On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 06:55 -0500, James Knott wrote: > John E. Perry wrote: > > Ken Jennings wrote: > >> ... But they only do that when they're too lazy to flip the switches by > >> hand on their Altairs. > >> > > > > Hey, I did that! Well the bootloader, at least -- on Digital PDP-8, > > PDP-11, HP 2100, hp21mx, General Automation SPC-16, ... > > > > And probably others I can't remember offhand. And the bootloader loaded > > the absolute binary assembly language program from the paper tape. > > > > Until later, when NASA went deluxe and bought the 14" 5MB hard drives. > > Then I had much longer bootloaders to key in. > > > > > > Ah yes, the PDP-8 RIM loader. Brings back (core) memories. ;-) > > Incidentally, I still have a core memory plane (4 Kbits IIRC) from a > Collins 8500B.
The Smithsonian Museum is searching for really old ware to use to translate old media to more modern forms. Perhaps its time to donate. Seems they have a lot of punch paper tape, 8" floppies and some reel to reel tape but need drives. So if your an antique collector you might be of help. -- ___ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ | | | | [__ | | | |___ |_|_| ___] | \/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
