29 Mar
2020
29 Mar
'20
1:59 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 09:47:51AM +1300, Brendan McNeill via cctech wrote:
Here in NZ and around the world many of us are in
lockdown and spending more time on our computers, if that were possible. I have just
completed the restoration of a PDP-8 Straight 8 which I believe is the only one in New
Zealand. You can view the restoration story and find appropriate resources here:
https://pdp-8.nz <https://pdp-8.nz/>
While it plays Chess, it would be great if someone wanted to write (say) a Prime Number
Generator, or some other application and email it to me off list. I have Focal-69 and can
probably source other languages for this wonderful old machine with 4K of memory.
I have memories of keying in RIM and BIN. Long long time ago. I also learned
how to talk to the OS/8 file system so we could play morse code from a file
instead of a paper tape for our University club station. ;)
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brendan at mcneill.co.nz
+64 21 881 883
73 de VA3DB for those that care ;)
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