• Replacement of the TR440 console typewriter by ASCII terminal and lineprinter
• KOMSYS/DCAM interconnection (PUKD)
• Discussion of several aspects concerning the implementation of the distributed shared memory model TreadMarks
  
  

• TR440/BS3 and TR86/SAP
• BS2000
• ORG300PV (Siemens R30)
• Apollo/Domain (Apollo DNxxxx workstations)
• SPARC based systems with SunOS and Solaris
• VSP (Fujitsu, VP100)
• UNICOS (Cray YMP 4/64)
• IRIX Systems
• HP-UX
• LINUX servers and workstations (Fedora Linux)
• LINUX cluster (RedHat Enterprise LINUX and CentOS)
• SUGI Grid (Rocks LINUX)

• TR440-Assembler (TAS440)
• TR86 assembler (TAS86)
• BS2000 assembler
• VP100 assembler
• Motorola 6800 assembler
• Intel 8080 assembler
• I wrote disassemblers for several microprocessor types
• ORG300PV assembler (ASS 300)

• Algol 60 (BS3)
• Fortran IV (BS3)
• Fortran 77 (ORG300PV)
• SPL4 (BS2000)
• C (BS2000/UNIX/Linux)
• C++ (UNIX/Linux)
• Perl (UNIX/Linux)
• BCPL
  • BS3
  • BS2000
  • ORG300K
  • ORG300PV

• Matlab License management for Linux/UNIX and Windows platforms
• StarOffice License management for Linux/UNIX and Windows platforms
• HP-UX software basket management

• X-Window programming with Motif, Gtk+ and Gtk-Perl
• X11 Interface builder ixbuild and Glade
  

Selection of holded courses

• For the TR440 operators: Introduction to managing the BS3 and TR440 operating systems (RHRK internal course)
• The PL/I-I/O (RHRK internal course)
• Introduction to the desktop publishing system Interleaf
• Introduction to the C programming language
• C++ for C programmers
• Perl - universal script language
• Secure Shell (SSH) and securityy
• VMWARE - virtual PC hardware

Former usergroup memberships

• STARG440 - TR440/BS3 user group, section 10 (BS3-BS2000 migration)
• SAVE - Siemens Anwenderverein (Siemens User Group)
• UNICOS AK - Cray User Group Germany
• IGC - SGI user group, Germany
• ZKI- Zentren für Kommunikation und Informationsverarbeitung in Lehre und Forschung eV, Supercomputing section

External lectures

• GI, Aachen, conference march 31st, 1976
  Implementation of the TR440 load balancing system, especially for file services [proceedings]
  
  
• STARG440 conference , Konstanz, october 07th, 1976
  
  • Implementation of an automatic usermode demand paging for the BS3 operating system [talk / proceedings]
  • Device and file interconnect in a computer network [talk / proceedings ]
  
  
• Hannover trade fair, Hannover, april 1976
  Load balancing system between the universities of Kaiserslautern and Trier [demonstration]
  
  
• STARG440 conference, Konstanz, september 29th, 1978
  KL&BOOTSTRAP: A system service monitoring system [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• STARG440 conference, Konstanz, march 27th, 1981
  • FRV86K: System service for BS3/BS2000 interconnect [talk / proceedings]
  • End-to-end protocols for the BS3/BS2000 migration interconnect [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• STARG440 conference, Konstanz, september 21st, 1983
  SSR: An universal front-end system for a heterogenous host equipment [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• STARG440i conference, Konstanz, march 06th, 1986
  VP2000: Gigaflops for Siemens 7500 computers [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• Project discussion @ Fujitsu Ltd, Numazu (Japan), may 21st, 1986
  Technical explanation of COPY2000
  
  
• Siemens-ST colloquium, Munich-Perlach, february 19th, 1987
  COPY2000
  
  
• SAVE conference, Heidelberg, march 19th, 1987
  Attachment of the Siemens vectorprocessor system to BS2000 systems [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• Project talk @ Fujitsu Ltd, Numazu (Japan), july 28th, 1987, together with Dr.-Ing. Martin Bürkle (RHRK)
  • COPY2000, Revisions
  • ADMIN2000 - VSP administration by BS2000, problems and Questions
  
  
• SAVE conference, Madrid 1988, together with Dr.-Ing. Martin Bürkle (RHRK)
  Experiences with supercomputing in a BS2000 environment [proceedings]
  
  
• SAVE conference, Travemünde, april 18th, 1991, together with Dr.-Ing. Martin Bürkle and Dipl.-Inf. med. Marita Lange (both RHRK)
  Supercomputer access for workstations, a new path [talk / proceedings ]
  
  
• IAO Forum conference, Dialog-Management @ Fraunhofer Institute, Stuttgart, november 05, 1992
  Experiences with the interface builder ixbuild when constructing motif interfaces for supercomputer applications [talk / proceedings]
  
  
• Cray UNICOS German Users Group meeting, Zurich, october 1994
  Xcf77: A motif interface for cf77
  
  
• Cray UNICOS German Users Group meeting, Rüsselsheim, april 1995
  • NBS (Network Backup System)
  • Problems when upgrading from UNICOS 8.0.2 to UNICOS 8.0.3.2
  
  
• Cray User Group conference Fall '95, Fairbanks, Alaska, september 27th, 1995
  Xcf77: A Motif Based GUI for CF77 [talk, held by Dr. -Ing. Martin Bürkle, RHRK / proceedings]
  
  
• UNICOS-AK meeting, Kaiserslautern, october 27th, 1995
  Xudb - a graphical UNICOS tool for UDB management
  
  
• UNICOS-AK meeting, Jülich november 8th, 1996, Dr. Tonnis Pool and Joachim Backes
  Fortran90 - first experiences with the version 2.0.0.0 and Xcf90
  
  
• IGC meeting, Garching, april 6th-7th, 2000
  LINUX usage @ RHRK high performance computing division
  
  
• RHRK internal talk, march 27th, 2001
  MOSIX: a scalable PC cluster system
  
  
• IGC meeting, Kaiserslautern, october 25th, 2001
  MOSIX: a scalable PC cluster system
  
  
• Guest lecture on july 27th, 2009 @ Saarland University, faculty 6 (mathematics and cs), Compiler Design Lab, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Wilhelm
  TR440/BS3 - a success story?

