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

vrs vrs at msn.com
Wed May 11 13:38:27 CDT 2005


From: "Brad Parker" <brad at heeltoe.com>
> >I found a copy of what looks like the usual version at:
>
>http://www.bitsavers.org/bits/DEC/pdp8/papertapeImages/russ.ucs.indiana.edu
/La
> >ngs/Focal/Focal1/OS8/
>
> glug.  what format is that in?  is it a byte-ized version of a 12 bit file
> which has 3-chars-per-2-words ?
>
> any idea how I can turn that back into an ascii byte stream?
>
> (at least I'm on topic :-)

Ah.  You are probably looking for the version up and over in ../Ascii, if
you want to view it on your non-classic machine :-).

    Vince



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