[mythtv-users] The Smaller... Disk contest, Fall 2007 edition

[Yan Seiner]

Brian Wood wrote:
> 
> Good grief. I used to work with PDP-8/L machines. A "massive" 4K of core
> memory (real cores) and punched paper tape for I/O. This was a 12-bit
> Octal machine.
> 
> I really hated those ASR-33 teletypes, but we did have a "high-speed"
> tape reader - 200 CPS :-)

The place where I was was too cheap to buy real teletype paper, so we 
would steal the paper towel rolls from the bathrooms and use those in 
the ASR33s....

Our tape reader was the one that was attached to the ASR33 - what, 15 
CPA?  30?  thankfully, I forget.

We would program the PDP8 to play music - the CPU would leak AM 
frequencies so you could get it to play music by repeating certain 
instructions and holding an AM radio nearby.  (OK, at least we're back 
on topic of entertainment.  :-) )

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