From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Low-level programming in Ada?
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:10:03 +0100
Date: 2013-08-11T09:10:03+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ly38qgr6lg.fsf@pushface.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: yolU96AxjzBSFwvN@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk
Mike H <postmaster@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 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 ;-(
My first paid gig was on a 920B or C - a military variant, I think. 18
bits, 15 op codes.
Later, Ferranti Bracknell had a 6-storey building with a back stairwell
which came in handy for unravelling those piles of 8-hole punched tape
you get when the middle drops out of the reel.
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Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-08 4:39 Low-level programming in Ada? Paul Rubin
2013-08-08 13:47 ` Michael Erdmann
2013-08-08 14:59 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-08 21:17 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-11 7:10 ` Mike H
2013-08-11 8:10 ` Simon Wright [this message]
2013-08-11 8:17 ` Mike H
2013-08-12 16:17 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
2013-08-14 18:13 ` Erik Baigar
2013-08-14 21:19 ` Simon Wright
2013-08-11 21:12 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-14 17:55 ` Erik Baigar
2013-08-14 18:16 ` Bill Findlay
2013-08-15 19:12 ` Erik Baigar
2013-08-16 19:55 ` Erik Baigar
2013-08-10 11:25 ` Mike H
2013-08-13 8:14 ` Luke A. Guest
2013-08-18 9:26 ` Paul Rubin
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