Bruno LevyMar 4
My brand new computer !
- does not fit in my backpack (bad !)
- runs Unix (good !)
- OS does not have AI extension that I don't want (good !)
- 32 Kb of main memory, I'll need to optimize hashtag#geogram a bit (good !)
Show threadEric GoodwinMar 4
@BrunoLevy01 @cstross I learned assembly on a PDP11! Always had a soft spot for them. Looks great!
Show threadBonkersMar 4

@auxonic @BrunoLevy01 @cstross I learned its assembly on a Soviet clone :)

Not even assembly, l was writing machine code in octal numbers :)

Show threadBruno LevyMar 6
@bonkers @auxonic @cstross did that on an Apple][+ (its ROM monitor had a disassembler but no assembler!)
Show threadBonkers
@BrunoLevy01 @auxonic @cstross well, we didn't have Macs in the USSR, alas. Someone could smuggle a ZX Spectrum, but I was less lucky.
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Show threadBruno LevyMar 6
@bonkers @auxonic @cstross not a mac, an Apple][ (dates back when apple was still manufacturing real computers, that you could open, repair, modify etc...)
Show threadBonkersMar 6
@BrunoLevy01 @auxonic @cstross ah, right, pre-Macintosh, which is also ancient by now ;)