| Re: Spacewar on the PDP-9 [message #390396] |
Wed, 15 January 2020 02:43  |
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Originally posted by: Lars Brinkhoff
I'm sorry to be a bit late on this.
> Lou Fernandez wrote:
> } So, if there is anyone out there who knows about the history of the
> } PDP-9/Graphic-2 version of Spacewar, it would answer some 20 year old
> } questions.
I'm happy to report that a Spacewar version for the PDP-9 and Graphic-2 has
surfaced. Unfortenately, there aren't many clues about its history. It's
written in somthing that looks like MACRO-9. So presumably it's not from
Bell Labs who probably would have used their Unix assembler.
Bernie Cosell wrote:
> Dunno about the 'graphic-2' part, I think this is for a vanilla PDP-9 [as I
> recall, the display was basically the same sort of unaided point-plotting
> display the PDP-1 had. Anyhow, here's a snippet of the source code:
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> .TITLE ORBIT-9
> /5 DEC 1968 C. LANDAU
I'd love so see this. Does anyone know how to contact Bernie Cosell?
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| Re: Spacewar on the PDP-9 [message #390398 is a reply to message #390396] |
Wed, 15 January 2020 08:33  |
m. thompson
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On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 2:43:52 AM UTC-5, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> I'm sorry to be a bit late on this.
>
>> Lou Fernandez wrote:
>> } So, if there is anyone out there who knows about the history of the
>> } PDP-9/Graphic-2 version of Spacewar, it would answer some 20 year old
>> } questions.
>
> I'm happy to report that a Spacewar version for the PDP-9 and Graphic-2 has
> surfaced. Unfortenately, there aren't many clues about its history. It's
> written in somthing that looks like MACRO-9. So presumably it's not from
> Bell Labs who probably would have used their Unix assembler.
>
> Bernie Cosell wrote:
>> Dunno about the 'graphic-2' part, I think this is for a vanilla PDP-9 [as I
>> recall, the display was basically the same sort of unaided point-plotting
>> display the PDP-1 had. Anyhow, here's a snippet of the source code:
>>
>> .TITLE ORBIT-9
>> /5 DEC 1968 C. LANDAU
>
> I'd love so see this. Does anyone know how to contact Bernie Cosell?
The RICM has a running PDP-9. We plan to add the 34H graphics option and EAE. Where can we get a copy of the source code for Spacewar?
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| Re: Spacewar on the PDP-9 [message #390419 is a reply to message #390396] |
Wed, 15 January 2020 17:09 |
Quadibloc
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On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 12:43:52 AM UTC-7, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
> Does anyone know how to contact Bernie Cosell?
I don't think that's his real name. There was a famous American sportscaster by
that name.
John Savard
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| Re: Spacewar on the PDP-9 [message #390421 is a reply to message #390419] |
Wed, 15 January 2020 19:51 |
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Originally posted by: J. Clarke
On Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:09:24 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
<jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 12:43:52 AM UTC-7, Lars Brinkhoff wrote:
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>> Does anyone know how to contact Bernie Cosell?
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> I don't think that's his real name. There was a famous American sportscaster by
> that name.
The sportscaster was Howard Cosell.
Your best bet for getting in touch with him is probably
<http://thefantasyfarm.com/thefantasyfarm/fiber.html> which has
several possible paths. The Facebook link shows recent activity
however the location of that Fantasy Farm is in a different state. I
think I would start by asking there.
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