[vcf-midatlantic] stuff to donate

[William Dudley]

GNU APL fulfills my need to scratch my APL itch.

Thanks,
Bill


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On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Bob Flanders via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> FWIW, The IBM 1130 emulator at ibm1130.org has the APL system. It is a
> royal pain to use, but with that primer you can learn APL.
>
> 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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