m_thompson
Veteran Member
Looks just like mine, but I haven't painted the switches yet.
Then I'm done. Yay! But it has been great fun.
All,
If all had gone according to plan, you would have had a Paypal invoice from me on Friday.
However, a minor disaster has struck... I very much regret to tell you that I have to postpone sending them out, due to some family health problems. Nothing too dramatic, but I will not be able to send them out in the coming two months.
I am very, very sorry for the hassle - but nothing I can do about it at the moment.
I will email you again in about two months to check if you still want the kit as per the order forms you have already sent me. Rest assured, I *will* send them out to anyone who still wants them!
Kind regards, and apologies!
Oscar.
Thanks very much for any advice or thoughts that you may have to offer.
You can always learn to use TECO.
I remember using TECO back in the day. I'm sure it would come back to me with a bit of refresher.Ah, TECO... I've used it in the past, and I suppose that here I'll use it again. It's kind of like riding a bicycle, don't you think? It takes a little bit of effort at first, but then the goodness of it comes rushing back. <...grin...>
smp
I remember using TECO back in the day. I'm sure it would come back to me with a bit of refresher.
Thanks *very* much for those few pointers. That's exactly what I was hoping for.
Now, I've typed in a few of my standard BASIC programs, saved them, and edited them go run in PDP-8 lingo. Well, only one so far, but I'm on my way now.
For FOTP you need a file-orientated (ie an OS/8 directory structured) device so you can't do that directly. You can attach a text file to PTR: and use PIP, but it can be a bit of a pain with the parity bit where the resulting file can display OK but not be easily editable. As a rather kludgy workaround I run it through a cleanup routine on the PDP8 (Simh) to force parity on.