From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 speed
Date: 1999/06/05
Date: 1999-06-05T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <R2cgxT5r#GA.194@newstoo.hiwaay.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 375989C4.2AE9AD5@easystreet.com
Al Christians <achrist@easystreet.com> wrote in message
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> tmoran@bix.com wrote:
> >
> > > I knew physicists in 1971 who wrote programs in compiled basic for
> > > micro computers.
> > What compiled BASIC was that, and what microcomputers (in 1971)?
>
>
> IBM introduced the System 3, Model 6 in the spring of 1971. It ran
> Basic -- compiled? I don't recall. It wasn't exactly PC size; it was
> about the size of a desk, with up to 64kb of virtual memory, 16k of real
> memory.
>
> IBM's desktop machine (microcomputer(?)), the 5100, (which ran APL)
> came along about 2 or 3 years later.
>
The 5100 was an 8-bit microcomputer which came out in 1975. You could get
a model which ran BASIC or ALP (selectable with a rocker switch).
It ran Syatem 370 microcode, and cost about $25,000.
It was a desktop machine with a CRT of about 6" diagonal size. (80x24
if I remember correctly).
> HP ran a time sharing service about the same time that included Basic
> on HP-3000's.
>
> Al
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1999-06-05 0:00 Ada95 speed tmoran
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Al Christians
1999-06-05 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr. [this message]
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1999-06-07 0:00 Robert I. Eachus
1999-06-07 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-06 0:00 tmoran
1999-06-06 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-06-06 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-06 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-06-06 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-06 0:00 tmoran
1999-06-06 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-05 0:00 tmoran
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-06-05 0:00 ` William Starner
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-06 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-06-06 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-07 0:00 ` Ehud Lamm
1999-05-18 0:00 Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-17 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Tom Moran
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1999-05-18 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-18 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-05-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-20 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-21 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1999-05-31 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-06-01 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-01 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-04 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-05 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-01 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-01 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-04 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-02 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-02 0:00 ` James E. Hopper
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-06-02 0:00 ` John B. Matthews, M.D.
1999-06-02 0:00 ` John B. Matthews, M.D.
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-02 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-06-04 0:00 ` Clifford J. Nelson
1999-06-04 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-06-04 0:00 ` Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
1999-06-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-05-31 0:00 ` Gautier
1999-05-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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