Local (NY) PDP guy needed

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Sean Conner wrote:
> It was thus said that the Great Richard A. Cini once stated:
>> All:
>>
>>     I got an unusual phone call this evening from a doctor on Long Island
>> who is doing theoretical biological research that, he hopes, will have a
>> commercial application. Without going into much detail (because it was like
>> drinking from a fire hose and I can't remember it all), basically he is
>> looking to emulate some biological processes in software. He believes that
>> the "instructions" that code for the biological processes are based on 6-bit
>> instructions (or multiples thereof), so he's looking for someone with that
>> kind of architectural background. A PDP-8 has 12-bit instructions and I
>> think the PDP-9 and 15 used 18-bit words. I'm not knowledgeable about any of
>> the other minicomputer architectures to guess word size, but anything that's
>> a low multiple of 6-bits should work for his purposes.
>>
>>     If anyone's willing to have a conversation with this person, please
>> contact me off list and I'll pass on his contact information.
> 
>   What an odd request.  I would think that you could emulate such a device
> on just about any CPU and his best bet would be to find anyone that can code
> assembly (or that can write an emulator for his six-bit CPU).  

Indeed, I'd be willing to write such an emulator.

Peace...  Sridhar