[GreenKeys] Happy birthday, PDP-8!

[Bob kb8tq]

HI

Hey !!! 4K Focal !!!!

An interpreted language that actually would run code in 4,096 12 bit words of core memory. Not a whole 
lot of lines of code in only 4K, but it would do something. My first home computer.

Bob

> On Mar 21, 2018, at 5:40 PM, Dave Horsfall <dave at horsfall.org> wrote:
> 
> OT, but of interest to a few people here...  And just send me the bill
> for the paper, OK?
> 
> The venerable PDP-8 was introduced in 1965 today (or tomorrow if you're on the wrong side of the date line).  It was the first computer I ever used, back around 1970 (I think I'd just left school and was checking out the local University's computer department, and played with BASIC and FOCAL).
> 
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> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
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