I've been doing more research and we may or may not have one monitor, mouse, and keyboard for the 8010 (Star) In addition to the two 8010s, we also now have a Xerox Daybreak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Daybreak We may have mixed parts for the Stars and the Daybreak. Perhaps they use the same keyboard, mouse, and monitor, but I don't know (anyone?). Either way, the rest of the parts should be coming real soon. We'll keep everyone updated. On 1/7/2020 8:26 AM, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Re: [vcf-midatlantic] January workshop call to arms.eml
Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] January workshop call to arms From: Tony Bogan <thebogans@mac.com> Date: 1/7/2020, 8:26 AM
To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>
David, thank you for that info! We do have one monitor, mouse and keyboard, and Andy is heading down to DE this week to further assess the remainder of the rescue the Xerox machines were a part of, and potentially pick up the other peripherals for these machines in advance of completing the overall rescue.
Tony
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On Jan 7, 2020, at 7:43 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic<vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 7:32 AM David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have been in contact with Josh Dersch through my emulator project who has working 8010's. Evan had expressed interest in getting one working so I had checked and he said:
I trust Josh Dersch from The Living Computer Museum & Labs because I have met him at VCF PNW and VCF West where he showed off his*working* Xerox 8010 Information System (better known as the “Star” workstation) alongside a microcode-level Star emulator developed at LCM+L named Darkstar. Come experience GUI history and early desktop metaphors with Viewpoint and Star OS, do some hacking in Mesa on XDE, or delve into AI on Interlisp-D!
I have finish the 3b1 which shouldn't take too long, possible Straight 8 work, haven't heard if paper tape could be loaded. Assuming spare time I can assist on this.
I'm sorry, I didn't have time to finish checking the PDP 8 paper tape loading last time I was docent. And now the museum is being renovated so I won't be able to get to it until the epoxy flooring part is finished within the next two weeks. I will update you, but if you need to prioritize, then please work on the Xerox machine before the PDP 8.
On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 10:37:30PM -0500, Tony Bogan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 22:37:30 -0500 From: Tony Bogan<thebogans@mac.com> To:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org Subject: January workshop call to arms X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (16F203)
All, VCF recently acquired two Xerox 8010 computers. We would like to assess and repair (if needed) these machines, and are hoping to have one on display in the very near future. We are looking for anyone with the expertise and experience needed to assess these machines. We are hoping to begin the process of restoring these machines at the upcoming January workshop on the 25th and 26th of this month. So if you???re out there (and I???m sure you are!) and you can attend the workshop, please let us know! While there will be lots going on at the workshop, this is something we are hoping to be able to work on in preparation for the museum remodeling (or as soon as is practical) Thanks, Tony Bogan
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