boyne@hplvli.HP.COM (Art Boyne) (05/24/90)
>>Does anyone remember FOCAL-8? > >Yes, and I think I can still program in FOCAL if I had to. The first micro >I had (homebrew) had both Basic and FOCAL in ROM. Not only do I still remember FOCAL-8, I still have a copy of the old PDP-8 Programming Languages book that describes FOCAL, BASIC, PAL-8 assembler, and 8K FORTRAN. >Does anyone remember the PDP-8/S? The S stood for "slow". We lowly types didn't even have the 8/S - we had a 8/L with 4K of core, a KSR-33 TTY w/ tape punch/reader, and a *brand new* photoelectric tape reader which meant loading in FOCAL didn't take 45 minutes like it did on the KSR-33. The PDP-8/L was wirewrapped, and hardware updates were made by cutting wires and adding new ones! Art Boyne, boyne@hplvla.hp.com