On 9 Dec 2006 11:36:38 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phil Payne) wrote: >a) Amdahl machines used to do just that - infrequently used and new >instructions were >implemented in Macrocode that used essentially the same technique. As >previous posts in this >thread have also indicated, Itel's EXTEND and other packages did the same >thing.
It would be interesting if we could get a copy of an Amdahl OS that would run on PCs. I used a nifty one a couple of decades ago that was in beta that I liked. A funny thing about Aspen was using the help feature to find out how to handle labeled tapes - and reading how those were used by a "water cooled computer". Interesting that nowadays some gamers buy or build water cooled PCs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
