From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ron@ronnatalie.com (Ron Natalie) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 12:34:03 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, PDP-8! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01db01d2a32a$1eae0280$5c0a0780$@ronnatalie.com> Ah yes, the machine with only 8 instructions (of course not counting all the multiplexing of OPR). I was always fond of TAD. Not particularly reentrant version of subroutine linkage. -----Original Message----- From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:35 PM To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Subject: [TUHS] Happy birthday, PDP-8! OT, but of interest to a few people here :-) The venerable PDP-8 was introduced in 1965 today (or tomorrow if you're on the wrong side of the date line). It was the first computer I ever used, back around 1970 (I think I'd just left school and was checking out the local University's computer department, with a view to majoring in Computer Science (which I did)). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."