"Soul of a New Machine" (still have a copy) came out back when I was
still in college and we were a Data General shop with two MV/8000's. So
it was a doubly interesting read. Not only for the story itself but the
fact that it also applied to the actual hardware and OS we were learning
computer science on (it also explained very nicely what those eight
memory "rings" were that we kept hearing about) . I do wish there was a
viable SIMH Eclipse emulator with AOS/VS available. 30+ years later I
still have gobs of computer printouts of various interesting AOS/VS
programs. Many in assembler. My first real job in the mid-80's was
working for a reseller that dealt in both DEC and Data General
hardware. That was the last time I was able to really hack with an
AOS/VS system running on an MV/4000.
Robert
On 3/7/2015 9:30 AM, dave porter wrote:
Sounds a bit hyped...
Well, no more so than 'The Soul Of A New Machine'. This
was in the days when the general public were still prepared
to be amazed at, and interested in, stories of programmers
that stayed up all night, etc.
Programmers probably have a cooler image than they did when
I were a lad, but some of the 'outsider mystique' has surely
been lost now that everyone does it :-)
dave
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