PDP 8Es or 8Is, or 11/20s, or 11/70s or the little 11/34s with an 8008 front panel ci=ontrol processor... Vern Jim wrote: > > Doh! > > To the list this time! > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim" > To: "Russell McMahon" > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:06 PM > Subject: Re: [EE]: PDP8 stuff in droves !!!! > > > My *first* love was the TI990 series ... *plenty* of > > in-house apps including IBM SNA communications > > capability including 3270 emulation and RJE (Remote > > Job Entry) and for executing 'jobs' (applications) in > > batch mode on the remotely-sited IBM mainframe ... > > > > The DEC VAX 11/780's were faster, but nowheres as > > versatile (compared to coming off the in-house 990's > > with all those custom apps).The documantation was > > also much more - packed with fluff compared to the > > engineering-staff written TI manuals. > > > > We even had character-based flow-chart entry apps > > that would *then* print graphically on the Printronix > > 'line printers'. > > > > Those were the days - I knew the SCI (System Command > > Interpreter) 'scripting' language by heart. I could > > write "Supervisor calls" directly from SCI in my sleep ... > > > > "Supervisor calls" were normally made in an application, > > and had a particular data structure (all detailed > > in assembly language form) associated with them that > > the 'call' to the OS would fill in for you - BUT they > > could *also* be made directly from SCI (the scripting > > command language)! > > > > Jim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Russell McMahon" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:36 PM > > Subject: [EE]: PDP8 stuff in droves !!!! > > > > > > PDP8 > > > > http://www.pdp8.net/sitemap.shtml > > > > If you don't know what a PDP8 is you (probably) haven't lived much yet :-) > > (measured in years anyway). > > > > Played my 1st ever computer game on one of these in about 1974 (Spacewars) > > Was actually a PDP9 variant - extra scientific equipment. > > Had *two* full size doors side by side so one could walk inside. > > And a 1980s IBM PC would vastly outclass it (except for the doors and the > > DECtape drives.) > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.