[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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