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What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?

Started byNeo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com>
First post2016-05-06 02:04 -0700
Last post2016-05-17 20:05 -0400
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  What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 02:04 -0700
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2016-05-06 11:00 -0500
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-05-06 16:34 +0000
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-06 18:20 +0100
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-05-07 07:12 +0000
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-11 14:55 -0400
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-05-11 19:20 +0000
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-11 21:16 +0200
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-07 13:14 +0000
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-07 20:18 -0700
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-08 04:22 +0000
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-05-07 21:46 -0700
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-08 06:58 +0100
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 07:31 -0400
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-06 12:32 -0400
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 02:30 +1000
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2016-05-06 17:19 +0000
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-05-06 19:41 +0200
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> - 2016-05-09 02:43 -0700
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-09 06:58 -0700
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-09 17:05 +0000
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-10 12:34 +0000
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-11 14:38 -0400
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-11 21:13 +0200
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2016-05-12 12:50 +0100
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-12 17:49 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2016-05-13 12:10 +0100
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-12 13:04 +0000
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-13 11:18 -0700
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-15 14:09 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ibmekon <Ibmekon> - 2016-05-15 21:53 +0100
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-16 12:12 +0000
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-16 06:16 -0700
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-17 12:32 +0000
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-17 10:22 -0500
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-18 07:32 -0400
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-18 12:28 +0000
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-18 19:23 +0000
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? sidd@situ.com (sidd) - 2016-05-18 20:15 -0400
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> - 2016-05-19 08:06 +0100
                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-19 12:27 +0000
                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? sidd@situ.com (sidd) - 2016-05-19 14:41 -0400
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-19 12:27 +0000
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-21 04:59 -0700
                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-22 13:15 +0000
                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-05-23 20:14 -0500
                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2016-05-24 04:45 +0000
                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-24 12:11 +0000
                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> - 2016-05-24 14:19 +0100
                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-25 13:11 +0000
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-25 09:22 -0700
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> - 2016-05-25 17:31 +0100
                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2016-05-26 21:41 +0000
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-18 23:19 +0100
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-19 12:27 +0000
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-16 06:17 -0700
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-05-23 20:16 -0500
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ibmekon <Ibmekon> - 2016-05-16 20:08 +0100
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-17 12:32 +0000
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-09 16:29 -0300
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 02:10 -0700
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-10 06:42 -0400
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 07:43 -0500
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 01:49 -0700
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-05-11 09:06 -0400
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-11 09:47 -0400
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-11 09:33 -0500
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 10:26 -0500
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-11 11:11 -0500
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-11 17:48 +0100
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-16 20:02 -0400
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 12:05 -0500
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-11 14:59 -0500
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 21:32 -0500
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-16 19:59 -0400
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 21:34 -0500
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> - 2016-05-12 03:39 +0100
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-12 06:13 +0100
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-12 14:46 -0400
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-11 14:31 -0400
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-11 14:21 -0700
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-11 17:50 -0500
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-11 16:01 -0700
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 21:35 -0500
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-12 02:50 +0000
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-12 10:07 +0000
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-12 11:39 +0100
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-12 17:49 +0000
                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-12 21:55 +0100
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-12 13:12 -0700
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andy Burns <feb2017-usenet@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-05-12 00:20 +0100
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-11 21:40 -0400
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2016-05-14 23:47 -0300
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-15 14:09 +0000
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-11 11:37 -0700
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-11 11:40 -0700
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-11 15:15 -0500
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-05-11 21:50 +0000
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-11 15:49 -0700
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-05-11 23:36 -0400
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-05-12 10:32 +0000
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-13 11:16 -0700
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-13 15:11 -0700
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 17:42 -0400
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-15 17:34 -0500
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 20:32 -0400
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-15 22:21 -0700
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-16 06:57 -0400
                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-16 13:12 -0500
                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-16 23:25 +0000
                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-16 19:53 -0400
                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 08:23 -0500
                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-17 09:16 -0500
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-17 10:40 -0500
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-17 16:59 +0000
                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-17 13:42 -0500
                                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-17 11:56 -0700
                                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-17 12:10 -0700
                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-17 19:58 +0000
                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-18 02:50 -0300
                                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-17 23:51 -0700
                                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-18 07:32 -0400
                                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-18 14:28 -0700
                                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-18 23:18 +0100
                                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2016-05-19 11:07 +0100
                                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-05-19 10:00 -0400
                                                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-19 12:53 -0400
                                                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-23 10:56 -0400
                                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-23 12:59 -0500
                                                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2016-05-24 00:01 -0300
                                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-23 18:48 +0000
                                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-19 02:18 -0300
                                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Stan Barr <plan.b@bluesomatic.org> - 2016-05-19 07:03 +0000
                                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-19 13:11 +0000
