Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-24 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Ethan Dicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:39 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk wrote: you. The thing is, I would like to have something pdp8-ish that would allow me to play a little bit with the programming languages that were available for these machines, FORTRAN 4K and FORTRAN IV

Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-23 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:39 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk wrote: > you. The thing > is, I would like to have something pdp8-ish that would allow me to play > a little bit > with the programming languages that were available for these machines, > FORTRAN 4K and > FORTRAN IV in

Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-23 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 8:11 AM systems_glitch via cctalk wrote: > > There's also our Ohio Scientific 560Z "Processor Lab" reproduction: > > http://www.glitchwrks.com/2017/02/26/osi-560z-build That's fun. For a long time now, I've wanted to noodle around on a Challenger 3. We had a family

Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-23 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
There's also our Ohio Scientific 560Z "Processor Lab" reproduction: http://www.glitchwrks.com/2017/02/26/osi-560z-build It uses the Intersil IM6100 and executes PDP-8 code. Memory management is implemented in handlers written in 6502 assembly on the host system, so you can have whatever memory

Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-22 Thread Paul Anderson via cctalk
Hi Carlos, With the cost of PDP-8 parts and the need for maintenance and repair, if you can find an emulator that will do what you want, go for it. Paul On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:39 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Greetings all... > > I have been

Re: Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-22 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:39 PM Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Greetings all... > > I have been pondering something and would love to receive feedback from > you. The thing > is, I would like to have something pdp8-ish that would allow me to play > a

Advice needed: Entry point into things PDP-8

2018-10-22 Thread Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez via cctalk
Greetings all... I have been pondering something and would love to receive feedback from you.  The thing is, I would like to have something pdp8-ish that would allow me to play a little bit with the programming languages that were available for these machines, FORTRAN 4K and FORTRAN IV in