From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>,
Doug McIlroy <doug@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Failing Memory of an Algol Based System from years ago
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 15:06:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2Oa72_-oaxfyDTqTgQUkNFs3Mr=Q_XPUDqQToyxV-koHw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190309200250.BE1F0156E40C@mail.bitblocks.com>
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Right, I had found it there right after Doug's refresh of my memory. Many
thanks to you both.
I grab a copy and put it in my own historic archives.
Clem
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/regnecentralen/RC_4000_Reference_Manual_Jun69.pdf
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On Sat, Mar 9, 2019 at 3:03 PM Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-09 20:07 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
2019-03-09 20:06 ` Clem Cole [this message]
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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