http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2004/11/28/34/ Preserving historic software Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2004/11/28/34/#comment-45657 tom morrison Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:29:44 +0000 http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2004/11/28/34/#comment-45657 I worked on the Navy Univac 1219B computer and the shipboard equipment. I was fascinated at the manual for it I found on Bitsavers. What a wonderful thing you are doing. So many now just change cards for repair and have never seen an actual register. Can you imagine operational stepping thru a few instructions and watching the result appear in the accumulator register (upper). How can I help? I worked on the Navy Univac 1219B computer and the shipboard equipment. I was fascinated at the manual for it I found on Bitsavers. What a wonderful thing you are doing. So many now just change cards for repair and have never seen an actual register. Can you imagine operational stepping thru a few instructions and watching the result appear in the accumulator register (upper). How can I help?

]]> http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2004/11/28/34/#comment-20893 John Blankenbaker Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:33:56 +0000 http://www.mcjones.org/dustydecks/archives/2004/11/28/34/#comment-20893 The story on the Kenbak-1 computer is told by the creator at the web site above. Included are copies of all of the manuals that were published by Kenbak Corporation. John The story on the Kenbak-1 computer is told by the creator at the web site above. Included are copies of all of the manuals that were published by Kenbak Corporation.
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