                                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-18 12:28 +0000
                                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-19 02:38 -0300
                                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-21 21:26 -0400
                                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-05-18 10:39 -0500
                                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-18 19:21 +0000
                                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-18 12:35 -0700
                                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-18 21:06 +0000
                                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-18 12:34 -0700
                                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-17 14:35 -0500
                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 15:43 -0500
                                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-17 14:32 -0500
                                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-17 14:53 -0500
                                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-18 07:32 -0400
                                                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-19 02:43 -0300
                                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-17 19:44 +0000
                                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-17 22:40 +0000
                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-17 14:42 +0000
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-17 17:01 +0000
                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-05-17 12:09 -0500
                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-17 14:31 -0300
                                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-18 12:28 +0000
                                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 12:33 -0500
                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-17 10:31 -0500
                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-16 20:37 -0400
                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-17 11:12 +0200
                                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-17 05:49 -0700
                                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-17 08:21 -0500
                                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-23 12:23 -0400
                                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-16 22:03 -0700
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 05:09 +1000
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-23 09:39 -0400
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-23 09:48 -0500
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-23 13:51 -0400
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-05-23 13:49 -0500
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-11 11:34 -0700
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-11 14:06 -0500
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-11 17:49 +0200
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-11 16:53 +0000
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-12 03:11 -0300
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> - 2016-05-14 16:59 +0800
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-14 10:48 +0100
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-05-14 15:53 +0000
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-05-14 09:37 -0700
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-14 12:09 -0500
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-15 14:09 +0000
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-11 17:22 +0100
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-05-11 12:59 -0400
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-05-21 00:56 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 22:17 -0400
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-05-22 05:53 +0000
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-22 11:26 +0100
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-22 07:13 -0400
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-05-21 00:56 +0000
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-22 06:43 +0100
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-22 11:22 +0100
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-22 07:14 -0400
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-22 13:35 +0100
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-22 07:29 -0700
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-22 08:35 -0500
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-23 06:41 +0100
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-23 16:11 +0200
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-23 16:43 -0300
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-05-23 16:50 -0400
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-24 01:50 -0300
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-24 12:11 +0000
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-24 13:40 +0100
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? mausg@mail.com - 2016-05-24 19:33 +0000
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-23 21:33 -0400
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 08:54 -0500
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-24 16:38 -0300
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-24 20:04 +0000
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-24 22:24 -0400
                                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-25 12:45 -0700
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-05-24 17:15 -0500
                              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-24 11:55 -0400
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-24 18:18 +0100
                                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-05-24 13:26 -0500
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-24 11:59 -0700
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-05-24 17:03 -0300
                                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-05-26 17:55 +0000
                                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-24 11:53 -0700
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-10 17:47 +0100
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2016-05-11 14:41 -0400
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-10 12:34 +0000
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> - 2016-05-11 01:44 -0700
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-11 11:32 -0700
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> - 2016-05-06 13:55 -0500
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-06 19:29 -0400
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-07 13:14 +0000
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 05:39 -0400
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-07 11:35 +0000
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 17:38 -0400
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-07 22:30 +0000
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-05-07 13:25 -0700
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-05-07 17:16 -0700
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 20:39 -0400
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-07 21:57 -0400
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 22:49 -0400
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-08 07:08 -0700
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-08 20:58 -0400
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-07 13:14 +0000
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-05-06 12:09 -0700
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-05-07 10:39 +0100
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2016-05-07 20:16 -0700
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-08 13:08 +0000
          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-08 16:20 +0200
            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-09 13:08 +0000
              Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name,invalid> - 2016-05-09 15:34 +0200
                Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-10 12:34 +0000
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? cb@elaine.df.lth.se (Christian Brunschen) - 2016-05-10 13:42 +0000
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-11 12:18 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-11 13:19 +0000
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-11 16:57 +0100
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-11 16:20 +0000
                            Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-11 17:38 +0100
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-10 15:49 +0200
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-11 12:18 +0000
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-10 11:07 -0400
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-11 12:18 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-11 13:16 +0000
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-05-11 09:45 -0400
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com> - 2016-05-11 16:22 +0100
                          Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-11 15:47 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-11 10:52 -0400
                        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-05-11 15:49 +0000
                  Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-10 17:44 +0100
                    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-05-11 12:18 +0000
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-11 13:44 +0100
                      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-05-11 17:46 +0200
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Thomas Lake <tomlake07@gmail.com> - 2016-05-10 10:47 -0700
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-05-10 18:36 +0000
    Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-16 19:45 -0400
      Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-05-17 06:35 +0100
        Re: What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer? Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> - 2016-05-17 20:05 -0400