Index of all RHRK reports, including those of other authors (the titles are translated into english!)

• 7301 D. Lunk: ALGOL 60 for the TR440 computer
• 7501 J. Backes: Realizing of a user level demand paging in the BS3 system
• 7601 M. Bürkle: Abstract about the TR440 load balancing system
• 7701 M. Bürkle: Papers and examples of the demonstration of the TR440 load balancing system
• 7702 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/R. Hagl/D. Lunk: Information for the system manager to control the TR440 load balancing system
• 7703 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/R. Hagl/D. Lunk: Information for the operators to manage the TR440 load balancing system
• 7704 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/D. Lunk/R. Hagl: Information for the users of the TR440 load balancing system
• 7801 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/R. Hagl/D. Lunk: Device and file network in the TR440 load balancing system
• 7802 J. Backes/M. Bürkle: PS&VERBUND, the basic component of the TR440 load balancing system
• 7803 D. Lunk/M. Bürkle: Automatic load balancing used by the the TR440 load balancing system
• 8001 D. Lunk: Mangement of external data media in BS3
• 8002 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/D. Lunk: Implementation manual for the TR440 load balancing system
• 8101 D. Maaß: Computer provisioning for the universities in Rhineland Palatinia
• 8102 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/D. Lunk: User manual for the BS3-BS2000 connection
• 8103 J. Backes/M. Bürkle/D. Lunk: Operator manual for the BS3-BS2000 connection
• 8401 J. Backes/M. Bürkle: SSR - a universal frontend system for a heterogenous computer network - concepts and structures
• 8402 J. Backes: SSR - a universal frontend for a heterogenous computer network - user manual
• 8403 R. Emrich/D. Lunk/Th. Pfaff: RHRK user manual, part I: Basics
• 8404 R. Kirchner: RHRK user manual, part II: PASCAL
• 8405 E. Elbrächter: RHRK user manual, Part III: FORTRAN
• 8406 Biesiada: On developmental systems
• 8501 R. Emrich/D. Lunk/Th. Pfaff: RHRK user manual, part I: Basics, 2. edition
• 8601 M. Bürkle: Preparative experiences with the VP100/200 system
• 8602 M. Bürkle/E. Elbrächter/T.P. Pool/H. Renger: VSP-BS2000 vector processor, user manual
• 8603 M. Bürkle/E. Elbrächter/T.P. Pool/H. Renger: VSP-BS2000 vector processor, user manual, 2nd edition
• 8901 T.P. Pool/P. Hasenbusch/Heil: Performance Analysis of Some Subroutines of Scientific Libraries on SIEMENS Vector Processor Systems
• 9001 W. Eicher: The local network of the RHRK
• 9101 R. Emrich/D. Lunk: RHRK user manual, part I: organization and operations
• 9102 W. Eicher/D. Lunk: RHRK user manual, part 2: public and local networks
• 9103 Th. Pfaff: RHRK user manual, part 3: introduction in the BS2000 operating system
• 9104 W. Fischer/E. Reinhard: RHRK user manual, part 4: addendum for the BS2000 operating system
• 9105 H. Koll: RHRK user manual, part 5: BS2000 applications
• 9106 K. Uttler: RHRK user manual, part 6: T_EX
• 9107 R. Hagl: RHRK user manual, part 7: UNIX
• 9108 R. Emrich/H. Weiß: RHRK user manual, part 8: DOS
• 9109 M. Bürkle/M. Lange/T.P. Pool/P. Hasenbusch: BS2000 and vector processor. VP2000: Introduction for the BS2000 user
• 9401 M. Lange/T.P. Pool/P. Hasenbusch: User manual for the RHRK supercomputer CRAY Y-MP

Some of my favorite private activities (selection)

• In memoriam TR440
  
  
  
  • Contributing to TR440 emulator developed and managed by Rainard Buchmann
  • Rummaging in TR440 legacy documentation and BS2000 documentation
  
  
• Listen to serious music, especially
  
  
  • Early Baroque style
    
    • Michael Praetorius
    • Heinrich Schütz
    
    
  • Baroque style
    
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Georg Friedrich Händel
    • Antonio Vivaldi
    • Georg Philipp Telemann
    • Arcangelo Corelli
    
    
  • Classical style
    • Joseph Haydn
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Ludwig van Beethoven
    
    
  • Romantic style
    • Franz Schubert
    • Robert Schumann
    • Johannes Brahms
    • Anton Bruckner
    
    
  • Baroque style organ music
  
  
  • Romantic style organ music
    • César Franck
    • Charles-Marie Widor
    • Jean Langlais
    • Léon Boëllmann
    
    
  • Traditional folk music
    
    • Music of India
    • Celtic traditional Music
  
  
• Other musical activities
  
  • Playing my violin
  • Producing musical scores with MuseScore
  
  
• Solve Sudokus
  
  
• Visiting or travels to
  • The high mountains in Switzerland (Ticino)
  • The Scottish Highlands
    
    
  • Europe: Germany, Greece, France, Switzerland, Italy, ...
  • Asia: east (Japan, China) and south/south east (India, Thailand, Laos,...)

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