On 20/11/2007, Scott Castaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Knott wrote: > > Scott Castaline wrote: > >>> > >> Oh man you really do go back!!! In school we had access to a working > >> PDP-8 and used , I can't remember the name of the system but it was > >> an 1100 whatever mfg micro system that stored the code on 8" floppy > >> to boot the PDP-8. I seem to remember we had written code to make the > >> micro system look like a paper tape reader or card reader. I think > >> the 1100 was based on the 4040 chip(s). > >> > > > > IIRC, the PDP-8 predated floppies. We had a PDP-8i at work and I used > > to toggle in the rim loader occasionally. > > > > > > -- > > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> > The micro system used the 8" which had the code that made it look like a > paper tape reader to the PDP-8. And yes the PDP-8 did proceed the > floppy, this was some time after. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > London University Atlas with Friden Flexowriters to punch the paper tape and then a Univac 1050 with a Fastrand drum. The red punched cards didn't work as well as the yellow ones - more read errors; we never did find out why.
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