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#163318

FromLawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx>
Date2016-05-06 13:55 -0500
Message-ID<87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>
In reply to#163292
Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:

> This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
>

The ULTIMATE?  For me?

A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
peripheral processing.

> What Would The OS Be Like

It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for the
last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but adding
useful elements invented in other opearting systems since it's murder.

Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
snigger behind her back ;) 

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#163325

FromWalter Bushell <proto@panix.com>
Date2016-05-06 19:29 -0400
Message-ID<proto-C21D4A.19292906052016@news.panix.com>
In reply to#163318
In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>,
 Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:

> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
> snigger behind her back ;) 

Running in a virtual machine, of course.

-- 
 To terrify children with the image of hell,
 to consider women an inferior creation is that good for the world?  
  Christopher Hitchens

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#163337

Fromjmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date2016-05-07 13:14 +0000
Message-ID<PM0005324010F3596E@aca40426.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to#163325
Walter Bushell wrote:
> In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>,
>  Lawrence Statton NK1G <lawrence@senguio.mx> wrote:
>
>> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
>> snigger behind her back ;)
>
> Running in a virtual machine, of course.
>
Nope.  That wouldn't use all of the CPUs.

/BAH

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#163334

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-07 05:39 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.319781d3d6cad71798a170@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#163318
In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>, lawrence@senguio.mx says...
> 
> Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
> >
> 
> The ULTIMATE?  For me?
> 
> A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
> configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
> peripheral processing.
> 
> > What Would The OS Be Like
> 
> It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for the
> last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but adding
> useful elements invented in other opearting systems since it's murder.
> 
> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
> snigger behind her back ;) 

I'd kind of like to have seen what MVS would have turned into if IBM had 
consumerized the 370 instead of going with Intel.  Of course they'd 
never have opened it so it would have stayed pretty much like it did, 
but still one can dream.

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#163336

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-05-07 11:35 +0000
Message-ID<dp628eF6mrbU4@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#163334
On Sat, 07 May 2016 05:39:21 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

> In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>, lawrence@senguio.mx says...
>> 
>> Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> > This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
>> >
>> >
>> The ULTIMATE?  For me?
>> 
>> A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
>> configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
>> peripheral processing.
>> 
>> > What Would The OS Be Like
>> 
>> It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for the
>> last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but adding
>> useful elements invented in other opearting systems since it's murder.
>> 
>> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
>> snigger behind her back ;)
> 
> I'd kind of like to have seen what MVS would have turned into if IBM had
> consumerized the 370 instead of going with Intel.  Of course they'd
> never have opened it so it would have stayed pretty much like it did,
> but still one can dream.

My favourite (off beat) mainframe system was this:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Multiple_Access_System




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#163371

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-07 17:38 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.31982a4e92b1cd3398a17c@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#163336
In article <dp628eF6mrbU4@mid.individual.net>, news0006@eager.cx says...
> 
> On Sat, 07 May 2016 05:39:21 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:
> 
> > In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>, lawrence@senguio.mx says...
> >> 
> >> Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
> >> >
> >> >
> >> The ULTIMATE?  For me?
> >> 
> >> A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
> >> configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
> >> peripheral processing.
> >> 
> >> > What Would The OS Be Like
> >> 
> >> It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for the
> >> last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but adding
> >> useful elements invented in other opearting systems since it's murder.
> >> 
> >> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
> >> snigger behind her back ;)
> > 
> > I'd kind of like to have seen what MVS would have turned into if IBM had
> > consumerized the 370 instead of going with Intel.  Of course they'd
> > never have opened it so it would have stayed pretty much like it did,
> > but still one can dream.
> 
> My favourite (off beat) mainframe system was this:
> 
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Multiple_Access_System

Hmm--should be possible to port it to Hercules if the full source is 
really there.

