IBM 1620 Restoration Mailing List Archive

This is an automatic archive of all messages sent to the mailing list IBM1620_team@merlin.engr.sgi.com. The mailing list is for communication between people working to restore an IBM 1620 to working order. The Computer Museum History Center has a web site on the IBM 1620 Data Processing System. There is also a Restoration Journal.

To join the restoration project, send email to

	DaveB@sgi.com

The latest issue of this archive is at http://hissa.ncsl.nist.gov/mlists/ibm1620/. Archiving is done by mlist2html.

January 1999

• Re: 2nd IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK
  Sat, 1999 Jan 30 21:36:06 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• 2nd IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK (Serial No. B2109)
  Sat, 1999 Jan 30 19:03:51 John Maniotes <maniotes@calumet.purdue.edu>
• Re: PC: Possible card cage found
  Sat, 1999 Jan 30 01:34:07 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• PC: Possible card cage found
  Fri, 1999 Jan 29 22:39:02 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• GOTRAN ON THE IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK (Serial No. K7402)
  Thu, 1999 Jan 28 19:56:04 John Maniotes <maniotes@calumet.purdue.edu>
• Re: IBM 1620 - 1/16/99 work party summary
  Thu, 1999 Jan 28 01:18:10 joseph fredrick <jpfredrick-jfcnslt@worldnet.att.net>
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Wed, 1999 Jan 27 21:59:50 Stephen Casner <casner@cisco.com>
• re:1620 sim - console key activation questions
  Wed, 1999 Jan 27 20:27:49 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: IBM 1620 - 1311 not useful
  Wed, 1999 Jan 27 14:22:30 Lee Courtney <leec@slip.net>
• IBM 1620 - 1311 not useful
  Wed, 1999 Jan 27 01:26:14 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - 1/23/99 work party summary
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 14:48:56 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 14:06:19 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 13:14:20 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 12:56:04 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 12:34:38 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 12:30:19 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• 1620 sim - console key activation questions
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 12:24:57 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 09:27:54 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Tue, 1999 Jan 26 03:42:54 Stephen Casner <casner@cisco.com>
• PC: Direction needed on board form factor
  Mon, 1999 Jan 25 13:14:04 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• IBM 1620 - possible parts
  Sun, 1999 Jan 24 17:07:29 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK (Serial No. K7402)
  Sun, 1999 Jan 24 10:19:23 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• Re: IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK (Serial No. K7402)
  Sun, 1999 Jan 24 00:34:07 Armando Stettner <aps@ieee.org>
• IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACK (Serial No. K7402)
  Sat, 1999 Jan 23 20:08:21 John Maniotes <maniotes@calumet.purdue.edu>
• PC IF: Circuit board etching service found, + Allegro came throu
  Sat, 1999 Jan 23 13:18:02 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• 1620 simulator - update
  Thu, 1999 Jan 21 19:17:30 "Richard Jowsey" <richard@jowsey.com>
• IBM 1620 - cross assembler
  Thu, 1999 Jan 21 17:41:58 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• IBM 1620 - 1/16/99 work party summary
  Wed, 1999 Jan 20 00:14:03 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Monitor I Operating System
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 22:58:48 "R. Radcliffe" <maclean-design@sympatico.ca>
• Re: IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 22:54:18 "Adams Douglas" <adamsd@cts.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 20:28:34 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 19:35:19 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 19:31:47 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 18:35:00 "Adams Douglas" <adamsd@cts.com>
• IBM 1620 SIMULATOR & IBM 1316 DISK STORAGE PACKS
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 17:38:59 John Maniotes <maniotes@calumet.purdue.edu>
• IBM 1620 - next HW work party.
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 15:05:52 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - Live Meeting apology
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 14:50:45 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - Simulator meeting
  Tue, 1999 Jan 19 08:14:49 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• RE: 1620 sim - triggers
  Mon, 1999 Jan 18 22:22:01 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• re: 1620 sim - triggers
  Mon, 1999 Jan 18 21:31:37 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• IBM 1620 - Simulator Live Meeting tonight
  Mon, 1999 Jan 18 13:33:36 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Card Reader
  Sat, 1999 Jan 16 15:18:21 Lee Courtney <leec@slip.net>
• 1620 sim - triggers
  Sat, 1999 Jan 16 00:04:29 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• IBM Transistors
  Thu, 1999 Jan 14 16:52:06 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 - Live Discussion idea
  Thu, 1999 Jan 14 13:58:31 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Thu, 1999 Jan 14 13:47:58 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: 12. Clean the typewriter relays.
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 21:26:18 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• RE: 12. Clean the typewriter relays
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 21:24:13 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: 12. Clean the typewriter relays
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 18:16:24 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• re: 12. Clean the typewriter relays.
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 17:35:40 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• 12. Clean the typewriter relays.
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 17:24:12 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• re: IBM 1620 - 1/11/99 work party summary
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 01:54:02 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• IBM 1620 - cross assembler
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 01:53:59 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• re: 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Wed, 1999 Jan 13 01:07:30 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: IBM 1620 - 1/11/99 work party summary
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 13:13:57 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: Simulation of differnet variants of 1620's
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 03:28:18 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - 1/11/99 work party summary
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 03:25:38 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• RE: 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 03:20:20 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• RE: Simulation of differnet variants of 1620's
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 00:20:26 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• SPS Cross Assembler V1.0
  Tue, 1999 Jan 12 00:20:21 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• re: 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 22:28:53 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: Simulation of differnet variants of 1620's
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 15:50:19 "R. Radcliffe" <maclean-design@sympatico.ca>
• Re: 1620 MF, TNS, TNF instructions, drifting over to card archiv
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 15:28:30 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: Saturday's 1620 Work Party
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 15:05:19 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:47:32 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• 1620 MF, TNS, TNF instructions
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:23:47 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• re: 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:05:29 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: Saturday's 1620 Work Party
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:05:26 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: Saturday's 1620 Work Party
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:05:24 Dave Babcock <daveb@fddi-sgi.engr.sgi.com>
• Re: 1620 MF, TNS, TNF instructions
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:05:08 Dave Babcock <daveb@fddi-sgi.engr.sgi.com>
• Re: PC IF: Connectors
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 14:04:32 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• Re: Simulation of differnet variants of 1620's
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 11:04:49 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Simulation of differnet variants of 1620's
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 09:03:26 "R. Radcliffe" <maclean-design@sympatico.ca>
• Forcing parity checks
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 09:00:56 "R. Radcliffe" <maclean-design@sympatico.ca>
