From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,d89112581392ee41 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bill Findlay Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: KDF9 emulator in Ada 2005 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:29:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4da95c9b$0$6989$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net yJylNYsa69+VnPnoFnHiCQIMei+rtinIsz3Dx+5XH0w1L5JdfZ Cancel-Lock: sha1:ybRymHYQQBWcB8b4/TABBrwev1Q= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.28.0.101117 Thread-Topic: KDF9 emulator in Ada 2005 Thread-Index: Acv8MdzofXNHfK3QnE2MDk2Nl9RkDg== Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:19788 Date: 2011-04-16T13:29:00+01:00 List-Id: On 16/04/2011 10:08, in article 4da95c9b$0$6989$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net, "Georg Bauhaus" wrote: > On 4/16/11 2:44 AM, Bill Findlay wrote: >> The first public release of ee9, my KDF9 emulator, is now available via: >> >> http://www.findlayw.plus.com/KDF9/#Emulator > > To see a computer of roughly my own age having used highlighting, > in color, making form follow function, and serving intuition > ("it's that simple"...) is amazing. > I apologize if this is its least noteworthy feature. > It is spectacular. > > It's got separate stacks for separate purposes! > > Another of the few insights into the history of wonderful inventions > that market forces have not improved. > > > Thank you! You're welcome! KDF9 does seem to inspire that sort of admiration in people, Even 50 years after it was designed. 8-) -- Bill Findlay with blueyonder.co.uk; use surname & forename;