it was programmed in a Fortran-like version of Basic
it could do matix inversion at a single command
and could read and write (sequential) data files to tape.
Apart from not having any disk storage it was MUCH superior to the TRS80 machines that post-dated it by 3-4 years.
Go easy (I lost my virginity to it!)
Mark
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:34:24 +1200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ahem. A PDP-8 is a *mini*-computer. And what you've described is neither a PC, nor its more authentic predecessor, a microcomputer, but simply a glorified calculator... <G>
Huh! Old mainframe farts! I definitely come from the PC era...... an HP9830 - 16k RAM and a 32 x 1 character LED screen! Mark
cheers, peter
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