23 Mar
2018
23 Mar
'18
1:02 a.m.
On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
[...lots of good stuff...]
I was sys admin for a Masscomp with a 40MB disk
Right an early MC-500/DP system - although I think the minimum was a 20M
[ST-506 based] disk.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 8:55 PM, Mike Markowski <mike.ab3ap(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I remember Masscomp ... it allowed data
acquisition to not be swapped
desired behavior. More in a minute.
out.
Actually, not quite right in how it worked, but in practice you got the
Clem
Thanks very much, Clem! I had no idea what was under the hood of the
Masscomps I was using then, fresh out of grad school. I was on a team
designing a tracking radar system and using the Masscomp as a tool to
control gear and acquire the return signals. All my attention was on that
and not so much the computer itself. Super interesting to learn about it.
Mike Markowski