What it could not do is run the Burroughs Algebraic Compiler for the 220 (BALGOL), nor could it simulate the interactive graphics I/O devices
that extended the B220 installed at Caltech--a machine that I came to
love as my second "personal computer" (after the IBM 1620). Both early machines took up a room-sized space, but I was able to use them
directly, sitting at their consoles, just as I would use my Apple ][+ seventeen years later!
On 8/22/21 2:17 AM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
What it could not do is run the Burroughs Algebraic Compiler for the 220
(BALGOL), nor could it simulate the interactive graphics I/O devices
that extended the B220 installed at Caltech--a machine that I came to
love as my second "personal computer" (after the IBM 1620). Both early
machines took up a room-sized space, but I was able to use them
directly, sitting at their consoles, just as I would use my Apple ][+
seventeen years later!
Michael -
What an amazing update, and your heartfelt fondness for this machine
(and the one it runs on!) definitely shines through your implementation.
Congratulations!
- David
I hope you will find the tape, Michael, I would love to listen to it!
Antoine
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