[SPG_Active_Members] SDS Software - Making Progress...

[Bernard L. Peuto]

 SPG friends

My compliments for such  nice progresses.

Bernard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org 
> [mailto:scc_active-bounces at computerhistory.org] On Behalf Of 
> Courtney, Lee
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 9:38 AM
> To: SCC at CHM
> Cc: pete at pengland4.com; edbryan at alumni.caltech.edu
> Subject: [SPG_Active_Members] SDS Software - Making Progress...
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Despite having been AWOL from almost all SCC/SPG meetings 
> this year, I've been very busy collecting software (and other 
> artifacts) related to Scientific Data Systems. Over the last 
> year the Museum has acquired several hundred paper tapes of 
> SDS software from the mid-1960s, along with maybe 50+ 
> magnetic tapes. These include master tapes from Honeywell of 
> SDS and Xerox Data Systems (XDS) software.
> 
> Bud Warashina and I have started cataloging the Scientific 
> Data Systems
> (SDS) software donated to the Museum last Fall with the SDS 
> 910/920 mainframes. We have several hundred paper tapes to go 
> thru, but the attached shows the results of a couple hours 
> work last Saturday.
> 
> Al has read several of the magnetic tapes, images are at 
> http://bitsavers.org/sigma/20070923. I expect we will have 
> completed cataloging the paper tapes before the end of the 
> year. Reading is the next step (maybe in conjunction with cataloging?)
> 
> Ping me with questions or comments.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Lee Courtney
> 
>