expansion differences (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sat Apr 27 02:28:38 2002

Chippewa??? I don't remember that one. I remember SCOPE and, later, KRONOS.

Dick

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From: "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
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Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: expansion differences (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)


>
> > Christopher Smith wrote:
> > > you write and
> > > > compile a Fortran program? Could you save your work in any
> > >
> > > I'm not sure whether there were any compilers available that
> > > didn't require disk drives. It would have been possible (not
> > > fun) given the proper programs.
> >
> > Fortran II could compile from paper tape on the IBM 1620.
> > The PDP-8 had I think a paper tape version of fortran too,
> > but not sure what version, II or IV.
>
> I think this might be an articial distinction...
>
> All the operating systems for the CDC 6600 and its kin
> required some kind of disk or drum drive, where parts
> of the operating system would reside.
>
> However, the compiler itself could just as easily have
> been loaded and run from tape in the Chippewa OS.
>
> The FORTRAN programs it processed could be on magtape
> or on cards; Chippewa doesn't seem to have any papertape
> support. There does not appear to be any support for the
> user or even the operator to have disk-resident files,
> as there was no filesystem to speak of in Chippewa.
>
> -dq
>
>
>
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