[HN Gopher] Star Wars PDP-11/45
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       Star Wars PDP-11/45
        
       Author : szczys
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-01-20 19:18 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | yeison wrote:
       | That's just so cool.
        
       | jsrcout wrote:
       | I want that code :-)
        
         | ktpsns wrote:
         | It's probably written in FOCAL, a DEC dialect of BASIC
         | (sometimes told as "BASIC on stereoids"). The terminal looks
         | like a vector terminal, so you basically drew line commands, as
         | if you would plot on an oscilloscope.
         | 
         | From my perspective, the most stunning things about PDPs is the
         | processor's console. Every fucking bit in this processor state
         | has a light bulb (not even an LED). And this array of switches?
         | That's how you can load some address/value into the CPU
         | register. It's purely amazing that you can steer the machine on
         | such a level but also use it for high level programming.
        
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