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Fwd: ENIACtion ['] IEEE Milestone Event for Grace Hopper's A-O Compiler at UPenn May 7th
by Jeffrey Brace 02 May '24

02 May '24

---------- Forwarded message --------- On Tuesday Morning, May 7th, an IEEE Milestone Plaque will be unveiled at the Engineering School of the University of Pennsylvania in honor of Grace Hopper's development of the A-O Compiler and Automatic Programming. The building where the plaque will be placed is where Rear Admiral Hopper had worked on this effort. Details about how to register to attend in-person or view the ceremony online are at: <https://events.seas.upenn.edu/event/ieee-grace-hopper-milestone-celebration/> <https://events.seas.upenn.edu/event/ieee-grace-hopper-milestone-celebration/> . *IEEE Milestone Plaque Citation* A-O Compiler and Initial Development of Automatic Programming, 1951-1952 During 1951-1952, Grace Hopper invented the A-O Compiler, a series of specifications that functioned as a linker/loader. It was a pioneering achievement of automatic programming as well as a pioneering utility program for the management of subroutines. That A-O Compiler influenced the development of arithmetic and business programming languages. This led to COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) becoming the dominant high-level language for business applications. *About Grace Hopper *Rear Admiral Grace Hopper was a mathematician, computer scientist, systems designer and the inventor of the compiler. Her outstanding contributions to computer science benefited academia, industry and the military. In 1928 she graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in mathematics and physics and joined the Vassar faculty. While an instructor, she continued her studies in mathematics at Yale University where she earned an MA in 1930 and a Ph.D. in 1934. Grace Hopper is known worldwide for her work with the first large-scale digital computer, the Navy’s Mark I. In 1949 she joined Philadelphia’s Eckert-Mauchly, founded by the builders of ENIAC, which was building UNIVAC I. Her work on compilers and on making machines understand ordinary language instructions lead ultimately to the development of the business language, COBOL. Grace Hopper served on the faculty of the Moore School for 15 years, and in 1974 received an honorary degree from the University. --

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Repair Workshop 2024, 5/4 & 5/5
by Jeffrey Brace 02 May '24

02 May '24

Click here to sign up <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DTry5ca1BK6jlGIVPkLOnar18a6dvyW9DGi…> *WHERE:* 1) CDL's Hackerspace and classroom in building 9059 (Most people use this one) 2) 9032-A is *not *available this time. *TIME:*Saturday START time == 10 A.M. END time == 11PM. Sunday START time == 10 A.M. and END == 5 P.M. *COST:* $15 per person, per day. $25 per night for those wanting to stay overnight in the visitor center's bunk beds *OVERNIGHT*: Bring your own pillow, blankets, soap etc. We provide a bed frame and an uncovered mattress. There are showers and a kitchen for your use. - You can send: * Via PayPal to @VintageComputerFed or paypal(a)vcfed.org. * Venmo: @VintageComputerFederation * Cash, credit card, Apple Pay, etc. in person. We have a Square Device. *EQUIPMENT:* - VCF will provide a table and you can use any available electrical outlet. - Bring your own tools, power strips, power cords, and supplies etc. - If you need particular tools that you don't own or particular parts, please let others know that you need something. They may have what you need. Let them know ahead of time. - Let everyone know what project you are working on ahead of time to inspire collaboration. *DRINKS*: You should bring your own. We have a refrigerator in CDL to keep them cold. VCF will buy some water and soft drinks for member use. *FOOD*: *Saturday afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *Saturday Night Dinner at around 7PM*: We often go out to dinner together. MJ's in Tinton Falls seems the new prefered spot. *Sunday Morning*: We usually meet at a diner around 9AM *Sunday Afternoon*: Everyone is on their own. *PARKING:* Park in the main parking lot, unless you are unloading. Don't park on the lawn. Also don't park where there are "no parking signs" There is now a dedicated fire lane. *PHONE:* (732) 722 - 5015 *EMAIL: *repairworkshops(a)vcfed.org Have fun everyone! :-D

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF Bumper to videos
by Neil Cherry 02 May '24

02 May '24

On 5/1/24 18:11, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > REALLY > All all of this hubbub over 10 seconds of video and sound? "I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little" -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry kd2zrq(a)linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies KD2ZRQ

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF Bumper to videos
by Andrew Diller 01 May '24

01 May '24

Are you really asking that? I know you didn't just join this list lol > On May 1, 2024, at 6:11 PM, Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > > > REALLY > All all of this hubbub over 10 seconds of video and sound? >

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Do we have any room for this? SGI Cheyenne for sale.
by Christian Liendo 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996 Cheyenne Supercomputer - Water Cooling System Components of the Cheyenne Supercomputer Installed Configuration: SGI ICE™ XA. E-Cells: 14 units weighing 1500 lbs. each. E-Racks: 28 units, all water-cooled Nodes: 4,032 dual socket units configured as quad-node blades Processors: 8,064 units of E5-2697v4 (18-core, 2.3 GHz base frequency, Turbo up to 3.6GHz, 145W TDP) Total Cores: 145,152 Memory: DDR4-2400 ECC single-rank, 64 GB per node, with 3 High Memory E-Cells having 128GB per node, totaling 313,344 GB Topology: EDR Enhanced Hypercube IB Switches: 224 units