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#163374

FromBob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Date2016-05-07 22:30 +0000
Message-ID<dp78l1F6mrbU8@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#163371
On Sat, 07 May 2016 17:38:14 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

> In article <dp628eF6mrbU4@mid.individual.net>, news0006@eager.cx says...
>> 
>> On Sat, 07 May 2016 05:39:21 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:
>> 
>> > In article <87wpn7t3so.fsf@senguio.mx>, lawrence@senguio.mx says...
>> >> 
>> >> Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> The ULTIMATE?  For me?
>> >> 
>> >> A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
>> >> configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
>> >> peripheral processing.
>> >> 
>> >> > What Would The OS Be Like
>> >> 
>> >> It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for
>> >> the last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but
>> >> adding useful elements invented in other opearting systems since
>> >> it's murder.
>> >> 
>> >> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
>> >> snigger behind her back ;)
>> > 
>> > I'd kind of like to have seen what MVS would have turned into if IBM
>> > had consumerized the 370 instead of going with Intel.  Of course
>> > they'd never have opened it so it would have stayed pretty much like
>> > it did, but still one can dream.
>> 
>> My favourite (off beat) mainframe system was this:
>> 
>>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Multiple_Access_System
> 
> Hmm--should be possible to port it to Hercules if the full source is
> really there.

I agree. I do have the source, since I did the port from the Amdahl to XA.

I am more interested in the 2900 version...and am working on an emulator.




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#163357

FromAnne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com>
Date2016-05-07 13:25 -0700
Message-ID<87zis1sjj3.fsf@garlic.com>
In reply to#163334
"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> writes:
> I'd kind of like to have seen what MVS would have turned into if IBM had 
> consumerized the 370 instead of going with Intel.  Of course they'd 
> never have opened it so it would have stayed pretty much like it did, 
> but still one can dream.

I've written a lots before about how MVS carried with it enormous
baggage from 360s and OS/360 ... including enormous reliance on CKD (CKD
hardware emulation is still required by current versions even though CKD
disks haven't been made for decades) and pointer passing APIs (even
though there was separate address space for every application, an image
of the MVS kernel would occupy half of every application virtual address
space; further complicated were operating subsystems that had been
outside the OS/360 kernel now resided in their own separate address
space; pointer passing API calls between applications and subsystems
required invention of the CSA ... an area in every virtual address space
used for API parameters; CSA size had to be proportional to number of
subsystems and their use, at one point CSA size was threatening to
increase to the other half of every virtual address space ... leaving
nothing for applications).

TYMSHARE did GNOSIS for 370 ... capability based operating system that
had lot of overhead for 3rd party accounting. Different entities could
provide applications, dbms, etc on TYMSHARE GNOSIS platform and they
could account for and remit to 3rd parties revenue earned for customers
using applications, dbms, etc.

When M/D bought TYMSHARE, GNOSIS was spun off to Key Logic  ... where they
stripped out the 3rd party accounting stuff. They then demonstrated
transaction applications that would outperform IBM's TPF ... running on
same hardware. Somewhat issue was that interfaces were at a modern
design level ... so things worked out much more efficiently (even with
the "overhead" of capability based security and integrity).

disclaimer: I was brought in to do the GNOSIS evaluation/audit as part
of the spin-off ... and still have hardcopy of old GNOSIS spec.

GNOSIS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOSIS

documents
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~KeyKOS/

related
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EROS_(microkernel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CapROS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyotos

posts mentioning CKD, FBA, multi-track search, etc
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#dasd

some past GNOSIS posts
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#80 Still not convinced about the superiority of mainframe security vs distributed?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013d.html#55 Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Internet, 1974
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013f.html#33 Delay between idea and implementation
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013i.html#6 The Subroutine Call
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013i.html#57 Doug Englebart
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013i.html#58 Doug Englebart
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#58 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30yearsagotoday
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#59 The cloud is killing traditional hardware and software
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013n.html#6 ACA (Obamacare) website problems--article
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013n.html#13 Bounded pointers
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014b.html#84 CPU time
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#39 [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#44 [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014e.html#53 The mainframe turns 50, or, why the IBM System/360 launch was the dawn of enterprise IT
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014h.html#40 Named Memory
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014i.html#53 transactions, was There Is Still Hope
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015f.html#82 Miniskirts and mainframes
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015g.html#43 [Poll] Computing favorities
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016.html#29 1976 vs. 2016?

