From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 05:22:16 EST
> Thursday, November 22, 2001, 12:44:55 AM, Ray wrote:
> > What computer was around in 1972. I can't think of one.
>
> Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-8S, for one. The one I used
> had 4K of magnetic CORE memory. Loaded programs from paper tape using
> a Teletype model ASR-33.
This thread still around? I think the original question was about *personal* computers...
That Teletype tape was oily as hell, but after toggling in the bootstrap loader you could use the reader
to load up the FOCAL interpreter, and work in a gen-u-ine high-level language.
Best thing about the PDP-8 was the seven-bit words: learning to multiply in octal was great mental calisthenics
for a budding mathematician.
- David R.
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