[COFF] [TUHS] Re: forth on early unix

Dave Horsfall via COFF coff at tuhs.org
Wed Sep 24 16:16:55 AEST 2025


On Tue, 23 Sep 2025, Larry McVoy wrote:

> Those were the days, my friend, wwe thought they'd never end, but then 
> we out sourced and things went down hill.  I don't know where you buy 
> stuff like what the old HP did.

We'd sing and dance for ever and a day...

I used to lend out my HP-42S to cow-orkers, and smirk as they tried to 
find the "=" key :-)

Reverse Polish rules!

The thing is starting to play up now, with various memory errors etc; 
well, you show me memory still working after 70+ years...

I looked at the printer, but it was far too expensive; has anyone decoded 
the IR protocol it uses so that it can be fed it into an iPad etc?

-- Dave


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