Re: [Simh] programming in binary

2016-02-28 Thread Bill Cunningham
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/events/EDSAC99/simulators/ This is kind of interesting. - Original Message - From: dave porter To: simh@trailing-edge.com Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [Simh] programming in binary As I understand it. the EDSAC (the first

Re: [Simh] programming in binary

2016-02-28 Thread dave porter
As I understand it. the EDSAC (the first or second, depending on how you counted, stored-program machine in production service) had an assembler/bootstrap (modern terminology, or course) program wired into a bank of uniselectors as the 'initial orders'. This allowed for single-character instru