Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice series, Herb. Was the PDP1 programming loaded via punched paper tape? That is how I recall the interface with the PDP8. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: [Leica] IMG A going away party at the Computer History Museum > I''m a volunteer and docent at the Computer History Museum in Mountain > View, CA. I've been volunteering there since 2003. > > Recently one of my favorite people on the staff decided to retire and > there was an all-afternoon retirement party for him in the main lobby of > the Museum. I snapped a lot of pictures of people shmoozing and reduced > the set to nine. Decided to make it an album, something I've only done > once before. Making an album is really a pain; I may just give it up. > > Anyway here it is. One bit of commentary. After the informal shoozing > period, we were deafened by feedback from a portable PA system that they > had some trouble adjusting. When it finally got disciplined, the Vice > President for Exhibits and Collections made a speech. Then the one for > Education, who was Jim's immediate superior, made a shorter speech, with > some emphasis on Jim's quirky sense of humor. She then handed the mike to > him; he said three words: "So long suckers". > > After that, we crowded into the room where lives a reconstructed PDP1 > computer (vintage 1960) and all got to sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" > to the accompaniment of a four-part version played by the computer; the > guy who first programmed that computer to play four-part music in 1960 > (Peter Sampson) spent the weekend programming "For He's a Jolly Good > Fellow". > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/McLure+Party/ > > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >