NOVApalooza in 2 weeks - DG Nova - was Re: 70's computers

[Toby Thain]

On 2018-10-24 12:57 p.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> On 10/24/2018 08:13 AM, allison via cctalk wrote:
>> On 10/23/2018 05:32 PM, Gordon Henderson via cctalk wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2018, ben via cctalk wrote:
>>>
>>>> The PDP 11 is nice machine, but I am looking  for simpler designs
>>>> where 16K words is a valid memory size for a OS and small single user
>>>> software.
>>> Try the Modular One with an OS written in BCPL.
>>>
>>> https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/files/3230/PRG08.pdf
>>>
>>> Although that paper suggest 32K of core.
>>>
>>> -Gordon
>> Why not the Data General Nova,  16bits and fairly simple.
>>
>>
> Yeah, basically a PDP-8 with a wider word.  No surprise, Edson De Castro
> designed the PDP-8 first, at DEC, before creating Data General.  And, it

Yep. (Letter posted by Bruce Ray) https://imgur.com/a/ZeED5bL

> retained all the horrible things about the PDP-8 that I hated.
> 
> Jon
> 

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--Toby