some past CSA posts
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#33 My Vintage Dream PC
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012e.html#80 Word Length
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012l.html#75 PDP-10 system calls, was 1132 printer history
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012n.html#21 8-bit bytes and byte-addressed machines
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2012o.html#30 Regarding Time Sharing
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013.html#22 Is Microsoft becoming folklore?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013c.html#51 What Makes an Architecture Bizarre?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013g.html#15 What Makes code storage management so cool?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013m.html#71 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years agotoday
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#62 Difference between MVS and z / OS systems
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014g.html#83 Costs of core
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014i.html#86 z/OS physical memory usage with multiple copies of same load module at different virtual addresses
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014k.html#36 1950: Northrop's Digital Differential Analyzer
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014k.html#39 1950: Northrop's Digital Differential Analyzer
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014k.html#82 Do we really need 64-bit DP or is 48-bit enough?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015b.html#40 OS/360
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015b.html#46 Connecting memory to 370/145 with only 36 bits
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015b.html#60 ou sont les VAXen d'antan, was Variable-Length Instructions that aren't
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015g.html#90 IBM Embraces Virtual Memory -- Finally
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015h.html#116 Is there a source for detailed, instruction-level performance info?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016.html#78 Mainframe Virtual Memory

-- 
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#163377

FromAnne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com>
Date2016-05-07 17:16 -0700
Message-ID<87shxts8tc.fsf@garlic.com>
In reply to#163357
re:
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#12 What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?

another MVS issue was that support staff were measured in dozens per
system ... including large number of IBM personnel.

the shows up in early Amdahl sales going after univ. running VM370 and
(univ of michigan) MTS ... since they didn't require the huge amount of
IBM personnel helping support the systems (which users weren't going to
get for non-IBM clone mainframes).

It also played a major factor in the enormous number of distributed
4300s that started in the late 70s ... large customers ordering hundreds
at a time for deployment out in departmental areas (non-traditional
datacenter locations, stock rooms, former conference rooms, etc). Issue
was getting system support down to dozens of systems per support person
rather than dozens of support people per system.

For awhile they tried to attribute the lack of MVS being deployed on the
thousands of distributed 4300ss on the fact that the only CKD disks were
the high-end 3380s (not suitable for non-datacenter areas), the
mid-range (3370) and low-end (3310s) were all FBA. Eventually a CKD 3375
was announced (3370 with CKD hardware emulation) eliminating that as an
excuse for MVS not being deployed into the thousands of distributed
4300s (back to the issue of requiring dozens of support personnel per
system).

CKD, FBA, multi-track search, etc posts
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#dasd

posts mentioning Univ. Of Mich. MTS
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013e.html#63 The Atlas 2 and its Slave Store
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013h.html#76 DataPower XML Appliance and RACF
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#20 Teletypewriter Model 33
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#22 Teletypewriter Model 33
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2013l.html#34 World's worst programming environment?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014c.html#6 The PDP-8/e and thread drifT?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014c.html#71 assembler
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014d.html#23 [OT ] Mainframe memories
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014g.html#24 Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers   Personal
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014g.html#106 Fifty Years of nitpicking definitions, was BASIC,theProgrammingLanguageT
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014i.html#67 z/OS physical memory usage with multiple copies of same load module at different virtual addresses
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014j.html#33 Univac 90 series info posted on bitsavers
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014j.html#50 curly brace languages source code style quides
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2014l.html#20 Do we really need 64-bit addresses or is 48-bit enough?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015b.html#29 The joy of simplicity?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015c.html#46 John Titor was right? IBM 5100
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015c.html#52 The Stack Depth
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015c.html#57 The Stack Depth
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015c.html#92 DEBE?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015d.html#35 Remember 3277?
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2015f.html#62 3705
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016.html#78 Mainframe Virtual Memory
http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016c.html#6 You count as an old-timer if (was Re: Origin of the phrase "XYZZY")

-- 
virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970

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#163380

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-07 20:39 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.319854e0d7ea295f98a17f@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#163377
In article <87shxts8tc.fsf@garlic.com>, lynn@garlic.com says...
> 
> re:
> http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#12 What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?
> 
> another MVS issue was that support staff were measured in dozens per
> system ... including large number of IBM personnel.

