From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rudi.j.blom at gmail.com (Rudi Blom) Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 12:07:46 +0700 Subject: [COFF] =?utf-8?q?=28no_subject=29?= Message-ID: >From: Dave Horsfall >To: Computer Old Farts Followers >Cc: >Bcc: >Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 07:04:43 +1100 (EST) >Subject: Re: [COFF] How much Fortran? >On Thu, 6 Feb 2020, Rudi Blom wrote: > >>Regarding Nasa's Tidbinbilla Tracking station, someone suggested to me they might >>have had MODCOMPs > >Dunno about Tidbinbilla, but Parkes ("The Dish") has a roomful of Linux boxen; I didn't >have time to enquire further. >-- Dave The questions was "Does anyone on this list know anyone who worked at a tracking station during the 60s and 70s? They might be able to help fill in the details." Maybe MODCOMP, but at THAT time for sure no Linux. Cheers