20 Nov
2004
20 Nov
'04
7:50 a.m.
I picked up some INTERESTING manuals today!
Instruction Mnaual for the Computer Control Company DDP-24 General Purpose Computer,
1964.
AMS-C Computer System Manual (Copy #1!) "Supplements the Apollo Mission Simulator
System Manual" and "reflects the addition to the AMS system of a DDP-224
Gerneral Purpose Computer", 1965.
IBM - Logic Blocks Automated Logic Diagrams SLT, SLD, ASLT, MST, 1971.
IBM - Service Manual "Selectric" Typewriter Models 7X1, 7X3, 7X5, 8X2, 8X5,
1972.
Repair Operation Manual for the Jaguar Series 3 V.12 'E' type, 1971.
Joe :-)
20 Nov
20 Nov
1:54 a.m.
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Instruction Mnaual for the Computer Control Company
DDP-24 General Purpose Computer, 1964.
AMS-C Computer System Manual (Copy #1!) "Supplements the Apollo Mission Simulator
System Manual" and "reflects the addition to the AMS system of a DDP-224
Gerneral Purpose Computer", 1965.
IBM - Logic Blocks Automated Logic Diagrams SLT, SLD, ASLT, MST, 1971.
IBM - Service Manual "Selectric" Typewriter Models 7X1, 7X3, 7X5, 8X2, 8X5,
1972.
Repair Operation Manual for the Jaguar Series 3 V.12 'E' type, 1971.
Nice! The Computer History Museum got a DDP-24 computer several years
ago. The donor contacted me first but it was a bit out of my league and
more properly belonged at the Museum. This is because it was used to
perform simulations for the Apollo missions. After it was retired, it was
donated to a community college in Florida. The donor ended up with it
when the college decided they no longer wanted it. He trucked it over
from Florida when he moved to California. It remained
in his garage for
years until he was about to be foreclosed on. He called me and I
then
got in touch with the CHM. We acted quick and were able to get a truck
down to Santa Barbara to pick it up. It now rests safely at the Museum.
Hooray!
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1:15 p.m.
At 07:54 AM 11/20/04 -0800, Sellam wrote:
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Interesting. It's very possible that these manuals were used with that very
computer.
Joe
Instruction Manual for the Computer Control
Company DDP-24 General Purpose Computer, 1964.
AMS-C Computer System Manual (Copy #1!) "Supplements the Apollo Mission Simulator
System Manual" and "reflects the addition to the AMS system of a DDP-224
Gerneral Purpose Computer", 1965.
IBM - Logic Blocks Automated Logic Diagrams SLT, SLD, ASLT, MST, 1971.
IBM - Service Manual "Selectric" Typewriter Models 7X1, 7X3, 7X5, 8X2, 8X5,
1972.
Repair Operation Manual for the Jaguar Series 3 V.12 'E' type, 1971.
Nice! The Computer History Museum got a DDP-24 computer several years
ago. The donor contacted me first but it was a bit out of my league and
more properly belonged at the Museum. This is because it was used to
perform simulations for the Apollo missions. After it was retired, it was
donated to a community college in Florida. The donor ended up with it
when the college decided they no longer wanted it. He trucked it over
from Florida when he moved to California. It remained in his garage for
years until he was about to be foreclosed on. He called me and I then
got in touch with the CHM. We acted quick and were able to get a truck
down to Santa Barbara to pick it up. It now rests safely at the Museum.
Hooray!
10:23 p.m.
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Joe R. wrote:
Interesting. It's very possible that these
manuals were used with
that very computer.
I was thinking the same thing. I've experience stranger coincidences.
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21 Nov
21 Nov
7:09 a.m.
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004, Joe R. wrote:
A somewhat similar thing happeend to me. As everyone here knows, I have a
Philips P850 minicomputer, and shortly after getting it I went to a talk
on %subject-that-I-forget given by a couple of Philips employees. Anyway,
I mentioned to them that I had the P850 and asked if they ever came
across any manuals for said machine that were no longer needed, I'd love
to have them. Anyway, about a week later I got a large parcel of manuals
Interesting. It's very possible that these
manuals were used with
that very computer.
I was thinking the same thing. I've experience stranger coincidences. from Philips, none of them directly applicable to the
P850, but for
related machines. Amongst them was a P851 user manual with the name
'A
Browne' written on the cover.
Now skip forwards about 10 years. There was an 'advert' in the CCS
journal wondering if anyone was interested in a couple of old Philips
minis, a P851 and a P854. I got in touch with the person mentioned and
found that he wsan't the owenr of the machines, but that I had to contact
somebody else. That I did, and found that, fortunately, I was the first
(and only?) person interested, so I made arrangements to collect them.
The name of the owner? Arthur Browne. Yes, the user manual has been
re-united with the machine :-)
-tony
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