• Calculating memory size
  Mon, 1999 Jan 11 08:56:39 "R. Radcliffe" <maclean-design@sympatico.ca>
• 1620 Sim - I-cycle for immediate instrux
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 18:31:01 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: IBM 1620 slogan
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 17:51:58 "Richard Jowsey" <richard@jowsey.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 slogan
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 11:44:01 Armando Stettner <aps@world.std.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 slogan
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 11:34:52 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: IBM 1620 slogan
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 11:26:17 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 slogan
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 10:47:55 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 03:55:10 "Richard Jowsey" <richard@jowsey.com>
• Re: 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 03:49:15 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Sun, 1999 Jan 10 03:43:32 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 22:47:09 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Saturday's 1620 Work Party
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 19:02:19 Lee Courtney <leec@slip.net>
• re: 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 18:37:31 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• re: 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 15:33:44 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• 1620 Sim - 100K?
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 09:16:50 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• IBM 1620 - contact with interesting information
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 04:41:30 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - DDJ writeup
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 04:24:03 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - welcome new team member
  Sat, 1999 Jan 9 04:15:02 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• 1620 Sim - the Instruction-fetch cycles
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 22:27:59 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: IBM 1620 - welcome new team member
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 22:03:43 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• New Member Response
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 20:41:03 "Silas Larry Smith" <larrysmith@ibm.net>
• PC IF: Connectors: balked but not beaten
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 19:11:25 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: IBM 1620 - Live Discussion idea
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 03:25:30 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• SPS Cross-Assembler V1.0 now complete
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 02:47:28 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• RE: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Fri, 1999 Jan 8 00:35:31 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: IBM 1620 - Live Discussion idea
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 23:04:54 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• RE: Cross Assembler test.
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 23:04:39 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: CE Manual Of Instruction
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 18:48:49 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: CE Manual Of Instruction
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 18:41:14 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: Cross Assembler test
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 17:32:54 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: CE Manual Of Instruction
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 17:24:49 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• CE Manual Of Instruction
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 16:38:54 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Cross Assembler test
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 16:26:43 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• IBM 1620 - Bob Supnik Q&A
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 16:20:58 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 16:06:39 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 14:54:42 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 PC Interface: (some) Parts are on their way
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 14:50:24 Dag Spicer <spicer@tcm.org>
• RE: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 14:46:41 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 14:36:18 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 13:25:40 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 13:24:07 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 08:17:15 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:26:21 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• re: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:26:01 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:25:50 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:11:36 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• IBM 1620 - Live Discussion idea
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:07:39 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 07:02:28 "Richard Jowsey" <richard@jowsey.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:43:44 Len Shustek <len@shustek.com>
• RE: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:41:37 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• 12. Clean the typewriter relays.
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:41:35 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• More 1620 single-cycle register contents
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:28:07 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• RE: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:19:45 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Thu, 1999 Jan 7 06:10:54 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Source found for console lamps
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 23:56:41 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 21:32:49 "Adams Douglas" <adamsd@cts.com>
• 1620 PC Interface: Schematics erratum and call for review
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 20:52:51 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• 1620 PC Interface: (some) Parts are on their way
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 20:49:21 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 20:42:59 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• re: 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 09:24:22 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• IBM 1620 - Dr. Dobbs Journal
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 07:53:25 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 04:53:53 Len Shustek <len@shustek.com>
• Test message - disregard
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 01:57:05 daveb@cydrome.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• IBM 1620 - mail forwarding problems
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 01:53:24 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• RE: 1620 Simulator - design
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 01:52:40 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• RE: 1620 Simulator - design
  Wed, 1999 Jan 6 01:46:22 "Coslet, Tim x1505 KE2556" <coslett@kaisere.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 22:28:15 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 21:52:20 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 21:45:29 <david_wise@phoenix.com> (David Wise)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 21:43:46 "Paul E. Black" <black@whitestone.ncsl.nist.gov>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 19:14:30 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 19:09:13 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• 1620 Simulator - performance
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 14:16:44 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - performance
  Tue, 1999 Jan 5 12:52:08 daveb@merlin.engr.sgi.com (Dave Babcock)
• Re: IBM 1620 - simulator consideration
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 17:36:19 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• IBM 1620 - workparty this Saturday
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 14:12:29 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 13:22:26 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 13:04:11 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: 1620 Simulator - design
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 12:42:04 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 - simulator consideration
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 12:26:16 Dave Babcock <daveb@sgi.com>
• Re: IBM 1620 - another wild idea
  Mon, 1999 Jan 4 09:30:15 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>
• 1620 Sim: MBR and MDR during fetch and store cycles
  Sun, 1999 Jan 3 20:44:58 Chap Harrison <chap@mediaone.net>

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