[Simh] Rolm 1602

Henry Bent henry.r.bent at gmail.com
Tue Jun 25 20:49:09 EDT 2019


On Tue, 25 Jun 2019 at 20:41, Bob Supnik <bob at supnik.org> wrote:

> Rolm & Haas made a militarized Nova-compatible minicomputer called the
> 1602 - a follow on to their 1601 Ruggednova system. It had an extended
> instruction set. I know this because I found the listings for the PDP10
> based 1602 simulator in my attic tonight. I've never seen any other
> documentation.
>
> I'm not sure this system adds anything to Nova lore, but if people are
> interested, I can try to compile a "feature set" from the PDP10
> simulator code.
>
> /Bob
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Was it actually used in production, or did it just exist in a simulator
form?  I can easily imagine a simulator for such a thing being written but
not surviving past a failed bid process, so no hardware.

-Henry
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