From sentto-2719433-8-980519667-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Fri Jan 26 08:01:35 2001 Received: from hn.egroups.com (hn.egroups.com [208.50.99.199]) by admin.vt.com (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA09490 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:01:32 -0600 (CST) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-2719433-8-980519667-gtoal=vt.com@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by hn.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Jan 2001 14:34:32 -0000 X-Sender: gordon@dcs.ed.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_2_1); 26 Jan 2001 14:34:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 76474 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2001 14:34:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 26 Jan 2001 14:34:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO muck.dcs.ed.ac.uk) (129.215.216.15) by mta1 with SMTP; 26 Jan 2001 14:34:01 -0000 Received: from tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk (root@tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk [129.215.58.36]) by muck.dcs.ed.ac.uk with ESMTP id OAA21340 for ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:33:55 GMT Received: (from gordon@localhost) by tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA24028; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:33:54 GMT Message-ID: <14961.35538.334758.506945@tuckernuck.dcs.ed.ac.uk> To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid From: Gordon Brebner MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com; contact edinburgh-computer-history-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:33:54 +0000 (GMT) Reply-To: edinburgh-computer-history@yahoogroups.com Subject: [ed-comp-hist] Other Compilers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Status: RO > One of the first compilers written in Buccleuch Place was a music compiler for the new PDP8 by David Rees. If I remember correctly, this compiled up to four voices into an intermediate code, which was then interpreted and played by pulsing the loudspeaker of the PDP8. I think I wrote the interpreter/player. I've just mentioned this to David - he says that he's still got it! Gordon. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: edinburgh-computer-history-unsubscribe@egroups.com