Ahh yes, I remember the PDP-8 and the trauma of changing to the PDP-11/10 - one had to know the octal boot sequence by heart.
Laurie.. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > I have fond memories of the PDP as well. > > PDP-8 anyone? Bootstrapped by toggling the switches on the > front panel to fire up the paper tape reader? > > And yes, PORTRAN cards on the B6700 too... > > On the PC side, my TRS-80 pre-dates the ZX81 by a good > chalk, and doubtless we have Apple I afficionadoes as well > -- not to mention some of those 6800-or-similar boxes > whose names escape me. > > cheers, > peter > > =========================================== > Peter Hyde, Development Director > * http://TurboNote.com -- top-rated onscreen sticky notes > * Web development and automation: http://webcentre.co.nz > > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > Unsubscribe: send an email to > [email protected] with Subject: > unsubscribe Laurie.. _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
