> On Dec 7, 2020, at 3:17 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 12/7/20 11:50 AM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
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>> One of my friends changed the tables in a 1620 to do octal arithmetic,
>> for telemetry processing.
>>
>> Speaking of those tables, do you remember why the 1620 was calle
The first computer I was paid to write software for didn't require me
to toggle in a boot loader: The IBM 1401 in 1966.
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
The contemporaneous 1620 had it both ways--one could type in the loader
on the console typewriter (hit the Release key when
On 12/7/20 11:50 AM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
> One of my friends changed the tables in a 1620 to do octal arithmetic,
> for telemetry processing.
>
> Speaking of those tables, do you remember why the 1620 was called
> CADET? Not because it was a "beginner's" or "novice" computer. It was
> an
> On Dec 7, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk
> wrote:
>
>> ...
>
> One of my friends changed the tables in a 1620 to do octal arithmetic,
> for telemetry processing.
>
> Speaking of those tables, do you remember why the 1620 was called
> CADET? Not because it was a "beginner's" or "n
On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 11:21 -0800, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 12/7/20 10:32 AM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
>
> > The first computer I was paid to write software for didn't require me
> > to toggle in a boot loader: The IBM 1401 in 1966.
> >
> > All I had to do was push the load key on
On 12/7/20 10:32 AM, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote:
> The first computer I was paid to write software for didn't require me
> to toggle in a boot loader: The IBM 1401 in 1966.
>
> All I had to do was push the load key on the card reader, or the tape
> load key on the operator console. And it didn'
> On Dec 7, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Van Snyder via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 12:42 +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 12:28, Maciej W. Rozycki
>> wrote:
>>> Well, I guess for some anything that does not require you to
>>> toggle inthe boot loader or doesn
On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 12:42 +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 12:28, Maciej W. Rozycki
> wrote:
> > Well, I guess for some anything that does not require you to
> > toggle inthe boot loader or doesn't have a teletype console
> > terminal is surely toomodern to even cons
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 12:28, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>
> Well, I guess for some anything that does not require you to toggle in
> the boot loader or doesn't have a teletype console terminal is surely too
> modern to even consider.
:-D
One of the things I enjoy about this group is that some of
On Wed, 2 Dec 2020, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> If you don't get much response here, for many of whom I suspect the ST
> is a bit modern, let me know and I can share it on some relevant
> groups on FB for you. Anonymised or obscured as you prefer.
Well, I guess for some anything that does no
On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 22:36, Van Snyder via cctalk
wrote:
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> I found a box of 45 Atari ST diskettes in my basement, from my 1980's
> 520 ST (or maybe my brother's 1040 ST).
>
> I don't have a floppy drive, so I can't tell whether they're readable.
>
>
I found a box of 45 Atari ST diskettes in my basement, from my 1980's
520 ST (or maybe my brother's 1040 ST).
I don't have a floppy drive, so I can't tell whether they're readable.
Some are originals, for example for 1St Word, the word processor, and
Regent Base, a re
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