Simple programming languages/ideas

I_have_spoken

Kewl. Ever boot a PDP11 off punched tape?

Mr_Toad

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Kewl. Ever boot a PDP11 off punched tape?

I can't remember ever doing that, it was a long time ago.

debitcardmayhem

Mr_Toad wrote: »

One of my Uni lecturers was involved in the design of early ICL machines.

When I started programming it was in assembler on IBM 370s then on VM/CMS systems as well as DEC Vax BSD Unix.

Ahhhh REXX that was a language, and assembly codes LA,BAL, O,N,X,SIOF plus BSC/VTAM what is TCP/IP

esuhl

S0litaire wrote: »

I remember programming in machine code (well a few of my college I.T. courses covered it)

I remember dabbling in machine code mnemonics on the old Z80 microprocessor in my trusty Amstrad CPC6128 -- ah, Amstrad may have been mocked, but that was a great machine for learning the basics of programming. If I met Alan Sugar, I'd shake his hand just for that.

To get down to the bare-bones, I even wrote a little "Hello world" program in pure machine code (as in, binary). God that took a careful eye and a lot of time to type in!

And, oh, typing in programs from magazines... and playing text-only adventure games! Ah... those were the days!

John_Gray

I think this thread has descended into a worrying level of Nostalgia...!

Mr_Toad

John_Gray wrote: »

I think this thread has descended into a worrying level of Nostalgia...!

I agree, it's definitely not what it used to be.

onomatopoeia99

I wrote machine code on my ZX Spectrum, as that didn't have an assembler. Started writing assembly language on the BBC Micro as the BBC BASIC ROM came with an excellent assembler built in.

motorguy

S0litaire wrote: »

You could pick up a cheap R-Pi or Arduino board + some I/O devices and have fun!

Their are loads of code projects you could get your teeth into.

+1

Pis are great little devices.

We have a wood pellet burner which is fed pellets via an auger from a 10 ton pellet bin. Once in a blue moon the auger sticks and overheats and stops the wood pellet burner from firing up. Of course, then you've no heat / hot water. Always happens in the midst of winter too and you only find out in a cold shower!!

I got a Pi and a USB thermostat and wrote a piece of code to send me a text if the auger went above its normal working temperature so i could go out and clear it before it became a problem. :beer:

We also are tropical fish keepers / breeders so i'm going to have one monitor our tanks for temperature drops / rises - either of which could kill a tank of fish.

imin83

I just googled to find out what's ZX Spectrum.. turned out I haven't even been born when it was released haha

John_Gray

Late again, eh?! :rotfl: