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  1. Here's a story of a lost #joke One of the funniest pieces of spontaneous repartee ever devised and uttered by yours truly. Read on and share my sorrow.

    #DEC #DigitalEquipmentCorporation #VAX #VMS #Pun #PlayOnWords

    (ETA hashtags)

    /1

  2. Here's a story of a lost #joke One of the funniest pieces of spontaneous repartee ever devised and uttered by yours truly. Read on and share my sorrow.

    #DEC #DigitalEquipmentCorporation #VAX #VMS #Pun #PlayOnWords

    (ETA hashtags)

    /1

  3. Here's a story of a lost #joke One of the funniest pieces of spontaneous repartee ever devised and uttered by yours truly. Read on and share my sorrow.

    #DEC #DigitalEquipmentCorporation #VAX #VMS #Pun #PlayOnWords

    (ETA hashtags)

    /1

  4. Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
    Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.

    ***

    PDP-6
    Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)

    Standing:
    Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
    Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
    Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
    Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
    Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
    Bill Kellicker, Programmer
    Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
    George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
    Sitting:
    Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
    Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
    Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
    Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
    Norman Hurst, Programmer
    Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer

    References
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6

  5. Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
    Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.

    ***

    PDP-6
    Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)

    Standing:
    Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
    Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
    Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
    Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
    Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
    Bill Kellicker, Programmer
    Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
    George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
    Sitting:
    Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
    Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
    Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
    Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
    Norman Hurst, Programmer
    Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer

    References
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6

  6. Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
    Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.

    ***

    PDP-6
    Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)

    Standing:
    Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
    Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
    Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
    Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
    Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
    Bill Kellicker, Programmer
    Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
    George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
    Sitting:
    Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
    Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
    Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
    Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
    Norman Hurst, Programmer
    Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer

    References
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6

  7. Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
    Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.

    ***

    PDP-6
    Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)

    Standing:
    Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
    Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
    Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
    Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
    Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
    Bill Kellicker, Programmer
    Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
    George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
    Sitting:
    Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
    Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
    Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
    Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
    Norman Hurst, Programmer
    Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer

    References
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6

  8. Taken from a social media post by Michel Talbot.
    Let me add that in this context, Operating System Programmer is akin to a hero in an ancient Greek myth.

    ***

    PDP-6
    Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts, United States (February 26, 1964)

    Standing:
    Peter Sampson, Operating System Programmer
    Leo Gossell, Diagnostic Software Programmer
    Chester Gordon Bell, PDP-6 System Designer (Creator)
    Alan Kotok, Operating System Lead
    Russell Doane, Circuit Design Engineer
    Bill Kellicker, Programmer
    Bob Reed, Hardware Technician
    George Vogelsang, Draftsman.
    Sitting:
    Lydia Lowe (McKalip), Secretary to C. Gordon Bell
    Bill Colburn, PDP-6 Project Engineer
    Ken Senior, Field Service Technician
    Ken Fitzgerald, Mechanical Engineer
    Norman Hurst, Programmer
    Harris Hyman, Operating System Programmer

    References
    <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-6>
    PDP-6 System Description, DEC 1964 (4 MB) <bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp6/bro>
    Digital Equipment Corporation PDP Tree by G.Bell, 1980 (Wall Poster) 1700×1141 <landley.net/history/mirror/dec>

    #ComputerHistory
    #DEC
    #Demigods
    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP
    #PDP6

  9. just found this nice set of historic tutorial videos regarding the operation and components of your PDP-11 system ...

    ... that's today's evening sorted! 😅

    youtube.com/watch?v=0kz0i3ANHZ

    #DigitalEquipmentCorporation
    #PDP11
    #Tutorial
    #Videos

  10. Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89 - Enlarge / A photo of Gordon Bell speaking at the annual PC Forum in Pal... - arstechnica.com/?p=2025881 #digitalequipmentcorporation #gordonbell #obituaries #techlegend #microsoft #retrotech #obituary #tech #dec #vax

  11. During the 80s DEC produced the Rigel chipset to power VAX workstations. The microprocessor code-named Rex had its own logo: a t-rex driving a convertible 🦖

    #dec #digital #DigitalEquipmentCorporation #VAX

  12. Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing - Enlarge / A DEC VAX 8350 with cover removed. (credit: Adamantios)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1967053 #digitalequipmentcorporation #features #alphaaxp #tech #dec #vax #vms

