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Great find, that history! In addition to all the detailed technical history, it says "in 1976 the TX-0 will be moved to the Computer Museum of the Digital Equipment Corporation". (I can understand why DEC wanted it; it was basically the prototype [[PDP-1]]!) So my immediate reaction was 'I wonder if the [[CHM]] got it'; I looked, and [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/2e1b209cb40237b91228cdf26a60e3f8/ apparently they did]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:29, 16 June 2023 (CEST) | Great find, that history! In addition to all the detailed technical history, it says "in 1976 the TX-0 will be moved to the Computer Museum of the Digital Equipment Corporation". (I can understand why DEC wanted it; it was basically the prototype [[PDP-1]]!) So my immediate reaction was 'I wonder if the [[CHM]] got it'; I looked, and [https://www.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/2e1b209cb40237b91228cdf26a60e3f8/ apparently they did]. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 13:29, 16 June 2023 (CEST) | ||
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| + | There are several interesting artifacts in that history: | ||
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| + | * "[[Flexowriter]] Interrogation Tape (Flit), for use as an aid in on-line debugging" - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLIT FLIT] was a brand of insecticide; I wonder if this is the etymological root for the later 'DDT'? | ||
| + | * "A new and improved assembly program, Midas, was written" - it had significant [[macro]] capabilities (for its day); it was likely the base of all the later ones (I'll have to see if the sister [[PDP-1]] at [[RLE]] had one). | ||
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| + | Truly a historic machine, in many ways! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:18, 16 June 2023 (CEST) | ||
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| + | : I would be surprised if FLIT and DDT didn't share the same pun. | ||
| + | : I posted a link to a memo about PDP-1 MIDAS on the [[MIDAS]] page. [[User:Larsbrinkhoff|Larsbrinkhoff]] ([[User talk:Larsbrinkhoff|talk]]) 17:55, 16 June 2023 (CEST) | ||
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| + | :: Yah, I saw that in the Midas article; ''after'' I wrote that, of course. :-( [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 20:31, 16 June 2023 (CEST) | ||
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History
Great find, that history! In addition to all the detailed technical history, it says "in 1976 the TX-0 will be moved to the Computer Museum of the Digital Equipment Corporation". (I can understand why DEC wanted it; it was basically the prototype PDP-1!) So my immediate reaction was 'I wonder if the CHM got it'; I looked, and apparently they did. Jnc (talk) 13:29, 16 June 2023 (CEST)
Interesting artifacts
There are several interesting artifacts in that history:
- "Flexowriter Interrogation Tape (Flit), for use as an aid in on-line debugging" - FLIT was a brand of insecticide; I wonder if this is the etymological root for the later 'DDT'?
- "A new and improved assembly program, Midas, was written" - it had significant macro capabilities (for its day); it was likely the base of all the later ones (I'll have to see if the sister PDP-1 at RLE had one).
Truly a historic machine, in many ways! Jnc (talk) 14:18, 16 June 2023 (CEST)
- I would be surprised if FLIT and DDT didn't share the same pun.
- I posted a link to a memo about PDP-1 MIDAS on the MIDAS page. Larsbrinkhoff (talk) 17:55, 16 June 2023 (CEST)
