13 Oct
2012
13 Oct
'12
1:33 a.m.
Hello, Colin. First of all, thanks for your quick answer.
In this stage I am looking for the compiler. At present exists some
valuables 709x emulators, operatives and maintained. With them you can
run a couple of Operating Systems/Monitors (IBSYS and CTSS) plus some
compilers (Fortran, Cobol, and others). And exists documentation in
Bitsavers for all these items.
From the perspective of a professional of computing,
user of Fortran
and devote of History as myself, the effort did in relation with
all
these items during the last years is invaluable.
The access of Watfor binaries to run them inside these emulators,
together with the access to the documentation related with the history
of Watfor from the website of the UK's national Museum of Computing
would be a great project in relation with the History of Computing,
and probably it would demand some attention from part of the
scientific community.
Regards
Sergio
2012/10/13 Colin Eby <colineby at isallthat.com>:
Its also possible the Manchester University Medical
Computing Unit archives will have such a request. They used both a 7040 And 7090. The also
made a number of software requests to other institutions. The archives are deposited with
the UK's National Museum of Computing. I'm involved with their initial
conservation, so this is something I can check, though there may be a little lead time to
do so as its mostly uncatalogued, and not at all digitised yet.
Are you looking for the compiler, information about its historic distribution and
licensing patterns, or something else?
--Colin
SPC <spedraja at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello.
Im' playing actually with diverse emulators for the IBM 709x and the
software available for them (IBSYS and CTSS). Fun and instructive (I'm
using it to play with COBOL and FORTRAN at present).
Now I should like to go one step beyond.
I have doubts about the compatibility but I should like to know if
exists some request for the WATFOR compiler for the IBM 7040 to the
Waterloo University or whoever would be the owner of the rights of
this software..
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