14 Jul
2015
14 Jul
'15
9:32 a.m.
I have a document that describes how to convert 709 Fortran to
7090-compatible Fortran. Might help imply what you'd need generally when
compared to a 709, using that as a starting point.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
yes, but the only software that survives are
diagnostic listings.
I tried and gave up trying to get the software from the person who saved
the Livermore Stretch
On 7/14/15 8:58 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
I wonder if there is anywhere near enough
information available to do a
Stretch.
JRJ
On 7/14/2015 6:53 AM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> > From: Jay Jaeger
>
> > I am going to attempt to do the same for IBM's 1410 computer - a
> really
> > big effort.
>
> Now, the IBM machine you (or someone) should _really_ do is the IBM
> Stretch
> (7030); although judged a commercial failure at the time, in retrospect
> it's
> clearly one of the most ground-breaking designs of all time. (In fact, I
> have
> a hard time coming up with other machines with the same level of
> impact/influence, in terms of CPU internal architecture. Maybe Atlas, or
> the
> 801?)
>
> Noel
>
>