Programming the PDP?

[wbarnhill]

A little bit of nostalgia for you all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV-7J5y1TQc
Programming the PDP 11, Part 1 of 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zaaD_xP6nU
Programming the PDP 11, Part 2 of 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiE2QldpQRQ
Programming the PDP 11, Part 3 of 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUSn59iY8U8
Programming the PDP 11, Part 4 of 4

And this is the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJUd7h5TgM
"Newest revolution in computer history"

 

[Ghery]

I remember spending a week at a DEC facility in Sunnyvale, CA taking their PDP-11 Assembly Language Programming course when I worked for the Navy. That was about 1977 or 1978. A bit before your time, William. But, you know C, don't you? It's just a high level representation of PDP-11 assembly language. Same memory contructs, etc.

I remember, but don't miss, those old machines.

 

[SCCutler]

....always that moment of truth, when you'd flip the toggle to "Run," and see whether the "Run" light stayed lit.

Memories!

 

[mikea]

I have an actual AT&T UNIX manual for the (I think) 3B2 that says "UNIX requires 4 Kilobytes of main memory." I pulled it out of a wastebasket at Bell Labs.