Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dciem.UUCP Path: utzoo!dciem!mmt From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Nearly Prehistoric Computers Message-ID: <703@dciem.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 18:26:37 EST Article-I.D.: dciem.703 Posted: Sat Feb 11 18:26:37 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 20:49:20 EST References: <548@ihuxn.UUCP> Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 14 We used to program the LGP-30 in a language called ACT-5, which was really quite a nice language for its time. Yes, optimizing the drum accesses was fun. We developed special coding sheets for the purpose. One of my favourite moments was when my optimized flexowriter output routine finally managed to produce a uniform stream of characters instead of the usual sequence of 5-character bursts. I even published it in "Pool News"! And no, it wasn't my first computer, but it was probably the slowest I ever worked on. -- Martin Taylor {allegra,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd,ubc-vision}!utzoo!dciem!mmt