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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Nearly Prehistoric Computers
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Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 18:26:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 11 18:26:37 1984
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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
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