15 equipment racks, thousands of thermionic valves (ECC81 as I recall) and having to run the bootstrap using toggle switches on the front panel, just to make the card reader work.
address:data load address:data load address:data load address:data load run And the damned thing could only add. Remember 1's complement and add, or was it twos compliment?? Running the CP (Cathode Poison)routine every week to make sure no registers got bit-stuck ALL THOSE PRETTY NEON LIGHTS! Sheesh Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Phil in the scrub wrote: ........Much snipped > > But a *lot* better than the old paper tape and 80 col punched card > days eh :) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.68/2507 - Release Date: 11/16/09 > 19:53:00 > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
