> > * I feel so fortunate to have discovered LFS over a decade ago! > > Having taught myself to program in college on an early 2nd > > generation (mini) computer, IBM 1620, ... > > Yes, but did you learn how to code in machine language and punch > binary cards? Or did you wimp out and load that deck that was > labelled 'Fortran Compiler'.
I was doing statistical analysis, so obviously in "FORTRAN-II with FORMAT". I coded S/360 assembler a bit later working at UCLA's Campus Computing Network on the 91KK (see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc90), but wrote a Monitor in 2K ROM on the video card in my IMSAI and rewrote the BIOS for CP/M-1.4 in assembler, squeezing out enough space for error reporting. > BTW, it really wasn't very 'mini' compared to PDP machines of the same > time frame. Not quite. The 1620 was introduced on October 21, 1959, the PDP-8 March 22, 1965. Both were extremely "primitive". > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620 Indeed, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8 However, you're right, I began cutting classes to go to the computer lab in '66-67, when chancing not graduating on time could be "hazardous to your health". ;-) -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - IMAP accessible web-mail -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
