Rick Moen wrote:
Quoting Petros (Petros.Listig@fdrive.com.au):
Unbelievable to find PDP-11s in use, here and now! .............snip http://www.digibarn.com/collections/newsletters/homebrew/V2_09/Homebrew_CC_S...
They certainly had some ideas, which have been lost over the years, witness the article: "COMPUTER PROGRAM VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES MACHINE ERRORS Spokesman for a local electronic firm have recently announced a computer program that- through a fresh application of an old technique- virtually eliminates lost time due to malfunction of computer components. Called OREMA (from Latin "Oremus"; meaning "Let us pray"), the program offers prayers at selected time intervals for the continued integrity of memory units, tape transports and other elements subject to depravity " Now that hardware is more reliable perhaps it can be recompiled for software ? :- | regards Rohan McLeod ;