70's computers

allison allisonportable at gmail.com
Wed Oct 24 08:13:01 CDT 2018


On 10/23/2018 05:32 PM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2018, ben via cctalk wrote:
>
>> The PDP 11 is nice machine, but I am looking  for simpler designs
>> where 16K words is a valid memory size for a OS and small single user
>> software.
>
> Try the Modular One with an OS written in BCPL.
>
> https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/files/3230/PRG08.pdf
>
> Although that paper suggest 32K of core.
>
> -Gordon

Why not the Data General Nova,  16bits and fairly simple.

Allison


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