On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 09:47:51AM +1300, Brendan McNeill via cctech wrote: > Here in NZ and around the world many of us are in lockdown and spending more > time on our computers, if that were possible. I have just completed the > restoration of a PDP-8 Straight 8 which I believe is the only one in New > Zealand. You can view the restoration story and find appropriate resources > here: https://pdp-8.nz <https://pdp-8.nz/> > > While it plays Chess, it would be great if someone wanted to write (say) a > Prime Number Generator, or some other application and email it to me off > list. I have Focal-69 and can probably source other languages for this > wonderful old machine with 4K of memory.
I have memories of keying in RIM and BIN. Long long time ago. I also learned how to talk to the OS/8 file system so we could play morse code from a file instead of a paper tape for our University club station. ;) > --------------//---------------- > [email protected] > +64 21 881 883 > > > > 73 de VA3DB for those that care ;) -- - [email protected] [email protected] http://www.db.net/~db
