Vector Hugo · @gfkdsgn
2 followers · 27 posts · Server graphics.social
#WIP #screenshot of our #visualart #cgi tribute to the father of #vector #typography. #DEC #VAX11-780 & #URW++ #Ikarus #fontdesign #softwaredevelopment #itHistory and #retrocomputing in #resolutionindependent #vectorquality based on #svg #xml tech rendered with #Cairo #madewithinkscape not #adobeillustrator.
He is a visionairy geek, author, entrepreneur, cofounder of URW+ and "Father of digital Typography"
Peter Karow
#wip #screenshot #visualart #cgi #vector #typography #dec #vax11 #urw #ikarus #fontdesign #softwaredevelopment #ithistory #retrocomputing #resolutionindependent #vectorquality #svg #xml #cairo #madewithinkscape #adobeillustrator
Jeremy Mosby · @industrialartifact
6 followers · 127 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Jeremy Mosby · @industrialartifact
6 followers · 126 posts · Server kolektiva.socialThe 1989 (1990) DEC VAX Architecture Standard for internal use only. The last version ever. Mentions that there was hardware support for virtualization (virtual machine not virtual memory). 817 pages, PDF
#vax11 #retrocomputing
http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/dec/vax/archSpec/EL-00032-00-decStd32_Jan90.pdf
Jeremy Mosby · @industrialartifact
6 followers · 126 posts · Server kolektiva.social
@AmenZwa
Have you seen this VAX in FPGA?
https://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-vax/2021/07/03/msg003899.html
#vax11
Kenneth S. · @kenneth
3 followers · 96 posts · Server retrochat.online
I found out that there is a 3com unibus board for PDP-11 and VAX-11 that existed in 1982 and earlier (not sure when it was introduced or if it was a prototype, etc.)
#dec #pdp11 #vax #vax11 #unibus #retrocomputing #bsd #unix #networking #nic
#dec #pdp11 #vax #vax11 #unibus #retrocomputing #bsd #unix #networking #nic
Tom Plano · @tomplano
12 followers · 12 posts · Server mast.hpc.socialRediscovered one of my favorite historical #Hpc papers, featuring the beauty of a cluster of #z80 nodes connected to #vax11 control unit. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA096410.pdf
pfriedma · @pfriedma
185 followers · 292 posts · Server tech.lgbt
Another #retrocomputing #vectorart this time #vax11 . I like how the PDP8e turned out more tho : shrug :
#retrocomputing #vectorart #vax11