Gerry Creager wrote: > I recounted my experience with an old HP system where the boot-loader > was toggled in on front panel switches and the OS was loaded with > paper tape.
Yep, we had a similar one in highschool - a Danish RC7000 with 32K of genuine core-memory, papertape and three terminals. Later on (probably early 1980s) I'm pretty certain I encountered a somewhat bigger Texas Instruments machine, but with front panel toggle switches too. /Per Jessen, Zürich _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf