[Amps] Linear Amps

[W5CPT]

That is how we programmed in the loader on the Honeywell (Honeybucket) 316R system I maintained on a rock in the Pacific (Okinawa) in the early 70s . If I remember correctly it was 66 instructions.  You programmed in the address to which you wanted to write, then pushed the "LOAD" button.  Then you programmed the instruction into that address and again pushed the "LOAD" button.  Once that was in, we had a hand fed paper tape reader that was then used to program the tape deck reader.  One mistake and you had to start from the beginning. I hated trouble calls on that thing.  The only good part was that I married the operator and she still is better at computers than I am.

Clint - W5CPT

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kenw2dtc 
  To: Roger (K8RI) 
  Cc: amps at contesting.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Amps] Linear Amps


  "but my first class on computer design was programming in machine language 
  (Hex, not assembler) with the program and date input from a numeric keypad"

  Boy, you had it easy.  One of my early jobs required me to make changes to a 
  computer program via toggle switches and a push button.  One toggled in the 
  address, the operator, the data and the parity bits.

  73,
  Ken W2DTC 

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