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From: "David C. Hoos, Sr." <david.c.hoos.sr@ada95.com>
Subject: Re: Ada95 speed
Date: 1999/06/05
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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