[Simh] 'Showstopper'

[Robert G. Schaffrath]

"Soul of a New Machine" (still have a copy) came out back when I was 
still in college and we were a Data General shop with two MV/8000's.  So 
it was a doubly interesting read.  Not only for the story itself but the 
fact that it also applied to the actual hardware and OS we were learning 
computer science on (it also explained very nicely what those eight 
memory "rings" were that we kept hearing about) .  I do wish there was a 
viable SIMH Eclipse emulator with AOS/VS available.  30+ years later I 
still have gobs of computer printouts of various interesting AOS/VS 
programs.  Many in assembler.  My first real job in the mid-80's was 
working for a reseller that dealt in both DEC and Data General 
hardware.  That was the last time I was able to really hack with an 
AOS/VS system running on an MV/4000.

Robert

On 3/7/2015 9:30 AM, dave porter wrote:
>> Sounds a bit hyped...
>
> Well, no more so than 'The Soul Of A New Machine'.  This
> was in the days when the general public were still prepared
> to be amazed at, and interested in, stories of programmers
> that stayed up all night, etc.
>
> Programmers probably have a cooler image than they did when
> I were a lad, but some of the 'outsider mystique' has surely
> been lost now that everyone does it  :-)
>
> dave
>
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