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@Slash909uk @phlash Oh! I had forgotten I had these online. These are from when we built Genie Internet for Cellnet - Originally on the Telex floor (where Wireplay was), and then we had to move it up to the 5th or 6th onto my office floor, where the corporate networks hung out. This was the install record, sadly taken on a 1999 digital camera, sorry! I had a skim, there's nothing in there that would be considered classified these days.

https://lorry.org/Genie/

The Celnet Genie service, which we designed as an "ISP in a box", was pretty amazing, really, especially for an essentially free ISP.

Also, it's one of those odd jobs where you end up as both lead applications architect, systems manager, server builder, removal dude, and underfloor cable rat and crimper in the same project. I feel jobs like that in big corporations tend not to exist any more.

#retrocomputing #security #cybersecurity #infosec #bt #london #keybridge #mi6 #security #ISPs #Cellnet #Genie #O2 #bigiron #history #abandoned #photography #Telecoms #Telex #Buildings #Architecture

@Slash909uk @phlash Oh! I had forgotten I had these online. These are from when we built Genie Internet for Cellnet - Originally on the Telex floor (where Wireplay was), and then we had to move it up to the 5th or 6th onto my office floor, where the corporate networks hung out. This was the install record, sadly taken on a 1999 digital camera, sorry! I had a skim, there's nothing in there that would be considered classified these days.

https://lorry.org/Genie/

The Celnet Genie service, which we designed as an "ISP in a box", was pretty amazing, really, especially for an essentially free ISP.

Also, it's one of those odd jobs where you end up as both lead applications architect, systems manager, server builder, removal dude, and underfloor cable rat and crimper in the same project. I feel jobs like that in big corporations tend not to exist any more.

#retrocomputing #security #cybersecurity #infosec #bt #london #keybridge #mi6 #security #ISPs #Cellnet #Genie #O2 #bigiron #history #abandoned #photography #Telecoms #Telex #Buildings #Architecture

@Slash909uk @phlash Oh! I had forgotten I had these online. These are from when we built Genie Internet for Cellnet - Originally on the Telex floor (where Wireplay was), and then we had to move it up to the 5th or 6th onto my office floor, where the corporate networks hung out. This was the install record, sadly taken on a 1999 digital camera, sorry! I had a skim, there's nothing in there that would be considered classified these days.

https://lorry.org/Genie/

The Celnet Genie service, which we designed as an "ISP in a box", was pretty amazing, really, especially for an essentially free ISP.

Also, it's one of those odd jobs where you end up as both lead applications architect, systems manager, server builder, removal dude, and underfloor cable rat and crimper in the same project. I feel jobs like that in big corporations tend not to exist any more.

#retrocomputing #security #cybersecurity #infosec #bt #london #keybridge #mi6 #security #ISPs #Cellnet #Genie #O2 #bigiron #history #abandoned #photography #Telecoms #Telex #Buildings #Architecture

@Slash909uk @phlash Oh! I had forgotten I had these online. These are from when we built Genie Internet for Cellnet - Originally on the Telex floor (where Wireplay was), and then we had to move it up to the 5th or 6th onto my office floor, where the corporate networks hung out. This was the install record, sadly taken on a 1999 digital camera, sorry! I had a skim, there's nothing in there that would be considered classified these days.

https://lorry.org/Genie/

The Celnet Genie service, which we designed as an "ISP in a box", was pretty amazing, really, especially for an essentially free ISP.

Also, it's one of those odd jobs where you end up as both lead applications architect, systems manager, server builder, removal dude, and underfloor cable rat and crimper in the same project. I feel jobs like that in big corporations tend not to exist any more.

