ot? Simulate something....

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Mon Mar 7 20:50:06 CST 2005


On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Ron Hudson wrote:

> I have found some pictures...
>
> Has anyone ever used one of these? (CDC 160?)
>
> I don't see a bank of switches... can you fat finger in code?
>
> It looks like there is a block input instruction, perhaps instead of
> fat fingering
> code you produce a binary tape and run it in to boot the machine?
>
> It looks like the three big displays match the A, S, and PC registers
> and are in octal...
> right?

Ron,

These are all questions that you'll find the answers for in the CDC-160A
operations manual.  And you'll most definitely *have* to read it if you
plan to simulate it.  You do plan on reading the manual, don't you?

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