Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 20:48:47 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Pechter <pechter@pechter.dyndns.org> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: DEC KL10's etc. Message-ID: <200002160148.UAA49579@bg-tc-ppp757.monmouth.com>
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> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 14:11:07 -0600 (CST)
> From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
> Subject: Re: Why I Don't Do Linux
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Terry Lambert wrote:
>
> > Ah. TWENEX, the predecessor of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, succeeded ITS as
> > > Only of TOPS-20. TOPS-10 is a different animal. It shipped with source,
> > > by the way.
> >
> > BLISS is ignornace.
>
> TOPS-10 was written in MACRO-10. Later bits, like some of DECNET -- I
> think, were done in BLISS-10 (BLISS-36?). I suspect TOPS-20 was also
> MACRO-10. I am almost certain that the BBN folk used MACRO-10, or its
> ancestors.
>
> David, wondering when a 72-bit machine is going to appear.
When they figure 64 isn't enough.
That should finally get us a DEC 36 bit emulator to go with the 12, 16
and 18 bit ones.
(No, running sim2.3 is not the main reason for my FreeBSD box, but it's
close)
Bill
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