To: Dr. Sivana
I remember the PDP8. I remember having to load the boot code from the switch registers, then booting from paper tape. Our college “small computer lab” also had a PDP-5.
22 posted on
01/13/2012 10:04:19 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: PapaBear3625
The USCGA in New London, CT still has a working PDP-11. It did back in 2005, I believe.
25 posted on
01/13/2012 10:18:48 AM PST by
RinaseaofDs
(Does beheading qualify as 'breaking my back', in the Jeffersonian sense of the expression?)
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