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Re: [SLE] Gnome disappointment
- From: Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:58:03 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <200511101457.57368.gaf@xxxxxxx>
On Thursday 10 November 2005 2:45 pm, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
> Thumb switches to enter the start code to read the key punched tape 1979.
Did that on the PDP-8 in 1970.
On the PDP-8, you entered the RIM loader by hand. This was a loader whose
only job was to read in the paper tape driver. The RIM format was an
inefficient format, but required a minimum number of instructions.
The steps here are:
Key in RIM loader.
Read the paper tape bootstrap code. This was a paper tape reader that used
the more appropriate paper tape format. (This is essentially what you have
in ROM today except today it can read from multiple media forms).
Then read in the rest of the system.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
> Thumb switches to enter the start code to read the key punched tape 1979.
Did that on the PDP-8 in 1970.
On the PDP-8, you entered the RIM loader by hand. This was a loader whose
only job was to read in the paper tape driver. The RIM format was an
inefficient format, but required a minimum number of instructions.
The steps here are:
Key in RIM loader.
Read the paper tape bootstrap code. This was a paper tape reader that used
the more appropriate paper tape format. (This is essentially what you have
in ROM today except today it can read from multiple media forms).
Then read in the rest of the system.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9
PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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