Pat Barnes wrote:
Only because it was mentioned...
IBM 1620 was my first computer and Fortran and SPS were my first
assembly languages. My college also had an DEC PDP-9 which we programmed
in its assembly language through a KSR teletype. As an EE student I
worked on building a 7 track tape drive for the beast as well as writing
part of the device driver. Later in my career (circum 1978), I worked
with General Automation computers (a.k.a the "naked mini") and once
applied a patch to the software by using its console switches.
All of which makes me old school I guess. I did spend years in OS
development on what was originally a mini-computer but eventually became
viewed as a mainframe and once figured out that I know or have
programmed in about 20 different languages.
I only build (B)LFS systems for my own use and as a debugging platform
for other development. I truly appreciate that the steps are so
carefully laid out and that it allows for a maximum of customization to
the task. And having led large projects, I appreciate the thought that
goes into keeping it simple.
Thank you Pat. It is always nice to receive posts like that.
-- Bruce
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