34
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:34
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OK, since it's quiet... How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or related machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet TIPs, but I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. I played with one a bit back in the early 1970s - I implemented a program on it (a very portable one, but that was my first): http://www.ml1.org.uk/impl-i.html Unfortunately I never kept source code, although it would be trivial to do it again. More interestingly, I modified the CPU! I changed the effect of soem instructions to make it more suitable for virtualisation. More here: http://www.bobeager.uk/anecdotes.html#CPUhack Perhaps this will stimulate a bit of discussion. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
Re: Honeywell 516
Author: Bill Findlay
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:53
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:53
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On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article <fgv0ig...@mid.individual.net>): > OK, since it's quiet... > > How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or related > machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet TIPs, but > I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. We were in the market for a mini in 197-71 and visited the local Honeywell factory. After a tour the reps invited us to buy a DDP-516. They were very large men, all three well over 6 feet, and they crowded round us as we sat in their office, exuding an "offer you can't refuse" vibe. It was at the same time transparent psychological pressure, infuriating, and very funny. Needless to say, we did not buy one of their PoS computers. -- Bill Findlay
Re: Honeywell 516
Author: Bob Eager
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:26
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:26
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:53:14 +0000, Bill Findlay wrote: > On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article > <fgv0ig...@mid.individual.net>): > >> OK, since it's quiet... >> >> How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or >> related machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet >> TIPs, but I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. > > We were in the market for a mini in 197-71 and visited the local > Honeywell factory. After a tour the reps invited us to buy a DDP-516. > They were very large men, all three well over 6 feet, and they crowded > round us as we sat in their office, exuding an "offer you can't refuse" > vibe. It was at the same time transparent psychological pressure, > infuriating, and very funny. > > Needless to say, we did not buy one of their PoS computers. https://youtu.be/bNVEr-Xs6Po -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
Re: Honeywell 516
Author: Bill Findlay
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:40
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:40
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On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article <fgvl6h...@mid.individual.net>): > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:53:14 +0000, Bill Findlay wrote: > > > On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote (in article > > <fgv0ig...@mid.individual.net>): > > > > > OK, since it's quiet... > > > > > > How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or > > > related machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet > > > TIPs, but I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. > > > > We were in the market for a mini in 197-71 and visited the local > > Honeywell factory. After a tour the reps invited us to buy a DDP-516. > > They were very large men, all three well over 6 feet, and they crowded > > round us as we sat in their office, exuding an "offer you can't refuse" > > vibe. It was at the same time transparent psychological pressure, > > infuriating, and very funny. > > > > Needless to say, we did not buy one of their PoS computers. > > https://youtu.be/bNVEr-Xs6Po LOL -- Bill Findlay
Re: Honeywell 516
Author: Dan Espen
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:17
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:17
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Bill Findlay <findl...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes: > On 15 Mar 2018, Bob Eager wrote > (in article <fgv0ig...@mid.individual.net>): > >> OK, since it's quiet... >> >> How many people have had dealings with the Honeywell DDP-516, or related >> machines? I know one version of the 16 series was the ARPAnet TIPs, but >> I'm wondering about the ones that weren't. > > We were in the market for a mini in 197-71 and visited the local Honeywell > factory. After a tour the reps invited us to buy a DDP-516. They were very > large men, all three well over 6 feet, and they crowded round us as we sat in > their office, exuding an "offer you can't refuse" vibe. It was at the same > time transparent psychological pressure, infuriating, and very funny. > > Needless to say, we did not buy one of their PoS computers. Hmm, tall people don't intimidate...me much. I'm average height, about 5'8-5'9". As a consultant, once went to a new account the meet the subject matter experts. I'm introduced to the programmer I'll be working with, he was only 6'4". The other 2 user guys 7' and '7"2. The programmer became one of my longer lasting friends. I think we'd still be friends if he didn't move across the country. The only guy on the account that I had some minor issues with was around 5'2". Someone said he had Napoleon issues. He sure acted like it. My take, tall isn't too bad, they tend to be pretty friendly. Short can be a danger sign. Like all generalizations, take with a grain of salt. -- Dan Espen
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