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From: allan@prism.gatech.edu (Allan J. Nathanson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cdc
Subject: Re: CDC nostalgia
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Date: 4 Apr 90 21:09:25 GMT
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>My guess would be LEM, the lunar module landing simulator.  This didn't 
>require the twin tube display - I used it on the later 754 consoles.  It 
>and many other nifty PP programs (Pacman even!) ran under NOS 1, but broke 
>due to significant PP memory layout changes in NOS 2.  Don't know if anyone 
>ever converted them. CDC supported just the cutesy ones - eye, worms, Andy 
>Capp, Snoopy, etc.

The last time I saw (used) LEM it was packaged in with a "field" SMM tape.  I
would love get a copy of the source, spend a weekend or two and get it running
on the current system.  With regard to the other nifty PP programs, a few minor
modifications were needed between the various levels of NOS.  And they still
run at L739!

>One of the best twin-tube displays I ever saw was a working Mickey Mouse watch;
>the round screen made it particularly effective! This was in the refurb area of
>the Arden Hills plant around 1980; I'm not sure if it was ever out in the field.

Yes, it made it's way into the field...  It always brought smiles to the kids
when we had tours of the computer room.

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Why is QAC always so short on space?  Everytime I need to make mods I'm
always on the lookout for 1 more byte!!!

Allan J. Nathanson                                 allan@prism.gatech.edu
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