16 Dec
2015
16 Dec
'15
8:25 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul
Koning
Sent: 16 December 2015 17:12
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Decisions you regret Was: Mystery IC: Allen Bradley 314B102
There are similar regrets on a smaller scale. I have one or two of the
programs I wrote early on, in listing form. Most I did not save, nor did
I save
paper tapes or card decks. I have none of the OS/360
programs I wrote in
college -- rather unfortunate because there were some unusual things in
them.
Similarly, there are manuals I used to have that have disappeared; many of
those exist elsewhere so I can still get the data, but some I have not
seen.
CDC Algol 68 manual? CDC 7054 buffer controller
programming manual?
I remember using a flavour of Algol 68 on a CDC machine at University, I
think it was a CDC Cyber 17<mumble>, and it may have been Algol68-R.
I would still love to find the TOPS-20 port of Algol68C.
So it's not just devices that need to be grabbed when possible, but code
and
documentation as well.
Agreed!
Rob