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- From: us048503@mmm.serc.3m.com (Art H. Hurst)
- Subject: Re: Scary Thoughts
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.185507.10042@mmm.serc.3m.com>
- Organization: 3M Company
- References: <1992Nov05.143334.21226@bnr.ca>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 18:55:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov05.143334.21226@bnr.ca> grier@bnr.ca (Brian Grier) writes:
- >I thought that the PDP-8 had long ago disapeared. I used to own
- >a PDP-8e with a dual DEC-Tape drive, OS-8, Fortran II compiler,
- >FOCAL, and assembler. I gave the system to a computer museum in
- >Westminster Mass about 6 years ago.
- >
- >I still have the IBM programming card for the PDP-8, sort of scary.
- >
- >Brian, WS1S
- >Bell Northern Research
- >Research Triangle Park, NC
-
- I had an 8/L!! donated to Ventura CA museum. Still have an 8a
- manual and programming cards. ASR33 I/O w/ paper tape --! 10
- char/sec printout. Them were the good 'ol days! All day to get a
- 4k 12 bit program running -- if all went well. You prayed the
- paper tape wouldn't miss a punch on the 3 pass read.
- --
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