Re: Big-disk woes

From: John Hasler (john_at_dhh.gt.org)
Date: 01/28/05


Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 08:01:30 -0600


 Roger Blake wrote:
> In the *real* olden days we toggled the binary code for the paper tape
> loader into core using the switch register on the CPU front panel.

Did that on a PDP8.

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> You had switches? We used to dream of having switches, all we had were
> jumpers with crocodile clips.

We programmed the EAI analog computer with jumpers. No clips though: fancy
plugs.

-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA


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