Rocksolid Light

Welcome to novaBBS (click a section below)

mail  files  register  newsreader  groups  login

Message-ID:  

panic: can't find /

computers / alt.folklore.computers / Re: PDP-9

SubjectAuthor
* Re: PDP-9Tony Gallagher
`- Re: PDP-9Peter Flass

1
Re: PDP-9

<9f7d9892-8b2b-4bc0-8431-a42b313f1803n@googlegroups.com>

  copy mid

https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=8553&group=alt.folklore.computers#8553

  copy link   Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
X-Received: by 2002:a05:622a:120a:b0:3f9:b63d:1bd8 with SMTP id y10-20020a05622a120a00b003f9b63d1bd8mr5400992qtx.13.1687263027547;
Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:10:27 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 2002:a37:9386:0:b0:762:4134:c1be with SMTP id
v128-20020a379386000000b007624134c1bemr2158552qkd.9.1687263027277; Tue, 20
Jun 2023 05:10:27 -0700 (PDT)
Path: i2pn2.org!i2pn.org!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!209.85.160.216.MISMATCH!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:10:26 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <4006AC95.4F03358C@optushome.com.au>
Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=210.84.21.151; posting-account=_MC2JQoAAAA2dqw0PBRvPkUB3E3uvSQD
NNTP-Posting-Host: 210.84.21.151
References: <3FF8F3A2.40FE4467@caloundraz.qld.gov.au> <btaua0$g6r@library2.airnews.net>
<4006AC95.4F03358C@optushome.com.au>
User-Agent: G2/1.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <9f7d9892-8b2b-4bc0-8431-a42b313f1803n@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: PDP-9
From: tony.gal...@gmail.com (Tony Gallagher)
Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:10:27 +0000
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 by: Tony Gallagher - Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:10 UTC

On Friday, January 16, 2004 at 2:07:01 AM UTC+11, Rob Storey wrote:
> > > "PDP-9 supplied by {some company specialising in supplying older
> > > computers/replicas as props}"
> >
> > The PDP-9 was provided by Max Burnett who worked for DEC in Australia
> > for many years (for some of these he was the regional head)
> > and now runs a company providing Classic Computers for films/TV/etc.
> Max now provides the PDP-9 to the Monash Universty historical computing
> exhibit.
> It is on display in the foyer of the fourth(?) floor of one of the
> buildings at the Caulfield campus (Melbourne), along with numerous other
> items.
> Rob Storey

Some foot notes ...

A PDP-9 was used with the Dish in 1969. Max Burnet has a video which was made for the ABC Collectors TV show. In this video he describes how he was asked by the movie producers if he could provide a PDP-9 for making the movie The Dish and he says he was able to provide the original one from the Dish at Parkes.

Max also co-produced a booklet in 2011, titled "A History of Digital in Australia and New Zealand". I am reading it at the moment. Here are some quotes from the book regarding The Dish and its computer.

Page 19
"PDP-9 serial number 161, CSIRO Division of Radio Physics, Parkes NSW (at The Dish)"

“The PDP–9 at Parkes became a film star 20 years later when it featured in the movie The Dish. Max Burnet was able to provide the PDP–9 for the film set from his museum collection. (Watch the credits at the end of the movie.) In the movie the PDP–9 was accused of losing data due to a power outage. Not so, it had core memory in real life. “

Sadly, Max passed away a few days ago. He leaves a rich legacy of material on computing history as well as many other achievements. I worked at DEC Australia for 17 years and Max 31 years. He was very highly respected by everyone.

Tony Gallagher

Re: PDP-9

<932364941.708993053.989429.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>

  copy mid

https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=8556&group=alt.folklore.computers#8556

  copy link   Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Path: i2pn2.org!i2pn.org!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: peter_fl...@yahoo.com (Peter Flass)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: PDP-9
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 15:33:41 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 10
Message-ID: <932364941.708993053.989429.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org>
References: <3FF8F3A2.40FE4467@caloundraz.qld.gov.au>
<btaua0$g6r@library2.airnews.net>
<4006AC95.4F03358C@optushome.com.au>
<9f7d9892-8b2b-4bc0-8431-a42b313f1803n@googlegroups.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c8dbc31fee1eb8d2a7e2cea89108bf3e";
logging-data="2701490"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX185feklCuOeViFmXROmgUqX"
User-Agent: NewsTap/5.3.1 (iPad)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:YdTZR8DPoK9AXMCRWDh3qWlSbjE=
sha1:26xEnQOQVKgBktevRloVV6ub/z4=
 by: Peter Flass - Tue, 20 Jun 2023 22:33 UTC

Tony Gallagher <tony.gallagher10@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sadly, Max passed away a few days ago. He leaves a rich legacy of
> material on computing history as well as many other achievements. I
> worked at DEC Australia for 17 years and Max 31 years. He was very
> highly respected by everyone.

:-(

--
Pete

1
server_pubkey.txt

rocksolid light 0.9.8
clearnet tor