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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!peer03.fr7!news.highwinds-media.com!peer03.am1!peering.am1!npeersf04.am4!fx24.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Low-level programming in Ada? References: <7x1u64hk2p.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <981741794397689133.903473yaldnif.w-blueyonder.co.uk@news.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1376205044 83.104.138.185 (Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:10:44 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:10:44 UTC Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 08:10:41 +0100 X-Received-Bytes: 1550 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16796 Date: 2013-08-11T08:10:41+01:00 List-Id: In message <981741794397689133.903473yaldnif.w-blueyonder.co.uk@news.individual.net> , Bill Findlay writes > >Have a look in particular at the kdf9*.ad? files. > Those were the days! A classic piece of kit. Thanks for the memory. 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 thing I like best about the Internet is that no one knows that, in reality, I am just another old dog! Mike