Task Manager, DNS, PDP11, and more in this weeks ShopTalk!

00:00 - Intro

00:10 - Task Manager bug?….

03:40 - Dave’s shirt!

04:37 - Bob Armstrong designed Dave’s PDP11?

05:37 - Why aren’t DNS entries that have been previously resolved cached locally?

07:00 - Wouldn’t it be a good idea to have backups of standby type dns to help with dns downtime?

07:34 - So short of a massive power outage DNS seems to be the Achilles heel of the Internet?

09:06 - Can you talk about the future of ternary computing?å

09:33 - How does one submit questions for consideration on Dave’s Garage??

10:52 - You never here about this happening to banks… better controls?

12:15 - Curious about why you gave up on Claude?

13:31 - Is there value to doing this 200lb HD or are you just testing?

15:13 - Any chance of running CP/M in an emulator on that?

15:52 - Any idea how the dual processors on the controller communicated with each other?

16:45 - Other bus issues on the PDP11/34

19:46 - How the heck is that drive STILL running?!

21:06 - Does anyone know the original price of this beast?

22:07 - Throwback to one of the DEC machines at the U of R in the late 80’s/early 90’s?

22:30 - Was this when DEC was pushing hard on the HSC for Vax and PDP-10 systems?

23:36 - How will you maintain this beast when the inevitable head crash happens?

24:38 - How often do you need to make an oil change on it ?

25:37 - But what happened to the video between 11:50 and 12:45?

26:58 - Aren’t the drives susceptible to vibrations and read/write errors if stacked?

28:57 - Quesitons about power consumption…

29:09 - Do the lights dim when spinning up that monster?

29:39 - How many of your neighboring houses saw their lights dim when you started it up?

29:49 - So do you have a 400amp residential service in the garage?

31:59 - How does this beast effect your power bill?

33:31 - what the heck is a “servant” processor .. ?

34:02 - Unit confusion… LBS?!?

34:31 - GB=gigabytes TB=terabytes YB=yottabytes LB=lottabytes?

34:43 - OK so how many MB are in an LB?

35:05 - Is that 200LB == 200 LardoBytes?

35:25 - On old PC drives you had to enter the ‘bad sectors’ into the ?

37:21 - Screws and rods in your back? What happened?

38:26 - Edelbrock or Holley?

39:05 - What is that amazing thing over the co-host’s shoulder?

39:24 - How big is your Garage!?

41:23 - Is this the primary heater in your shop or is it the backup?

41:46 - why would you work on Carpet?

42:47 - What happened to the “”Friendly Giant”” outro?

43:12 - Why the surgical gloves in the Friendly Giant closing?

44:45 - Why are Canadian airports YYx?

45:27 - Who doesn’t make it to the end of the video?

47:03 - The Friendly Coder outro…

47:27 - Glen’s blooper (x2)