Which is something that would have had to be addressed to consumerize 
the OS.

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#163383

FromMichael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Date2016-05-07 21:57 -0400
Message-ID<alpine.LNX.2.02.1605072156430.24953@darkstar.example.org>
In reply to#163380
On Sat, 7 May 2016, J. Clarke wrote:

> In article <87shxts8tc.fsf@garlic.com>, lynn@garlic.com says...
>>
>> re:
>> http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#12 What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?
>>
>> another MVS issue was that support staff were measured in dozens per
>> system ... including large number of IBM personnel.
>
> Which is something that would have had to be addressed to consumerize
> the OS.
>
>
Nowadays, it would be crowdsourced.  Consider it part of the sharing 
economy.

   Michael

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#163386

From"J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com>
Date2016-05-07 22:49 -0400
Message-ID<MPG.31987330af536e4b98a182@news.eternal-september.org>
In reply to#163383
In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1605072156430.24953@darkstar.example.org>, 
et472@ncf.ca says...
> 
> On Sat, 7 May 2016, J. Clarke wrote:
> 
> > In article <87shxts8tc.fsf@garlic.com>, lynn@garlic.com says...
> >>
> >> re:
> >> http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#12 What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?
> >>
> >> another MVS issue was that support staff were measured in dozens per
> >> system ... including large number of IBM personnel.
> >
> > Which is something that would have had to be addressed to consumerize
> > the OS.
> >
> >
> Nowadays, it would be crowdsourced.  Consider it part of the sharing 
> economy.

Why would IBM crowdsource MVS?

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#163416

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2016-05-08 07:08 -0700
Message-ID<54a005d0-a2f7-443d-8790-f3becfb47318@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#163386
On Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 8:49:16 PM UTC-6, J. Clarke wrote:

> Why would IBM crowdsource MVS?

Well, an older version, 3.8J, is now in the public domain, and it's been modified 
to have access to more memory in the "380" project.

John Savard

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#163448

FromMichael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Date2016-05-08 20:58 -0400
Message-ID<alpine.LNX.2.02.1605082057050.26067@darkstar.example.org>
In reply to#163386
On Sat, 7 May 2016, J. Clarke wrote:

> In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1605072156430.24953@darkstar.example.org>,
> et472@ncf.ca says...
>>
>> On Sat, 7 May 2016, J. Clarke wrote:
>>
>>> In article <87shxts8tc.fsf@garlic.com>, lynn@garlic.com says...
>>>>
>>>> re:
>>>> http://manana.garlic.com/~lynn/2016d.html#12 What Would Be Your Ultimate Computer?
>>>>
>>>> another MVS issue was that support staff were measured in dozens per
>>>> system ... including large number of IBM personnel.
>>>
>>> Which is something that would have had to be addressed to consumerize
>>> the OS.
>>>
>>>
>> Nowadays, it would be crowdsourced.  Consider it part of the sharing
>> economy.
>
> Why would IBM crowdsource MVS?
>
>
I thought we were talking about system administration.  So nowadays, all 
you'd have to do is call for "volunteers" to take care of the 
administration of your operating system.  Since the bit I was replying to 
says "large number", you'd need the crowd to supply all that effort.

   Michael

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#163342

Fromjmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date2016-05-07 13:14 +0000
Message-ID<PM00053240136EE66C@aca40426.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to#163318
Lawrence Statton NK1G wrote:
> Neo Fortune <serenity3043@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors
>>
>
> The ULTIMATE?  For me?
>
> A PDP10 in modern technology, with ten thousand mobies as a minimum
> configuration, multiple CPUs, with some continued evolution in
> peripheral processing.
>
>> What Would The OS Be Like
>
> It'd be TOPS-20, of course -- but a version that kept growing for the
> last 30 years, keeping the best features from its past, but adding
> useful elements invented in other opearting systems since it's murder.
>
> Obviosuly, TOPS10 would still be available for BAH, but we'd still
> snigger behind her back ;)

But I'd be using all the cores and get more work done than you would.