  13. Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing - Enlarge / A DEC VAX 8350 with cover removed. (credit: Adamantios)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1967053 #digitalequipmentcorporation #features #alphaaxp #tech #dec #vax #vms

  14. Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing - Enlarge / A DEC VAX 8350 with cover removed. (credit: Adamantios)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1967053 #digitalequipmentcorporation #features #alphaaxp #tech #dec #vax #vms

  15. Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing - Enlarge / A DEC VAX 8350 with cover removed. (credit: Adamantios)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1967053 #digitalequipmentcorporation #features #alphaaxp #tech #dec #vax #vms

  16. Long gone, DEC is still powering the world of computing - Enlarge / A DEC VAX 8350 with cover removed. (credit: Adamantios)

    ... - arstechnica.com/?p=1967053 #digitalequipmentcorporation #features #alphaaxp #tech #dec #vax #vms

  17. CW: OpenVMS for x86… for hobbyists!

    So, you used to run VMS on VAX, then OpenVMS on Alpha and now you miss your good ol' VMS? Get a PC and run OpenVMS for x86 with a hobbyist license!¹

    Quoting directly from the site above:

    OpenVMS x86 is now available for (most) hobbyists! Almost a year after the official release² most hobbyists can now login to the Service Portal³ to download their copy of OpenVMS 9.2 for x86, X86E921OE.ZIP and the PAK (license) files (x86community-20240401.zip), valid until April 2024.

    #OpenVMS #VMS #RetroComputing #Greybeards #DEC #DigitalEquipmentCorporation

    __
    ¹ raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_
    ² raymii.org/s/blog/OpenVMS_9.2_
    ³ sp.vmssoftware.com/

  18. Rotational greetings, all. Here's an #introduction

    I'm a #software #developer, one of the founders of The Apache Software Foundation #apache #asf #apachehttpd, ex-DECcie #DEC #digitalequipmentcorporation, ex-IBMer, ex-RedHatter, and passionate about treating people fairly and writing code. Just trying out Mastodon now that Twitter's biome (#digiome? #electrome?) has started getting musky.

    Oh, and I'm also ND, have a very literal sense of humor, and joke about just about everything.

  19. Rotational greetings, all. Here's an #introduction

    I'm a #software #developer, one of the founders of The Apache Software Foundation #apache #asf #apachehttpd, ex-DECcie #DEC #digitalequipmentcorporation, ex-IBMer, ex-RedHatter, and passionate about treating people fairly and writing code. Just trying out Mastodon now that Twitter's biome (#digiome? #electrome?) has started getting musky.

    Oh, and I'm also ND, have a very literal sense of humor, and joke about just about everything.

  20. Rotational greetings, all. Here's an #introduction

    I'm a #software #developer, one of the founders of The Apache Software Foundation #apache #asf #apachehttpd, ex-DECcie #DEC #digitalequipmentcorporation, ex-IBMer, ex-RedHatter, and passionate about treating people fairly and writing code. Just trying out Mastodon now that Twitter's biome (#digiome? #electrome?) has started getting musky.

    Oh, and I'm also ND, have a very literal sense of humor, and joke about just about everything.

  21. Rotational greetings, all. Here's an #introduction

    I'm a #software #developer, one of the founders of The Apache Software Foundation #apache #asf #apachehttpd, ex-DECcie #DEC #digitalequipmentcorporation, ex-IBMer, ex-RedHatter, and passionate about treating people fairly and writing code. Just trying out Mastodon now that Twitter's biome (#digiome? #electrome?) has started getting musky.

    Oh, and I'm also ND, have a very literal sense of humor, and joke about just about everything.

  22. Rotational greetings, all. Here's an #introduction

    I'm a #software #developer, one of the founders of The Apache Software Foundation #apache #asf #apachehttpd, ex-DECcie #DEC #digitalequipmentcorporation, ex-IBMer, ex-RedHatter, and passionate about treating people fairly and writing code. Just trying out Mastodon now that Twitter's biome (#digiome? #electrome?) has started getting musky.

    Oh, and I'm also ND, have a very literal sense of humor, and joke about just about everything.