#retrocomputing #security #cybersecurity #infosec #bt #london #keybridge #mi6 #security #ISPs #Cellnet #Genie #O2 #bigiron #history #abandoned #photography #Telecoms #Telex #Buildings #Architecture

@Slash909uk @phlash Oh! I had forgotten I had these online. These are from when we built Genie Internet for Cellnet - Originally on the Telex floor (where Wireplay was), and then we had to move it up to the 5th or 6th onto my office floor, where the corporate networks hung out. This was the install record, sadly taken on a 1999 digital camera, sorry! I had a skim, there's nothing in there that would be considered classified these days.

https://lorry.org/Genie/

The Celnet Genie service, which we designed as an "ISP in a box", was pretty amazing, really, especially for an essentially free ISP.

Also, it's one of those odd jobs where you end up as both lead applications architect, systems manager, server builder, removal dude, and underfloor cable rat and crimper in the same project. I feel jobs like that in big corporations tend not to exist any more.

#retrocomputing #security #cybersecurity #infosec #bt #london #keybridge #mi6 #security #ISPs #Cellnet #Genie #O2 #bigiron #history #abandoned #photography #Telecoms #Telex #Buildings #Architecture

First Transistor Computer Reborn https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/first-transistor-computer-reborn/ #universityofmanchester #Retrocomputing #retrocomputing #mainframe #metrovick #BigIron

First Transistor Computer Reborn https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/first-transistor-computer-reborn/ #universityofmanchester #Retrocomputing #retrocomputing #mainframe #metrovick #BigIron

First Transistor Computer Reborn - Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/first-transistor-computer-reborn/ #universityofmanchester #retrocomputing #mainframe #metrovick #bigiron

First Transistor Computer Reborn - Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/21/first-transistor-computer-reborn/ #universityofmanchester #retrocomputing #mainframe #metrovick #bigiron

Gig Review: Cory Marks / Big Iron – The Cathouse, Glasgow (18th March 2025)

Why don't I go to the Cathouse more often for gigs? It's a cracking venue with awesome staff and above-decent sound. Tonight it was playing host to country rocker Cory Marks, with local-ish support supplied by Edinburgh's Big Iron.

A show of han

https://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/gig-review/2025/03/gig-review-cory-marks-big-iron-the-cathouse-glasgow-18th-march-2025/

#GigReviews #BigIron #CoryMarks

Future of #BigIron: #TelumII and #Spyre
#IBM’s big #mainframe props up almost every key industry world-wide due to features such as 9x9 (99.999999%) uptime, security, and hardware focused on database and transaction processing.
#Telum became centerpiece of 4th gen #LinuxOne – a series of #Linux systems purely for z architecture. Another big focus, for #z15 and LinuxOne, was built-in #AI engine with every chip, allowing focused models to run alongside critical workloads.
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and

Future of #BigIron: #TelumII and #Spyre
#IBM’s big #mainframe props up almost every key industry world-wide due to features such as 9x9 (99.999999%) uptime, security, and hardware focused on database and transaction processing.
#Telum became centerpiece of 4th gen #LinuxOne – a series of #Linux systems purely for z architecture. Another big focus, for #z15 and LinuxOne, was built-in #AI engine with every chip, allowing focused models to run alongside critical workloads.
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and

Future of #BigIron: #TelumII and #Spyre
#IBM’s big #mainframe props up almost every key industry world-wide due to features such as 9x9 (99.999999%) uptime, security, and hardware focused on database and transaction processing.
#Telum became centerpiece of 4th gen #LinuxOne – a series of #Linux systems purely for z architecture. Another big focus, for #z15 and LinuxOne, was built-in #AI engine with every chip, allowing focused models to run alongside critical workloads.
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and

Future of #BigIron: #TelumII and #Spyre
#IBM’s big #mainframe props up almost every key industry world-wide due to features such as 9x9 (99.999999%) uptime, security, and hardware focused on database and transaction processing.
#Telum became centerpiece of 4th gen #LinuxOne – a series of #Linux systems purely for z architecture. Another big focus, for #z15 and LinuxOne, was built-in #AI engine with every chip, allowing focused models to run alongside critical workloads.
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and

