[vcf-midatlantic] Sperry Univac Core - Moving off topic... perhaps the last word on this.

Bob Flanders bob.flanders at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 15:51:01 UTC 2021


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On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 12:49 AM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey at vcfed.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 6:37 PM Bob Flanders via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
>> [image: Screen Shot 2021-07-12 at 6.35.12 PM.png]
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>
> Bob, images are eaten by Mailman. So I recommend sending a link to the
> image on this mailing list.
>
>
>>
>> This is the image I tried to send...
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 5:54 PM Bob Flanders <bob.flanders at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Doug,
>> >
>> > I saw "AN/UYK-20". In the early '70s, I was a night-shift operator for
>> an
>> > AN/UYK-7. I also did some system testing on the thing.
>> >
>> > Very cool and hard to come by information. This is similar to the
>> console
>> > for the Mk 81 torp FCS.
>> >
>> > [image: image.png]
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 4:54 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
>> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 7/12/2021 12:22 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>> >> >> Douglas Crawford Sat Jul 10 02:49:34 UTC 2021
>> >> >> So, right. Here's the whole post mortem on this.
>> >> >
>> >> >> That's a recap of the entire successful conversation.
>> >> >> Links to the board pics, and the UNIVAC manuals
>> >> >> and such are in the conversation.
>> >> >> Hence, "I'm good".
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > It seems polite to respond to your detailed response to my "where's
>> the
>> >> > core" message.
>> >> >
>> >> > Your responses were informative, thank you. As you responded, your
>> Web
>> >> > pages on WordPress are for other purposes than for showing items for
>> >> > further discussion or to solicit inquiries. Your response explains
>> >> > itself and needs no elaborations on my part.
>> >> >
>> >> Thanks Herb.  I feel I said one thing in haste and in retrospect I
>> think
>> >> it comes across badly- that the AN-UYK-20 is not interest.
>> >> Not my complete thought. I was thinking not interesting enough -to me-.
>> >> Most (if not all) vintage computers are interesting to someone and
>> >> have aspects, which brought to light, probably would enlighten
>> interest in
>> >> many.  Like many in the hobby I got spread way to thin for the amount
>> of
>> >> time I could put into the many great pieces I acquired in the last 10
>> >> years
>> >> so I made a call to not go deep into the AN-UYK_20 lineage of military
>> >> computers.
>> >> I would love to know more about our own Univac in the museum and can't
>> >> even
>> >> do that.  I hope that my plans with the core board doesn't disappoint
>> to
>> >> many
>> >> too much.  I recently, as posted on here, got a few pieces of a MODCOMP
>> >> Classic, and since that is a real oddity from my point of view, I might
>> >> find
>> >> time to go into emulation with the fine example of the front panel I
>> now
>> >> have.
>> >>
>> >> > Otherwise: you posted in this list to get some info: you got some
>> info
>> >> > and assistance: job done. But at some point you literally posted "Any
>> >> > recommendations on where else to look?" and that is what I responded
>> >> to.
>> >> > If I posted after your request was satisfied, that was simply a
>> >> > circumstance. My post also explained itself and needs no elaboration.
>> >> >
>> >> Thank you it was a reasonable suggestion, of course! You expanded on my
>> >> request "where to look" with "what else I can do to get answers".
>> >> No problem.  Duane's response remained on the "where to look" aspect
>> which
>> >> when, for instance, he showed me the availability of the parts on a
>> >> military
>> >> web site, I learned - DUH!- look for military computer parts at the
>> >> military
>> >> suppliers!  They just don't come up on web searches so I didn't find
>> them.
>> >>
>> >> > You and I, simply put content on the Web in different ways for
>> >> different
>> >> > purposes.  I'll be thoughtful about your use, you suggested you'll be
>> >> > thoughtful about my suggested use. Those are considerations outside
>> the
>> >> > immediate topic which you have already concluded.
>> >> >
>> >> > Doug, you asked me if I liked your site, if I would read a few of
>> your
>> >> > pages on WordPress. Well, I did. They are good presentations about
>> how
>> >> > you've designed various microprocessor-based projects, small and
>> large.
>> >> > There's a general display of your vintage collection. These are all
>> >> > well-crafted pages with visual and textual content. WordPress sites
>> >> have
>> >> > a commonality to them that makes them hard for me to compare to other
>> >> > Web sites.
>> >> >
>> >> > The "adventures in ROV" page, is a pretty detailed presentation of
>> the
>> >> > methodology of students and mentors to create a toy-class small ROV
>> >> from
>> >> > Arduino technology and various toy-class parts. I only say "toy"
>> >> because
>> >> > you've also done commercial class development work. As an engineer
>> >> > myself, I'm informed by your presentations of design process.
>> >> >
>> >> > Doug, you are welcome to wander around my Web domain
>> >> > retrotechnology.com, for any information and considerations of use
>> or
>> >> > result you can glean from them.
>> >> >
>> >> Oh so coy, Herb!  :-) Your site is world class and I have been there
>> for
>> >> many of the subjects you concentrate on, and when you concentrate, you
>> >> research to the nth degree and that's why it serves as the reference
>> for
>> >> many
>> >> for CP/M, S-100, 1802, to name a few.
>> >>
>> >> I think your site and Bill Deg get the kind of responses because the
>> tone
>> >> of the sites are research and documentation of artifacts in a way that
>> >> draws
>> >> out responses that contribute along those lines.  Which is great.
>> >>
>> >> I put some of these pages up when I was job hunting and trying to show
>> a
>> >> certain
>> >> high level of "functioning".  It didn't really help that job effort,
>> but
>> >> I'm glad I put them up just the same, because its easy to forget a lot
>> >> of the
>> >> juicy details of what you had to overcome along the way.
>> >> It all adds up when you lay them out end to end that's cool to look
>> back
>> >> on.
>> >>
>> >> You are correct the ROV was toy class.  At the end of the project, I
>> >> applied
>> >> for an opening at hired at VideoRAY, a ROV company right in my own
>> town,
>> >> but nope. No deal.
>> >> The HR person hinted they could not afford me, and alas, no offer was
>> >> given.
>> >> That was the last place I applied, and probably the last I will
>> attempt.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for looking the pages over & the kind words.
>> >>
>> >> > There's an open question from Doug, about whether Web search "finds"
>> >> the
>> >> > discussions here in this email list. I don't know, I search a lot and
>> >> > don't recall "finds" from this list. But technical content in this
>> >> > somewhat-private email list is limited. So I speculate there aren't
>> >> > often enough keyboards to trigger a high-value "search hit". It's
>> also
>> >> > possible, that the hosting site "tells" search engines not to search
>> >> the
>> >> > email archives. Those are administrative matters I have no knowledge
>> >> > about. But as Doug suggests: the email list is for specific purposes,
>> >> if
>> >> > it doesn't do other things there are other venues which do.
>> >> >
>> >> Right. I suspect this mailman system doesn't get cataloged but I have
>> >> not tried to prove that.
>> >> I've not seen web searches refer to these emails. But I have seen hits
>> >> from the VCF Forum.
>> >> So its probably wisest to post questions there instead and leave this
>> >> site more to the machinations of the VCF club.
>> >> Agree?
>> >>
>> >> > Thanks and regards,
>> >> > Herb Johnson
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
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