> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning > Sent: 09 August 2015 19:00 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Classic programming > > > > On Aug 9, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul > >> Koning > >> Sent: 09 August 2015 18:22 > >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > >> Subject: Re: Classic programming > >> > >> > >>> On Aug 9, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Robert Jarratt > >>> <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> ... > >>> I used to like Algol68, and got to play with an implementation > >>> called Algol68C > >> on a DECSYSTEM-20 in the late 70s. Occasionally I ask if anyone has > >> got the media for it, I still live in hope. I think there are some > >> other implementations around, I should make the effort to try one some > time. > >> > >> There was a quite good Algol 68 for the CDC 6000 series. > > > > Maybe I should get one of those then.... :-) > > Those are a bit hard to find, but there’s always DtCyber, the emulator. >
And I think I may not have enough 13A sockets to run one of those in my house anyway :-) I didn't know there was an emulator (never looked to be honest). I will add it to my to-do list, but my knowledge of these machines is absolutely zero. So getting something going might be a challenge, especially as it looks like I would also need to find some OS media somewhere as well. I do recall learning about the theoretical architecture of the scoreboard though when I was at University. The University had, iirc, a CDC Cyber 17<something>, which I used for one of the programming courses (Pascal I think), but I disliked it having come from using a DECSYSTEM-20. Now that I think about it, I did do a course on Algol68 at University (although I knew the language already, having learned it on the DEC machine), and it may well have been on that Cyber. I can't remember the dialect though, may have been Algol68R. Regards Rob
