<The reason why I picked up the DECMate at all was because many of you are <such fans of the PDP-8 instruction set. What could I use to experience <this wonderful creation ;)? If you can get a tube and keyboard then head to Dbit (john wilsons site) and start downloading everything in sight. OS/278 was part development environment and also applications platform. You to can end up writing in PAL-III (assembler). Allison