20 Jan
2005
20 Jan
'05
4:04 a.m.
On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:03:43AM -0600, Tom Uban wrote:
At 05:16 AM 1/20/2005 -0500, you wrote:
I'd guess because they could get the core module more cheaply if they
used something at least semi-standard. Also, Imlacs were designed and
built in Waltham MA, probably be ex-Dec people...
I didn't know they were in Waltham! Neat, I lived there for a year.
(It's probably only "neat" to me because I'm a west coast boy)
I've made startlingly little progress on my stab at a PDS-1 simulator,
but at least I have a working environment stubbed out. Thanks to
Bob Supnik's fantastic SIMH framework, it was amazingly easy to
throw together a new, empty simulator and start implementing it.
I haven't used C in a number of years, so I'm a little rusty, but
it's all pouring back. Like riding a bike.
--tom
-Seth
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