[vcf-midatlantic] stuff to donate

[William Dudley]

I have no idea how we can resolve the SPITBOL manual claims.  In theory the
staple can be
removed and the document copied.  It's just loose sheets.  They're old and
I would hope the
photocopier would treat them gently.

The author is indeed Dewar, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Inside the front cover, it says that this is a copy made by Griswold at
Bell Telephone Labs, with
permission of the author, in order to make it "available to individuals
interested in SNOBOL4."

Bill Dudley


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On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Jonathan Gevaryahu via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> I'm also interested in reading the SPITBOL 2.0 manual. I assume this is
> the IIT  report from 1971: "R. B. K. Dewar, '/SPITBOL/ version /2.0/', IIT
> Internal Report, 78 pp., 1971"
> I found a reference to it at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
> /doi/10.1002/spe.4380070106/abstract
>
>
> On 2/9/2017 11:55 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>
>> Bill
>> I am interested in at least reading the SPITBOL Version 2.0 manual, Feb 12
>> 1971.  I will be at the workshop if no one has claimed this already, I'd
>> be
>> interested and will copy put online for anyone who wants a copy.
>> b
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 11:40 AM, William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
>>
>> I found some more stuff that may be of interest to the
>>> museum or to the members of this list.
>>>
>>> I would like Evan to weigh in on the museum's interest.
>>> Should Evan pass on something, the rest of you can
>>> figure out who ends up with an item.
>>>
>>> 1. US Robotics USR330 modem.  This is a very early
>>> 300 baud consumer/hobbyist modem.  It's in a vacuum-formed
>>> case, along with a comically large "data access arrangement" (DAA)
>>> as required by telecom rules back in the day.
>>>
>>> 2. An AT&T Dataphone II 2224B modem, with power supply.  This was
>>> hot-shit in it's day.  It would do 2400 bits/second.
>>>
>>> 3. A Digital Equipment Corp h312a null modem.  It is also
>>> comically large, considering what it is.
>>>
>>> 4. New, in the shrink-wrap, manuals for AT&T 6386 computer:
>>> "Service Manual" and "Hardware Reference Manual"
>>>
>>> 5. IBM "APL/1130 Primer - Student Text" copyright 1968.  This was
>>> one of my texts in high school.  I have TWO pristine copies of this.
>>>
>>> 6. SPITBOL Version 2.0 manual, Feb 12 1971.  This is stapled together,
>>> not
>>> a bound book, but is never the less early documentation for the language.
>>>
>>> 7. A full, four volume set of manuals AND 5 1/4" disks for STSC APL
>>> PLUS/PC,
>>> copyright 1987.  Hardcover binders in slip cases.
>>>
>>> 8. AT&T 6300 Plus Service Manual and Hardware Reference Manual.
>>> Two hard cover binders in slip cases, including several different
>>> diagnostic
>>> diskettes (5 1/4").
>>>
>>> I plan on bringing this stuff to the VCF workshop this weekend, unless
>>> we're snowed/cancelled due to weather.
>>>
>>> Pictures of items 1,2, 3, and 4 are here:
>>> http://www.dudley.nu/vcf-donations/
>>>
>>> Bill Dudley
>>> whose house looks like an episode of "Hoarders".
>>>
>>> This email is free of malware because I run Linux.
>>>
>>>
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