22 Mar
2007
22 Mar
'07
7:03 p.m.
Roger Holmes wrote:
Later on we moved the compiler onto a GEC 4080 to
cross compile for the
920. The 920 program grew and I had to modify the compiler so it could
produce the binary output in chunks as it exceeded a 1000 foot roll of
tape, and anyway I was the only person in the office capable of rolling
up a full 1000 foot roll without damaging it.
I am guessing you get 8 characters per inch of tape.
That is a 93.75 K of data per tape.
Roger.
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