[cctalk] Re: WTB Any storage for a PDP 8/A

Thanks Vince - this is great. Working my way through the docs now :-)

[cctalk] Re: WTB Any storage for a PDP 8/A

Great thanks. I'll have a go.

[cctalk] Re: WTB Any storage for a PDP 8/A

Thanks Vince - I knew about the RX emulators but not the serial disk - that sounds interesting. Is there any documentation on that - I had a look at the GitHub but seemed a bit sparse. I can imagine the FFP8/A is hard to find and replicate. I can probably use emulation - but its nice to check

[cctalk] Re: WTB Any storage for a PDP 8/A

Yes - similar to Small C :-) I've written several compilers/interpreters over the years, so thought I'd give the PDP 8 a go. Its challenging because of the lack of stack operations - but there are workarounds.

[cctalk] WTB Any storage for a PDP 8/A

Hi all, I'm cooking up a new interpreter for the PDP 8. It uses a C like language (C-) and is really a project to get my head round the PDP 8 architecture. Note its an interpreter not compiler :-) I have recently got my hands on a wonderful working PDP 8/a, but it would be nice to have some ac

[cctalk] Re: DEC/HP computers from deceased collector (nr Andover UK)

Hi Chris, I'm fairly local and would be interested. Could you PM me ? Thanks. Ian

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