/BAH

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#163319

FromQuadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca>
Date2016-05-06 12:09 -0700
Message-ID<c6647d84-c589-4c51-9c82-3c2a164a41f1@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#163292
On Friday, May 6, 2016 at 3:04:10 AM UTC-6, Neo Fortune wrote:
> This Could Include Memory, Graphics Cards, Processors

> What Would The OS Be Like

The keyboard would be arranged like the one on the Tandy Model 100.

Not only the additional ASCII characters, but some other special characters,
would be easily available, both through an alternate shift and through shifting
the letters when in caps lock mode.

Also, there would be the option of switching to an APL keyboard, and the font 
used with it would have italic caps and narrow numerals, just like the one 
produced on a 2741.

The processor would be "big-endian", so that numbers would be stored in memory 
the way you would write them down on paper, letting assembly language 
programming be less confusing.

Oh, of course it would be really powerful and have lots of memory and so on, 
but _those_ things, in general, the industry _has_ been delivering, and at a 
good pace too.

It would start up in command-line mode, and you would type in a command to 
bring up the GUI.

Because there has been a lot of good software written for _other_ computers, it would have facilities for emulating - without appreciable loss of speed - several other popular machine architectures, including, but not limited, to the x86, the 680x0, the PowerPC, and the IBM 360 and its descendants to the System z. Better throw in the Itanium for good measure.

So it would have native instructions for operating on numbers in old-fashioned 
360 "hexadecimal floating-point", not just IEEE 784 floats, in order for that 
particular emulation to go fast enough.

And it would have real vector instructions - not ones like MMX/SSE/AVX or AltiVec, but ones like the Cray I had.

Oh, and out of the box, included with the price, would be a FORTRAN compiler 
that makes full use of the GPU for doing math.

I think that's enough for now; I think I've gone pretty wild.

John Savard

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#163335

From"gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid>
Date2016-05-07 10:39 +0100
Message-ID<ngkcvm$iud$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#163292
"Neo Fortune" <serenity3043@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:081dd2b1-0e23-42ff-b984-bad93c46b01a@googlegroups.com...
>
> What Would The OS Be Like

There would be no OS, unless limited to the 10 or so calls that CP/M had,
so allowing me to proceed with complete freedom in whatever direction
I chose.

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#163388

FromGene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
Date2016-05-07 20:16 -0700
Message-ID<4rbtib1h5pummuf2sl8c67gaq9is03q91a@4ax.com>
In reply to#163335
On Sat, 7 May 2016 10:39:56 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
<no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote:

[snip]

>There would be no OS, unless limited to the 10 or so calls that CP/M had,
>so allowing me to proceed with complete freedom in whatever direction
>I chose.

     Even CP/M 2.2 had a few dozen calls.  Later versions had even
more.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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#163408

Fromjmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com>
Date2016-05-08 13:08 +0000
Message-ID<PM00053253F3BBD6C0@aca41104.ipt.aol.com>
In reply to#163388
Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Sat, 7 May 2016 10:39:56 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
> <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>There would be no OS, unless limited to the 10 or so calls that CP/M had,
>>so allowing me to proceed with complete freedom in whatever direction
>>I chose.
>
>      Even CP/M 2.2 had a few dozen calls.  Later versions had even
> more.

If you need a network, there would be triple the calls.

/BAH

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#163417

FromMorten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
Date2016-05-08 16:20 +0200
Message-ID<2iu30d-ot9.ln1@sambook.reistad.name>
In reply to#163408
In article <PM00053253F3BBD6C0@aca41104.ipt.aol.com>,
jmfbahciv  <See.above@aol.com> wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 May 2016 10:39:56 +0100, "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339"
>> <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>There would be no OS, unless limited to the 10 or so calls that CP/M had,
>>>so allowing me to proceed with complete freedom in whatever direction
>>>I chose.
>>
>>      Even CP/M 2.2 had a few dozen calls.  Later versions had even
>> more.
>
>If you need a network, there would be triple the calls.

No, assign/bind, connect, listen, accept, plus send and receive; and some extra
code in open,read,write and close would do the trick. You would want a
select/poll call, but that should already be there. 

That makes half a dozen new calls, and extra code in half a dozen more.

Networking is not that hard. We learned how to do this right by ca 1980.

The rest is implementation detail; roughly done in the *n*xes by 1985.

Legacy, not-done-quite-right protocols would need more calls.

-- mrr

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