[HECnet] LSSM group visit today

Supratim Sanyal supratim at riseup.net
Tue Nov 16 04:50:04 PST 2021


Very cool. 


> On Nov 15, 2021, at 4:57 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
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>   LSSM hosted a CompSci class from Carnegie-Mellon University today, a for-credit class trip and project.  They all learned the Forth language, rather well I might add, and wrote their own demos, on one of our PDP-11/70s.  Here are some pics:
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>  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/LSSM-CMU-2021/20211115_152707.jpg
>  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/LSSM-CMU-2021/20211115_152757.jpg
>  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/LSSM-CMU-2021/20211115_154319_03.jpg
>  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/LSSM-CMU-2021/20211115_154355_01.jpg
>  http://www.neurotica.com/misc/LSSM-CMU-2021/20211115_154451.jpg
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>  The 11/70 isn't pictured, but you all know what those look like. It's the one on the Wikipedia "PDP-11" page, though that's a very old picture from when it was at my home.
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>  (please excuse the falling front window sign, it's disintegrating and we're awaiting its replacement)
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>   I mention this here in case anyone is interested, and the machine, FANG::, is on HECnet whenever it's running. (which is my tenuous link to "on-topic")
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>               -Dave
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> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
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