was "C on the PDP-8 (was Re: Infocom on PDP-11)", now "FOCAL source"

vrs vrs at msn.com
Wed May 11 12:18:55 CDT 2005


> heh.  I remember puzzling at the the "pushj"'s and "popj"'s in the FOCAL
> source code.  This was before I had seen a pdp-11 or dec-10.

I spent a summer doing the same thing, but without benefit of source code.

(I still have my reverse-engineered source code for a variety of versions of
PDP-8 Focal.)

> Does anyone have the source for FOCAL on line?  I used something called
> FOCARL and COLPAC also, derivatives created by some smart guys at
> Carleton College.

I found a copy of what looks like the usual version at:
http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp8/papertapeImages/russ.ucs.indiana.edu/Langs/Focal/Focal1/OS8/

    Vince



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