IBM1130 (was RE: Front panel switches - what did they do?)

2016-05-25 Thread Dave Wade
paths. > > Do you mean the 360/20? On the topic, were the 20 and 40 the only members > of System 360 to use TROS? > > I remember picking up the programming manual for a Model 20 and realizing > that I'd essentially have to re-learn programming. 16 bit registers, > stripped- > down instruction

Re: IBM1130 (was RE: Front panel switches - what did they do?)

2016-05-25 Thread Toby Thain
On 2016-05-25 7:06 AM, Dave Wade wrote: paths. Do you mean the 360/20? On the topic, were the 20 and 40 the only members of System 360 to use TROS? I remember picking up the programming manual for a Model 20 and realizing that I'd essentially have to re-learn programming. 16 bit registers, s

Re: IBM1130 (was RE: Front panel switches - what did they do?)

2016-05-25 Thread William Donzelli
> is dated almost exactly one month before DEC announced the PDP-8 and I am > sure targets the same markets DEC did. You just wonder if IBM had spies in > DEC, or more likely they both spotted a marketing opportunity. The latter. Every company in the world seems to have explored the minicomputer