Intel introduced to the world the x86 processor: the CISC technology still
with us. So what has changed other than speed and upward development?
Happy computing,
Murray 🙂
Does anyone have any manuals or other information on the Heurikon HK68/M10? Or the Hbug ROMs for it?
The HK68/M10 is a Multibus 68010 board with serial, SCSI, parallel, timers, 1MB onboard RAM, 2- or 4-channel DMA, and an optional 68451 MMU. It's similar but not identical to the HK68/V10 (the VMEbus version) and so far I haven't been able to find much that would make one usable.
I'm particularly interested in:
An Hbug ROM.
Pinouts for the top edge connectors, which provide the serial ports, the SCSI port, and the parallel port.
Jumpering/strapping and other configuration information.
And of course it'd be incredible to find the UniPlus+ distribution for it, but I'm not holding out much hope for that.
I already know what's on Bitsavers—such as the brochure—and I've already looked at the MAME HK68/V10 emulation, so no need to point those out.
-- Chris
Today I came across an obituary of Lynn Conway, computer pioneer in the
field of VLSI(along with Carver Mead) and also in one called dynamic
instruction scheduling(used in supercomputing world). More to the point
Conway was transgender and suffered for this, an almost forgotten pioneer
in the microcomputing and supercomputing fields. Also, as a researcher at
IBM and Xerox Parc where she contributed to the first years of
microcomputing, the GUI and Ethernet protocol development. Eventually the
IEEE recognized her contributions as did IBM - better late than never!
Murray 🙂
Tickets for VCF West 2024 Aug 2 & 3, Mountain View, CA
The show is looking to be bigger than ever!
We will again be at The Computer History Museum.
Tickets available through this link:
https://buy.acmeticketing.com/events/499/list
Existing VCF Members were emailed the coupon code for their 20% discount.
New members can email us after creating their membership to get the code.
I case anyone is interested...
I've just passed on my "Mits Altair 8800" - this is a very historic system
from the 70s - it is:
First Personal Computer (long before IBM PC)
First S100 buss system
First system Bill Gates wrote code for (long before Microsoft)
I did write a pretty decent emulator for my exact Altair system some years
ago...
And with recent interest in the system, I've just updated it with a few
minor
improvements and a "cleaned up" edition of the software I created to
bootstrap
a hardware front-panel based system (no on-board ROM) via a serial port card
- requiring you to enter only 18 bytes through the front panel
So .. if you'd like to experience what it was like to use a system from the
70s - here's some of the things you can do:
Bootstrap it cold
Run NorthStar DOS (one of the first commercial DOSes)
Run DMF (Device Management Facility) - a DOS I created for it
- can you tell that at the time I was working on an IBM mainframe ... my
- OS name sounds a lot like various IBM mainframe packages at the time.
A few other software setups (for example there's a stand-alone bootable
FORTH)
Has Editors, Assemblers, BASIC and other tools from the era.
and a few games - some written by yours truly - some very early commercial
offerings (like "Cranston Manor Adventure", or "Valdez")
Note1: My Altair emulator was created under DOS and is a 16 bit program!
It does work very well with DosBox (I recommend the one on my site)
Note2: I've not updated the ALTAIR.ZIP on "Daves Old Computers" yet - you
can get the updated one from:
"Daves Old Computers" -> Personal -> Downloads ->
OlderDownloadsFromPrevious
- look for "ALTAIR" under: Simulators and Emulators
*** I don't follow this list nearly as much these days - if you want to
reach me, use the contact link on my site!
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Search "Dave's Old Computers" see "my personal" at bottom!
Seems this eBay seller let the magic smoke get out, then proceeded to power
it on again one hour later.
Litton Monroe OC 8820
https://www.ebay.com/itm/355793400092
See the description..
Don Resor
