Subj : Re: I could never afford a Cyber supercomputer...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : tenser
Date : Tue Mar 21 2023 11:22:06

On 20 Mar 2023 at 09:20a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> https://github.com/kej715/DtCyber
 pF> 
 pF> DtCyber is a high fidelity simulator of Control Data 6000, 70, 170, and
 pF> 700, series supercomputers.

It works pretty well, too!  I've got NOS 2.8.7 running
connected to my local ham radio network.  It's kind of
nifty to be able to call it over AX.25.

 pF> The first computer I used in college was a Cyber 170, I ran Pascal code
 pF> on it, and later used an app called Primix that gave it a UNIX shell
 pF> environment for classwork - because the school didn't have any UNIX
 pF> systems back then!

We've lost a number of interesting and innovative
systems, and we've lost the perspective that they
brought.  It's a real shame.

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