15 Sep
2017
15 Sep
'17
5:59 a.m.
On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Interesting factoid: The PDP-11 initially used a
threaded FORTRAN
implementation. In line with the observation above (about a new virtual
machine), DEC actually looked into writing microcode for the -11/60
(which had a writeable control store) to implement the FORTRAN virtual
machine.
Did anyone actually use the WCS? I had visions of implementing CSAV and
CRET on our -60, but never did get around to it. Too late now...
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Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."