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The good old days.

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From: Robert Ankeney
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:54
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     Gosh, this group reminds me of the good old days.  I used to work
at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), the folks who
brought you OMSI-FOCAL and other oddities.  The machine they had there
was a Straight/8 with a serial number of (if I recall correctly) 138,
which replaced the original one they had that had a 2-digit number.
     One thing I was just remembering was a wonderful puzzle from way
back when.  It was a challenge to write a program that zeroed memory.
It had to be written in the first 4K and would zero the entire 4K,
including itself.  So, if you're feeling bored, you might see if you
can do it!  Sadly, I don't remember any solution, but if I recall,
the auto-increment registers at 10-17 might have been useful.

     Robert Ankeney
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From: bob@reed.edu (Robert Ankeney)
Subject: The good old days.
Organization: Reed College, Portland, OR
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:54:07 GMT
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