Help - Is there a paper tape BASIC for a PDP 8/S

From: daniel <daniel_at_internet.look.ca>
Date: Mon Oct 25 18:20:01 1999

-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Help - Is there a paper tape BASIC for a PDP 8/S


>>
>> I am hoping to find BASIC (not FOCAL) for the PDP 8 line. I can't run
OS/8
>> so I am hoping to find a BASIC that will run on my 8/S in binary form.
>
>Why cant you run OS/8, just because of a lack of enough core memory?

4k core only.


#1) I have no disk.
#2) I did not think OS/8 was compatible with the Straight 8/ 8/s instruction
set incompatibilities.

If it is compatible then I will actively seek a DF32 and interface.



>
>-Lawrence LeMay
>
>>
>> A) Does this even exist?
>> B) Is it on the Web?
>>
>> Thanks, this 8/S is proving to be lots of fun.
>>
>> BTW: I just got this message on my PDP tonight:
>>
>> "Congratulations!! You have successfully loaded 'FOCAL' on a PDP 8/S
>> computer."
>>
>> Yippee!
>>
>> john
>>
>>
>
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