Re: Low-level programming in Ada?

[Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Mike H <postmaster@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <981741794397689133.903473yaldnif.w-blueyonder.co.uk@news.individual.net>
> , Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> writes
>> 
>> Have a look in particular at the kdf9*.ad? files.
>> 
> Those were the days! A classic piece of kit. Thanks for the memory.

Glad you like it.

> 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 ;-(

The 803 was a few years before KDF9, and was bit serial. 
KDF9 was fully parallel and featured hardware secured multiprogramming.

-- 
Bill Findlay