17 Dec
2025
17 Dec
'25
5:19 a.m.
I didn't know the 1130 even had BASIC. PSU had FORTRAN, Ratfor, Cobol,
Algol, asm and APL, I trashed the console printer with the broken APL ball.
IBM guy schooled me, Kindly.. Also totaled the reader/punch with a clowns
staple and a card knife self help attempt. BOFH.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 4:22 AM ben via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On 2025-12-17 1:07 a.m., Christian Corti via cctalk
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Dec 2025, Jim Davis wrote:
Who knows what vintage software can be found on said disks.
A evil one could contain BASIC and a star trek program for the IBM 1130
console. Ben.
Do you need a formatter tool if you want to cross
from IBM to DEC rp03?
The 1130 had one, 5 fixed / 5 removable. Ran hundreds of Fortran and
programming jobs every day.
A 2315 cartridge has only one platter, used in the 2310 disk drive, the
forerunner of many similar drives like the RK05 from DEC.
Christian