Re: Low-level programming in Ada?

[Erik Baigar <erik@baigar.de>]

Mike H wrote:
> >
> Those were the days! A classic piece of kit. Thanks for the memory.
> 
> The Elliott 803 was of the same era (or was it slightly earlier?). A
> 39-bit word and B-Line instruction modification - they don't make 'em
> like that any more ;-) I cut my programming teeth on one of those and
> have memories of being knee-deep in 5-channel punched paper tape ;-(

Hey very nice that someone mentions the Elliott machines 
here. The awareness of this architecture is near to zero.

2003 I got hands on a small mil spec computer which I reverse
engineered and reanimated. Only years later I learned, that it
is an embedded 102 (essentially 12 bit variant of the 900 series
machines which have been the successor of the 803). 

I also ported an emulator for the 920 which was written by 
two good old hands in Ada many years ago to more modern 
platforms - if interested you may have a look to my page 
regarding the project: 

    http://www.programmer-electronic-control.de

Erik.