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

[Dan Moisa]

Thanks, will do. If you know of a specific list, please let me know.
I'm on its-hackers at its.victor.se but with limited success.

Dan.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025, 12:02 John Francini <francini at mac.com> wrote:

> Hello Dan,
>
> Probably best to ask on the PiDP-10 list as there's a number of ITS people
> there.  Now if this was a file from TOPS-10/TOPS-20, I could probably help
> you.
>
> 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 26, 2025, at 14:50, Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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