I can say over the last 30 years or so, I enjoyed a number of exchanges with CJL. I did enjoy the repartee - iirc most of it was just between us, but some was in some 8 related channel. I found him knowledgeable, opinionated, but most of the time just plain fun to argue with. Over the last 6 or 7 years, sparse contact, but always remembered fondly. Sorry to see him pass. bb
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:18 AM John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > On 4/27/2020 9:58 AM, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > NL7776 /SETUP -2 > > TAD (-7776) /COMPARE TO EXPECTED VALUE > > SZA CLA /SKIP IF OK > > JMP IMA8S /JUMP IF RETARDED BROTHER > > > > / IF WE GET HERE, WE'RE NOT A PDP-8/S. > > > > Ok, that made me laugh..... > > > > C > > > > > > I never had any exchanges with Charles, well, none of significance, but he > could be of rather, um, shall we say strong opinion on topics. > > -- > John H. Reinhardt > > > > > On 4/27/2020 10:40 AM, Pontus Pihlgren via cctalk wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 09:08:24AM -0500, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk > >> wrote: > >>> Charles Lasner. He passed the weekend of April 3rd due to > >>> complications from the COVID-19 virus. I'm fuzzy on his exact > >>> biography, but he was big in the development of OS/8 for the PDP-8 at > >>> DEC. His current project was an update of OS/8 which he called > >>> P?S/8. Apparently he owned multiple LINC-8's according to comments on > >>> the Facebook group. > >> > >> He also worked onKermit-12, for instance the code that identifies which > >> PDP-8 machine it is running on. It is quite fun to follow that code. It > >> can, impressively, separate between a PDP-5, LINC-8, PDP-12, Straight-8, > >> 8/S, 8/I, 8/L, 8/E, 8/A, 6100 and 6120. > >> > >> Here, search for "MACHINE,.-." > >> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftp/d/k12mit.pal > >> > >> A lot of PDP-8 know-how and trivia went with him, sorry to see him go. > >> > >> /P