7 Oct
2022
7 Oct
'22
4:14 p.m.
On 2022-10-07 1:09 p.m., paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote:
We'd all like to see the ALGO compiler, but be
forewarned -- it's something like 14 passes on paper tape, with intermediate results
punched on paper tape. I understand it's a bit more convenient to use if you have
magnetic tape drives, but it's still going to be slow -- there's only so much you
can do with 2K words of memory.
Trying to hide the fact the drum makes it slow.
Did any one ever replace the drum with core memory, on the early serial
computers?
Ben.