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Originally posted by Churchill View PostDunno, I always thought the 11/780 was a VAX, not a PDP by virtue of the fact that it had the "Virtual Address eXtension".Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostNew fangled Vaxen, bring back the PDPs!!!
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was what I started onComment
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I started with one of these:
It's a Modular One computer.
(The one in Luffbra was rather smaller though. A whole 4k of core, ASR33, tape reader, tape punch, bistable screen VDU.
And FORTRAN loaded from paper tape.
Them were the days.
That's proper paper tape from the look of it.
The stuff that tears if you step on the end.
For programming test equipment, we used mylar.
One unfortunate purchasing disaster was the metallised stuff that would give you severe static shocks as it loaded.
Popular things these mod ones.
Impressive flares on the chaps in the first photo.
Some more on the CTL Modular One:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comput...nology_LimitedLast edited by zeitghost; 25 April 2017, 11:32.Comment
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Originally posted by zeitghost View PostI started with one of these:
It's a Modular One computer.
(The one in Luffbra was rather smaller though. A whole 4k of core, ASR33, tape reader, tape punch, bistable screen VDU.
And FORTRAN loaded from paper tape.
Them were the days.
Caption competition!!!
Oi Milan, sort that ******* tape out I can smell the Wumpus!Comment
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