Octal was common. Actually, the registers were grouped in threes, (on the Honeywell machines) so binary equivalents of
octal numbers were entered a 5 was 2nd and 4th fingers. The Honeywell 1000 (I worked for Honeywell)
had buttons on the top where you bootstrapped the computer. You had to set the address register,
the data register, the program counter. Then enter a PCB instruction 65 0100 01 02 and then start.
I can remember that, but not where I put my coffee cup.
I had my dance with alter to proceed to (Procedure division) but not for long. Worked on pdp-11 that had
RSX-11 and VT-100 terminals. I think a pdp-8 once or twice. I forgot about Focal, never used it anyway.
JCL wasn't bad, but Hated epsy (I think that was the nick for EBCDIC). Also the 360 was a workhorse.
Strange I forget what the operating system was for Honeywell, and I worked there the longest.
2:30 A.M. Here, time to quit!
octal numbers were entered a 5 was 2nd and 4th fingers. The Honeywell 1000 (I worked for Honeywell)
had buttons on the top where you bootstrapped the computer. You had to set the address register,
the data register, the program counter. Then enter a PCB instruction 65 0100 01 02 and then start.
I can remember that, but not where I put my coffee cup.
I had my dance with alter to proceed to (Procedure division) but not for long. Worked on pdp-11 that had
RSX-11 and VT-100 terminals. I think a pdp-8 once or twice. I forgot about Focal, never used it anyway.
JCL wasn't bad, but Hated epsy (I think that was the nick for EBCDIC). Also the 360 was a workhorse.
Strange I forget what the operating system was for Honeywell, and I worked there the longest.
2:30 A.M. Here, time to quit!