5 Jan
2001
5 Jan
'01
2:25 p.m.
BTDT... pdp-8 on a 'computer-assisted' Bendix coordinate measuring
machine (CMM). All the measuring programs were written to paper tape
using an ITT teletype.
Later on a pdp 11/24 on a 'computer-controlled' Bendix HA-5 CMM.
Software distribution from DEC was on a packing case full of paper
tape. (System also had a whopping 128k of mag-core memory.) Boot
through the front panel. Used to 'proof' the tooling (N/C tapes
(mylar)) for the Tomahawk Cruise Missile.
Interesting time to be working in aerospace! We were developing the
machining centers to build the product. (5 axis internal boring mills,
n/c lathes, and so on.) Company is now a vacant lot.
Jim