Article 3453 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!4.1.16.34!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news1.digital.com!pa.dec.com!lead.zk3.dec.com!zk2nws.zko.dec.com!denton.zko.dec.com!amartin From: amartin@denton.zko.dec.com (Alan H. Martin) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: Another one bites the dust Date: 30 Oct 1997 00:15:23 GMT Organization: DEC Lines: 18 Message-ID: <638jir$9e2@zk2nws.zko.dec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: denton.zko.dec.com Xref: nntp1.ba.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:3453 The following comes to us from Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District in California: /AHM From: ... "Sometimes you have to hope that the weasels win. ..." To: ahm Subj: FWD: DEC 10 is gone From: "...@gcccd.cc.ca.us" "21-Oct-1997 1310 -0400" ... Subj: DEC 10 is gone On Monday, October 13, 1997, at 3:15 PM they switched off on the DEC 10 for good. I think they made a small ceremony out of the occasion. I heard that within an hour or two the temperature in the room dropped from 76 to 67. -- Alan Howard Martin AMartin@TLE.ENet.DEC.Com Article 4248 of alt.sys.pdp10: Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10 Path: news3.best.com!news1.best.com!newshub.sirius.com!newsfeed.wli.net!howland.erols.net!ix.netcom.com!n1ist From: n1ist@netcom.com (Michael L. Ardai) Subject: Another one bites the dust Message-ID: Organization: Utopia Planetia Shipyards - Mars Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 15:39:40 GMT Lines: 18 Sender: n1ist@netcom5.netcom.com Xref: news3.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:4248 It seems that Yogi was shut down last week for good. I guess using a 2065 for accounts receivable is no longer a reasonable thing. The system will probably be donated to the Cambridge public school system as spares to keep their's up and running. (As I understand it, we traded it in to DEC years ago, but they said we could keep it until we got our software migrated off it, as long as we kept a service contract) I'll keep my eye open for anything that they are planning to toss... /mike n1ist@netcom.com Teradyne ATD -- \|/ Michael L. Ardai N1IST n1ist@netcom.com \|/ -*- === Boston Amateur Radio Club: http://www.barc.org/barc === -*- /|\ or send "info barc-list" to listserv@majordomonetcom.com /|\ Article 4734 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: news3.best.com!news1.best.com!newsfeed.slip.net!news.slip.net!not-for-mail From: Lee Courtney Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main,comp.sys.unisys,comp.os.vms,comp.os.multics,alt.sys.pdp10 Subject: OT: Sad news - Xerox Data Systems Sigma Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:15:07 -0800 Organization: Monterey Software Group Inc. +1 (650) 964-7052 Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3702E4BB.408B2E3E@slip.net> Reply-To: leec@slip.net NNTP-Posting-Host: sja-hiper1a-44-172.dialup.slip.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Xref: news3.best.com bit.listserv.ibm-main:45451 comp.sys.unisys:10726 comp.os.vms:118431 alt.sys.pdp10:4734 I apologize for the OT nature of this post, but some of the seasoned readers may find this event of interest. ------- Hi all, Last night I received Email indicating that what is probably the last operating Xerox Data Systems Sigma mainframes are being powered down today and scrapped Friday. These were 2 dual processor Sigma 9s located at Robert Plan Corporation, who acquired them via (the now defunct?) Warner Computer Systems. The SDS/XDS Sigma series played significant roles in the development of computing technologies such as the ARPANET, timesharing, real-time computing, computer use in the liberal arts, and the space program. The corporate history of SDS/XDS is also very interesting and especially poignant given the later personal computing fumbles by Xerox. As a high school sophomore I first used an XDS Sigma 7 running BPM at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1972 and it helped launch my computing career. Many university students were introduced to computing via the Sigma family and although I never used it, users of the CP-V timesharing system still sing its praises. I have been attempting to gather as much information, ephemera, software as possible for an XDS/Sigma web page and (more importantly) for archiving at the Computer Museum History Center (http://www.computerhistory.org). If you should have, or know of, ANY information, documentation, history, software, hardware, etc. or have pointers to persons who worked with Scientific Data Systems/Xerox Data Systems systems (SDS, Sigma, and 560) please contact me. Regards, Lee Courtney President -- Monterey Software Group Inc. Voice: 650-964-7052 1350 Pear Avenue, Suite J Fax: 650-964-6735 Mountain View, California 94043-1302 Pager: 408-237-1705 Email: leec AT-SIGN slip DOT net http://www.editcorp.com/Businesses/MontereySoftware