[NJARC] FORTRAN

[john ruccolo]

Unfortunately, no. I only have a small assortment of
PE and EI back issues. But someone else on the
reflector may have it. I'll bet somebody comes up with
it.

Sounds like a 117L7/M7/N7 with a half-wave rectifier,
and power pentode for the xtal oscillator.

--- Robert Carroll <w2wg at comcast.net> wrote:

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> _______________________________________________
> Thanks. Do you happen to remember a PE construction
> article about the Card
> File Transmitter?  It was a 117 volt tube.  I have
> been trying to figure out
> which issue it was in for a long time.
> 
> Bob W2WG
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of john ruccolo
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 11:21 AM
> To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club
> Subject: RE: [NJARC] FORTRAN
> 
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> _______________________________________________
> Hi Bob,
> 
> We may *both* be right -- it looks like we're
> talking
> about two different computers! I found the article
> --
> Pop. Electrnics April 1963.
> 
> Hurricane Carla hit the Texas Gulf in Sept. 1961 and
> flooded a Dow Chemical plant with seven feet of
> water.
> 
> This caused $6 million in damage, and a Burroughs
> 205
> was written off as a "total loss."
> 
> A young Dow physicist who was a graduate of Texas
> A&I
> arranged the deal. Dow gave Texas A&I the computer
> and
> sea-soaked manuals with no guauarnatees. The
> students
> found a pint of seawater in the magnetic memory
> drum!
> 
> A year to the day after Carla struck, the computer
> was
> working again! It took thousands of hours of
> drying-out, cleaning-up and repairs. Eventually, the
> computer was made "fully operational."
> Fascinating....
> 
> That Burroughs would sure make a nice InfoAge
> display....
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --- Robert Carroll <w2wg at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
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> > _______________________________________________
> > You are right.  The old brain misfired.  It was
> > indeed a Burroughs.  If you
> > can find the article please let me know.
> > 
> > Bob W2WG
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> > On Behalf Of john ruccolo
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:53 PM
> > To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club
> > Subject: RE: [NJARC] FORTRAN
> > 
> > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > _______________________________________________
> > Hi Bob,
> > 
> > Hey! I think I have an old Popular Electronics
> > magazine with that story in it! Let me see if I
> can
> > find it. Actually, I think it was a Burroughs, not
> a
> > UNIVAC. Or maybe this was *another* flood-damaged
> > computer that was donated to a Univeristy. I'll
> > check.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > --- Robert Carroll <w2wg at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Back around 1964, Ga Tech inherited a UNIVAC
> which
> > > had been submerged in a
> > > hurricane down in New Orleans.  EE students had
> > the
> > > fun task of cleaning out
> > > the salt, repairing and restoring the machine.
> > Those
> > > who signed up for the
> > > ALGOL class were permitted to submit one deck of
> > > cards per day.  One mistake
> > > and it was wait till tomorrow to resubmit.  That
> > was
> > > the beginning of the
> > > end for the analog computer classes and labs. 
> The
> > > Days of Wine and Roses.
> > > 
> > > Bob W2WG
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > > [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> > > On Behalf Of john ruccolo
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 9:22 PM
> > > To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club
> > > Subject: Re: [NJARC] FORTRAN
> > > 
> > > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Hi Al/Rob/Folks,
> > > 
> > > Fortran was of course derisively known as
> > FORTRASH.
> > > I
> > > used it in college too. It's fine for math
> stuff,
> > > not
> > > much good for much else.
> > > 
> > > Not to get too technical, but the article
> doesn't
> > > make
> > > clear that the concept and design and build of a
> > > *compiler* was the breakthrough, along with the
> > idea
> > > of high-level computer language. Things we take
> > for
> > > granted today, like stored-memory programs and
> > > high-level computer languages, were cutting-edge
> > > ideas
> > > at one time.
> > > 
> > > I still have a box of latter-day punched cards
> out
> > > in
> > > the garage, marked SPRING '79. Those were the
> > > days....
> > > 
> > > JR
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
> > > >
> _______________________________________________
> > > > Rob,
> > > > 
> > > > I thought you were younger than that.  It's
> > > amazing
> > > > any of us learned 
> > > > anything that way.
> > > > 
> > > > Al
> > > > 
> > > > Robert Flory wrote:
> > > > > Visit our web site - See
> http://www.njarc.org
> > > > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > > > > Ahh, FORTRAN.  Brings back memories....
> > > > >
> > > > > In my freshman year at RPI, I participated
> in
> > a
> > > > ritual where I went to the
> > > > > computer center(formerly the campus chapel)
> > and
> > > > made an offering of punched
> > > > > cards.  If "god" was pleased, I received a
> > large
> > > > printout that had the
> > > > > desired output.  If not, it said, "SYNTAX
> > ERROR"
> > > > and I would have to make
> > > > > another offering.
> > > > >
> > > > >   
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Al Klase - N3FRQ
> 
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