[rescue] [geeks] PiDP-10 just published!?!?

[Dan Moisa]

Curious if folks here have actually worked with pdp-10 and its. I have a
few questions around decoding a specific file type - and I'm tripping at
literally every step because of the weird syntax, arcane escape characters
and execution model.

Really puts unix in a perspective I didn't appreciate before.

Dan.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 11:46 John Francini via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> I bought a copy.  I have a PiDP-10 kit and a PiDP-11 kit still waiting to
> be assembled. I did indeed build a PiDP-8 kit already.
>
> I wish the -8 kit was of the PDP-8/e rather than the -8/i, but I can't be
> choosy.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> John
> --
> John Francini <francini at mac.com>
> "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one
> begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit
> facts." -- Sherlock Holmes, *A Scandal in Bohemia*
>
> On Aug 25, 2025, at 12:27, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> wrote:
>
> I've corresponded with the author, he confirmed this wasn't written as a
> 'money maker', but I think it will sell well (the vendor has sold 1,000 of
> the PiDP-10 kits) given the market size.
>
> I would think offering the pdf version would be an easy thing to do, esp
> since it is being sold as a "print on demand" item thru Amazon (once
> ordered, Amazon prints and ships the book), but I don't know about that
> process to know for sure.
>
> No word on PDF yet, maybe?
>
> Ken
>
> On Aug 25, 2025, at 11:17, Alexander Jacocks via rescue <
> rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Looks very interesting. I wonder if the author is going to sell PDF
> versions, as well.
>
> - Alex
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM Lars Brinkhoff via geeks <
> geeks at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
>> Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> > I've not seen the book, my copy arrives Wednesday, but I wanted to
>> > spread the word. The Author has a solid track record writing many
>> > radio-specific books for various gam radios, so I'm confident he's
>> > done a good job with this book
>>
>> I checked the excerpt that is available on Amazon.  There are some
>> nitpicks I could make, but overall it looks fine.
>>
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