Hi,
Loboyko Steve <sloboyko(a)yahoo.com> said:
I have a paper tape punch that does Mylar. too bad
the
density is so low and the cost of Mylar is so high! I
too worry about preserving this type of history. I've
been playing with my PDP-8 and its software, and I
wonder what the oldest existing program that actually
runs might be...
Don't know about PDP-8 programs, but a copy of a program
to print squares, by M.V.Wilkes, May 1949 is available
for the EDSAC emulator...could this be the oldest surviving
computer program? (Of course, the operating sustem - or
Initial Orders as it was known - is older.)
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!