Future of #BigIron: #TelumII and #Spyre
#IBM’s big #mainframe props up almost every key industry world-wide due to features such as 9x9 (99.999999%) uptime, security, and hardware focused on database and transaction processing.
#Telum became centerpiece of 4th gen #LinuxOne – a series of #Linux systems purely for z architecture. Another big focus, for #z15 and LinuxOne, was built-in #AI engine with every chip, allowing focused models to run alongside critical workloads.
https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/the-future-of-big-iron-telum-ii-and

Festival Review: Call of the Wild 2024 – Friday

I'm going to start this review with an apology. Call of the Wild 2024 was almost three months ago and the festival is getting ready for its fi

https://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/gig-review/2024/08/festival-review-call-of-the-wild-2024-friday/

#GigReviews #Absolva #Artax #BigIron #CallOfTheWild #Dobermann #GunsNYorkshireRoses #HARSH #LaVire #LozCampbell #MuddiBrooke #ScarletRebels #SheBurnsRed #TheHeatInc #TheQuireboys #WeThreeKings

@DavittoKun @landley also we do it for #fun and maybe even #lulz to some degree:

I'm basically self-taught in regards to anything #IT and I think being humble about things is the way to go.

I did start OS/1337 asking myself "What is the simplest OS where I as a (#Linux & #Unix-esque only - cuz I don't do #Windows!) #Sysadmin could do my job under?" and turns out in therms what isn't "#BigIron" aka. somewhere remote, all I need is the modern incarnation of a #DEC-Style #Terminal like a #VT320 but with like #OpenSSH to get connected...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuZUPpmXfT0

Just a half million simoleons or so and this sweet Versatile 610 DeltaTrack tractor could be yours!

Seen at the North Dakota State Fair. #tractor #implements #farmequipment #bigiron #northdakota

Peak #BigIron #mainframe circa 1973.

Bell Labs Holmdel

#IBM 370/165
IBM 370/155
IBM 360/20

Processed Trees go in (punched cards)
Processed Trees come out (printouts)

350 magtapes/day
40K cards punched/day
2.8M lines printed/day
1K lbs paper/day

Training Video for Bell Labs' Holmdel Computing Center - AT&T Archives

https://youtu.be/HMYiktO0D64
https://youtu.be/V9aVOIuKVUc

Peak #BigIron #mainframe circa 1973.

Bell Labs Holmdel

#IBM 370/165
IBM 370/155
IBM 360/20

Processed Trees go in (punched cards)
Processed Trees come out (printouts)

350 magtapes/day
40K cards punched/day
2.8M lines printed/day
1K lbs paper/day

Training Video for Bell Labs' Holmdel Computing Center - AT&T Archives

https://youtu.be/HMYiktO0D64
https://youtu.be/V9aVOIuKVUc

Things I learned this weekend: #BSD 2.11 was released in 1991 (later than I'd have guessed), there was such as thing as the Gould PowerNode 9080 implementing their Power6/32 architecture in ECL. #Vintage #BigIron

Things I learned this weekend: #BSD 2.11 was released in 1991 (later than I'd have guessed), there was such as thing as the Gould PowerNode 9080 implementing their Power6/32 architecture in ECL. #Vintage #BigIron

The mighty @SDF #TWENEX empire is growing! https://mastodon.sdf.org/@SDF/109821138918349789

#SystemConcepts #SCgroup #Mars #SC40 #DEC #PDP10 #DECsystem10 #KL10 #TOPS20 #retrocomputing #mainframe #BigIron

Hackaday Links: October 11, 2020 - If you’re interested in SDR and digital signal processing but don’t know where to start, you’re in... - https://hackaday.com/2020/10/11/hackaday-links-october-11-2020/ #hackadaycolumns #hackadaylinks #earthquake #simulation #system/390 #bigiron #server #clock #pysdr #coil #cnc #dsp #gps #ibm #sdr