Hi Ahhh... The days of toggling the boot loader in with the front panel switches. So much fin.
Bob On Mar 3, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/3/12 4:13 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: >> Geez, I have read and I don't think it is possible to replicate the CALOC >> PDP-8/E software nor it is useful to use the Austron 5000 Loran receiver, >> my understanding is that it was used to control and steer the system. It >> seems they were in use until the year 2000! Maybe that using MATLAB it is >> possible to exploit the Austron 5000 functionality nowadays, provided that, >> someway, the 12bit samples from the Austron are transferred to the PC. >> Anyway to start with, at least the receiver connectors pinout is >> mandatory... >> > > There are PDP8 emulators out there. Not to mention actual microcontrollers > that implement the PDP8 instruction set (aside from the no-doubt out of > production Intersil part). > > And a fair number of FPGA implementations in your choice of language. > > While it might not be as scenic as that nice plastic see through housing with > all those discrete DTL circuit cards in the original straight 8. I used a > 8/i way back in the early 70s and I was bummed that it was just a single box > in the rack. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
