From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
To: Doug McIlroy <doug@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Failing Memory of an Algol Based System from years ago
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:02:43 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190309200250.BE1F0156E40C@mail.bitblocks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:19:43 -0500." <201903091919.x29JJhcw024911@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU>
On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:19:43 -0500 Doug McIlroy <doug@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> Clem,
>
> I think the "Algol machine" you have in mind is the RC-2000 (not quite sure
> of the designation--could look it up in the attic if it matters) designed by
> Per Brinch Hansen for Regencentralen (again, the name may not be quite right).
I believe he architected and wrote the OS for RC-4000.
> The manual used Algol as a hardware description language. The instruction
> set was not unusual. It has come up before in TUHS. I have the manual
> if you need more info.
This manual is at bitsavers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-09 20:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-09 19:19 Doug McIlroy
2019-03-09 20:02 ` Bakul Shah [this message]
2019-03-09 20:06 ` Clem Cole
2019-03-09 22:29 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2019-03-10 5:16 ` Bakul Shah
2019-03-10 4:39 Rudi Blom
2019-03-11 5:45 Rudi Blom
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