The Medley Interlisp ProjectIn the late 1970s Interlisp was ported to DEC VAX computers under Berkeley Unix. These papers reported on the project and its challenges.
https://softwarepreservation.computerhistory.org/LISP/interlisp/Interlisp-VAX_A_Report.pdf
S KorenI sort of miss programming on a DECwriter (teletype). There was something satisfying in literally pushing a key down and seeing punch-paper tape spew out. You were creating something. Now, everything you do is just feeding an LLM without any real result.
#programming #dec
ArchimageI sort of miss programming on a DECwriter (teletype). There was something satisfying in literally pushing a key down and seeing punch-paper tape spew out. You were creating something. Now, everything you do is just feeding an LLM without any real result.
Daniel NeumanTrying out #Mastodonochrome by @simontatham on my trusty old #DEC #VT420 terminal.
Generally works ok, but all normal text is flashing for some reason. And it's not respecting my ISO-8859-1 codepage preference.
But it's fun that it's running at all! It does have a #BBS feeling. 😄
#retroComputing
Generally works ok, but all normal text is flashing for some reason. And it's not respecting my ISO-8859-1 codepage preference.
But it's fun that it's running at all! It does have a #BBS feeling. 😄
#retroComputing
peronUsando RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 en la DEC PDP-11/84
Usando RSX-11M-PLUS V4.6 en la DEC PDP-11/84
Paolo AmorosoBitsavers posted several transcripts of DEC oral history interviews with company leaders, engineers, and researchers such as Ken Olsen, Gordon Bell, Butler Lampson, Bob Taylor, and more.
lopta
javensbukanIdk what a DEC Server 700-16 does, but I have one at my work for some reason 🤔
It apparently has a 68020 CPU and SIMM slots for RAM!
garyBoards of Canada - Olson, on a PDP-1 from 1959. 🎶
”The PDP-1 was never intended to produce audio […] It does however have six "program flags," which are flip-flops wired to six light bulbs on the control panel. A CPU instruction provides the ability to turn these light bulbs on or off via software.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wubkrBd3-gg
https://computerhistory.org/blog/pdp-1-sings-boards-of-canada/
#BoardsOfCanada #dec #pdp1 #RetroComputing #ComputerHistoryMuseum
