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Re: QUAD Editor
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ED SHARPE <[log in to unmask]>
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ED SHARPE <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:06:46 +0000
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My Favorite editor also! Does the compiled version run on the simulator? Ed#
In a message dated 9/12/2019 10:39:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

I sent two versions (1983, 1988) of the source for QUAD to Robert.

Stan


On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:14 AM Robert W.Mills <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings to all.
>
> Firstly, may I wish everybody a belated Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
>
> During this holiday period I have been playing with J. David Bryan's
> HP3000/Series III simulator which is part of The Computer History
> Simulation Project http://simh.trailing-edge.com.
>
> It runs the MPE V/R version E.01.00 operating system. The languages
> pre-installed are: BASIC (interpreter and compiler) , COBOL 68 , COBOL
> 74/85 , FORTRAN 66 , Pascal , RPG  (including the RISE Editor), and SPL.
>
> The simulator on my main computer (DELL Inspiron 3668 running Linux Mint
> 18.3 with Cinnamon Desktop) has 2 x HP7925 (120Mb) disc drives, 2 x
> HP7970E tape drives, 1024K Words of Memory. The simulator reports that
> it is executing machine instructions approx 95 times faster than a real
> Series III.
>
> With a little bit of work I could increase the number of HP7925's to 8.
> This would give me a system that equaled, except for the processing
> speed, a system I worked on during 1981/83.
>
> The next thing I plan to do is try and install it on my Raspberry PI 2B
> which has a 2Tb Seagate Expansion Drive. If it works I'll have an HP3000
> that I can carry in my pocket.
>
> ** Now for the main reason for this post. **
>
> I am looking for the source code to QUAD in a text file. It was the main
> editor I used when connected via a dumb terminal on the 3000.
>
> Hope somebody here can help or knows somebody else that can.
>
> Best Regards,
> Robert
>
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