25 Oct
2017
25 Oct
'17
2:18 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Adamson via cctalk
Sent: 25 October 2017 20:56
To: cctech at classiccmp.org
Subject: Digression - Ah Yes!! The PDP-10
Beginning of the 70's I was using a pdp-10 at TSL (Time Sharing Limited,
UK)
over a phone line writing logic simulation software in
Fortran. Remember
it
fondly, especially the number of times I needed to
redial in and try to
reconnect to my session. Still smell the teletype. Cost about ?10 for the
20
seconds cpu-time or so just to compile the program!!!
I used to use the DECSYSTEM-20 from a Teletype (until they got replaced by
VDUs). That is why I really wanted a nice Model 33 ASR, which I now have. I
sometimes connect it up to SIMH running TOPS-20 to relive the happiest part
of my school days.
Roll on a few years and I was actually at the console
of a 10 at Smiths
doing IC
layout graphics interactively on their Lady Jane
suite. What a great
single-user
machine!
(and I still remember my username and password from TSL, typed it so often
it
burned in).