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] Do we have any room for this? SGI Cheyenne for sale.
by Ethan O'Toole 30 Apr '24

30 Apr '24

> It cost 35 million to build in 2017 and the bid is 8300 bucks...oy vey. When I was picking up mine some guy was in the room while we were preparing the system to move. Guy said "We paid $8 million 5 years ago, he bought it online for scrap for $5200" or something like that. I think mine was made in 1997 and I bought it in 2001 but could be wrong (air cooled J90 series.) Crazy amount of depreciation fast.

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OT: Help InfoAge's YouTube channel qualify to get monetized
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Please subscribe to InfoAge's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@infoagemuseum About 3 years ago in April 2021, I turned on monetization for the VCF YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/@vcfederation>. We get about $50 per month to support the organization. I'm hoping to get that same level of support for InfoAge's YouTube channel. But first we need to: 1) Get 1000 subscribers. (Currently we have 121)/ 2) Get 4000 hours of viewing time. If you subscribe to their channel, then you can help with #1. #2 will take time as I help them add content to the channel that people want to watch. Thanks! Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey(a)vcfed.org

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2024 Podcast Episode 1
by Jeffrey Brace 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM Ryan Stapleton via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vcfed.org> wrote: > Hello All, > Hello Ryan! Thanks so much for sharing! Jeff Brace > > I wanted to share my buddy Rich and my podcast where we talk about VCF > East 2024! > > This is episode 1 of 2 where episode 2 will drop in a few weeks. > > I hope you enjoy! I know we enjoyed the show! > > http://www.rnrdoesstuff.com/podcast/ep-012-vcf-east-2024-part1/ > > > Thank you > -Ryan

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OT / MAC spoofing at Camp Evans
by Martin A. Flynn 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

Hi Folks, Please check your mobile devices that you are not using the MAC privacy option when on the Camp Evans network. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102509 We are seeing connected devices at all sorts of strange hours, with MAC addresses that are not listed in the IEEE master list. No desire to use the ban hammer on legit users / devices Martin Flynn

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Altair 8800 50th birthday...
by Herbert Johnson 29 Apr '24

29 Apr '24

> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024, 12:34 PM William Sudbrink v wrote: > >> Based on what I have read, along with a few discussions I have had with >> people involved in the early S-100 "scene", around now is the 50th >> birthday (or conception day) of the Altair 8800. Certainly, next year >> could properly be called its 50th birthday.Anyway, I'm thinking about >> "painting the show blue" with Altairs and IMSAIs for the next few >> vintage computer festivals. >> >> Anyone else interested? - Bill S. > On 4/25/2024 1:54 PM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> Not a bad thing. And swtpc 6800 also 50 yrs >> On 4/25/24 13:09, Bill Degnan wrote: >> Yea, a little love for the SWTPCs! :-D I'm sympathetic to Bill Sudbrick, to celebrate MITS Altairs and IMSAIs. I was in EE college when I copied the Popular Electronics MITS Altair articles, to make transparencies of the PC boards layouts they published. I've supported S-100 for three decades plus. S-100 systems were produced for twenty years, hundreds of companies. So recognition of them as leaders is a good idea. But leaders of *what*? - there's some better idea to celebrate, reflect upon. Neil and Bill Degnan also have a point. The SS-50 was also a popular architecture in the era. It also led to dozen of companies' products. But why mention SS-50 and S-100 together? There's some better idea in mind that suggests why. I'm thinking this through. I'll say more on my Web site. But my short argument for the better idea, is something like this. These mid-1970's computers, were part of a new idea about computing. Standard busses, open architectures, established and open operating systems - based on then-new 8-bit microprocessors. Circuitcard-based systems expandable at the cost of a single circuit board, or the cost of a few chips on a board. Microprocessors were inside powerful chips that were a lot easier to program, cheaper to produce in volume. Hardware costs falling, and dramatically. And all this "cheaper faster better" brought millions of people into computing, using computers themselves - more productivity, falling costs. All of that is kind of a package, that started to happen about fifty years ago. We take computers and micros for granted today, like fish in water. But *little of that was true* fifty years ago. I was *there*, I know this. (But there's a counter argument, for earlier computers. That's OK! Bring it on! They all make the same case, points of progress to a result, that's my point! ;) And by the way? I and my 1970's colleagues, we won't be "here" for personal accounts on the 75th anniversary. Some of us already left the building. So don't dally on one brand a year. I think those are better ideas to have some celebrations about. Not just a blue birthday cake on one day, or a row of IMSAIs and Altairs at one event (there aren't that many kinds). That's what I'm thinking about. Thanks to Bill Sudbrink for starting the idea of using the MITS Altair 8800 50th birthday. but I'd call it a trail marker. Regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey USA https://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net

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