There was a professor at Purdue who had two 20-drawer card cabinets full of 1620 software. I think his name was Maniotis. I think the Computer History Museum in Mountain View has it now. Maybe it's online.
On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 22:07 -0400, Ray Jewhurst via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:46 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 8/26/21 5:14 PM, Ray Jewhurst via cctalk wrote: > > > Hello all,Long time lurker, extremely rare poster, I was reading > > > the Wikipediaarticle on the IBM 1620 and became quite > > > intrigued. I know that there > > is a > > > simulator for it on SimH but I have never ran or simulated any > > card-driven > > > machines before. I have all the documentation and the > > > ibm1620.zip filefrom bitsavers but I am not sure what to do > > > next. I know I would like totry Monitor, Fortran-II and possibly > > > GOTRAN but I have so many questions.I read the SimH documentation > > > which gave me some understanding but I > > don't > > > know exactly how the card decks work, how to install Monitor or > > > how to > > boot > > > Monitor once it is installed since I know you have to boot off a > > > deck. > > My > > > final question is, is there an easy to use card-driven machine to > > > cut myteeth on? Also, any anecdotes on any of the old IBM > > > computers would beboth welcome and greatly appreciated. > > > > Cards are just ASCII lines separated by newlines> > > > > For more information, see: > > https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/3610586/ibm-1620-simulator-usage-01-dec-2008-simh > > I have already read that document. The thing that stuck with me most > wasthe fact that you can not boot off the hard drive (or were they > alreadycalling them DASDs?) > > > It's been years since I used the SIMH 1620 simulator, so I can't > > evenclaim to be remotely current. I used it to check out some > > sample codeback then. > > My reaction: It's just not the same. I guess you had to be there. > > Did anyone manage to snag a copy of Monitor IID? Or is the only > > extantversion Monitor I? The differences were significant. > > I only saw Monitor I. Will it even run on a 1620-II? > > > Also, don't forget SPS! > SPS is included both standalone and in the Monitor I distro, so > isFortran-II > > > If you're new to the 1620, I recommend the following book: > > > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/1620/Basic_Programming_Concepts_and_the_IBM_1620_Computer_1962.pdf > > Thank you. I will check it out starting tonight. > > > If you want to use a totally (i.e. no disk) card-driven version of > > the1620, I'd recommend that you start with simple machine > > languageprograms. I (dimly) recall that using the card-only > > FORTRAN compilerwas a bit of a chore: read pass 1, read your > > program, while punching anintermediate deck, read pass 2 and the > > intermediate deck, read thesubroutine library and wind up with an > > executable deck. > I will try the card-driven version first I think as an intro to > cards. > > > --Chuck > > > ThanksRay