[cctalk] IEEE Std 694-1985 Microprocessor Assembly Language - a precis

On 21/1/24 06:08, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 19, 2024, at 10:34 PM, Rodney Brown wrote: ... I'm not a polymath who keeps lots of Assembly mnemonics in my head, so I hoped the "IEEE Standard for Microprocessor Assembly Language" IEEE Std 694-1985 1985 doi:10.1109/IEEESTD.1985.81632 would

[cctalk] Re: Forth on the HP 3000: Alternate History

On 17/1/24 02:04, Paul Koning wrote: On Jan 16, 2024, at 6:52 AM, Rodney Brown via cctalk wrote: Forth was ported to an HP-2100 in 1972, by Elizabeth Rather, so had early history on HP hardware, though from what I can it it was never a product available from HP. I don't know if Forth Inc

[cctalk] Forth on the HP 3000: Alternate History

Forth was ported to an HP-2100 in 1972, by Elizabeth Rather, so had early history on HP hardware, though from what I can it it was never a product available from HP. I don't know if Forth Inc ever supported Forth on HP machines. Anthony Pepin provided a Forth to the HP3000 Contributed Library in

[cctalk] Re: Intel's i860, Cray-On-A-Chip

According to gcc-9.1.0/NEWS Intel i860 was an architecture declared obsolete in GCC 4.0 (and previously in GCC 3.1). So you could check the configuration files are there in 3.4.6 (2006-03-10) or in 4.0.4 (2007-01-31). The binutils/gas/i860 configuration files were removed in 2018-04-11, so

[cctalk] Re: COMAL language in the UK?

I think the details means that the British Library has Volume 1 I'm surprised that WorldCat didn't return it as being in the British Library * * *Title:* COMAL bulletin : structured methods in programming and education. * *Other Titles: * Key Title: COMAL bulletin * *Subjects:* COMAL

NI PCI-GPIB+ Analyzer boards on ebay

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OT: SiC Radio for Venus lander

Alan Mantooth, Carl-Mikael Zetterling and Ana Rusu (28 April 2021) "The Radio We Could Send to Hell: Silicon carbide radio circuits can take the volcanic heat of Venus" IEEE Spectrum https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/materials/the-radio-we-could-send-to-hell "The average surface

Diomidis Spinellis blog: Reviving the 1973 Unix text to voice translator

https://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20210102/ https://github.com/dspinellis/speak (Votrax phoneme output)

Notes on HP3000 WCS Microcode, Series 37 on ebay in Germany

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HP3000 Microcode is in SYSDUMP (backup) for WCS machines (64,68,70, 37,...)

If written on a Series 64, 68 or 70, or on the Series 37 or it's successors, the first file on a SYSDUMP (Backup) tape may include the Microcode from the WCS (Writeable Control Store). Please collect such files if you have tapes available that you can read. Note that the first file includes a

Has anyone Intel Preview periodicals from 79 on to scan?

The Wikipedia page for Intel 8086 references the Intel Preview periodical, specifically these issues. Intel Corporation (May–June 1979).  Intel Preview Intel Corporation (January–February 1980). Intel Preview Intel Corporation (May–June 1980).  Intel Preview (Special Issue: 16-Bit Solutions)

Fonts for Dataproducts printers?

In the "Dataproducts (300/600 LPM) Line Printers Maintenance Guide" (1984) at (23Mb) https://www.wang2200.org/docs/fiche/742-0432.MNL.2273LinePrinterMaintenance.85-07-19.pdf Table 1-2. 300 LPM Character Band & PROM Set Kits p. 1-10 (p. 30-31 in PDF) & Table 1-3 600 LPM p1-12 (p. 32-33 in