17 Nov
1999
17 Nov
'99
11:23 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel(a)u.washington.edu>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: PDP 8I up and running but....
sorry it was PS/8 , not OS/8.
John B wrote:
during
The 8I is up and running and the paper tape is
now going.. I'll try FOCAL
and BASIC before playing with OS/8...
Congratulations!
What is (these are on paper tape):
1) DEC X-8 (large paper tape.. I think more than 1)
An "exerciser" or diagnostic program. This one was installed in core
the last stage of production at the factory. If you
had bought a PDP-8
new,
you would be able to take it home, set it up, turn it
on, and see X-8
start running where it had left off.
Sounds cool. I will have to try it out.
2) PT/8 ???? (Many tapes... but I have no idea
what it is)
I don't know.
-- Derek