[GreenKeys] 14,075 autostart (mid 70's)

[Bob Camp]

Hi

I was on the air in the mid 1970's running a PDP-8E as WB2JTM. I never 
had it set up for SELCAL because it would never run longer than a few 
days between lock up's. Computers have come a long way in that regard 
!!!

	Enjoy!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ


On Feb 24, 2005, at 11:48 AM, valerie zeiser wrote:

> Yes!
>
> I was on in the mid 70's as WA2EAA - Hicksville, NY.
>
> I left the Drake twins on frequency with the
> crystal-controlled receiver.
>
> I not only had a WRU set up, but also you could
> relay traffic thru me by sending the proper
> sequence to my SELCAL.
>
> Irv and I were the only ones that had mini computers
> integrated into our stations. He was using a PDP-8
> as I recall, and I had a Data General NOVA 1200 with
> a BIG 4K of memory. That's right folks 4K, and the
> CPU was clocking at 10MHz.
>
> I don't remember any of the callsigns other
> than Irv's.
>
> 73,
> W6ESE - tonyp
> NNNNZCZC
>
> John Becker wrote:
>> Is there anyone on this list that was part of the
>> autostart group that was on 14,075 back in the early
>> mid 70's with K4DXR, VE3RH and the rest of us.
>> John
>
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