'FOCAL's history is now highlighted on the Software Preservation Group web site. Originally created for the PDP-8 in 1968, this simple, approachable computer language significantly expanded the use of early DEC minicomputers into applications not previously possible. It was embraced by users in an extremely wide range of applications, like education, psychology, aviation, medicine, to nuclear physics and process control. Read about the personal motivations and decisions that shaped this language and its wide-ranging impact at: https://www.SoftwarePreservation.org/projects/FOCAL -- Bruce Ray Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. Denver, Colorado USA bkr(a)WildHareComputers.com ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org