[Info-vax] OS Ancestr

[Dave Froble]

On 5/13/2021 7:42 PM, Jonathan wrote:
> On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:23:17 AM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote:
>>
>> Back in 1974 I was introduced to a PDP11/40 running RSTS V04b. At the
>> time, the only supported language was Basic+, an interpreter.
>>
>> Where RSTS came from, I don't know, but what I was told was that David
>> Hart of Evens, Griffith, and Hart wrote the original Basic+. David is
>> no longer with us, but, perhaps John Santos might have some information
>> of the earlier days.
>
> Tim Hart, not David. Tim also wrote the first LISP compiler. He hired me out of college in 1978 and I’m still at EGH.
> A great friend, mentor and boss.

Sorry about the name.  It's been many years.  I met Tim once when I was 
at your offices, getting some lessons from John.  Hope things are going 
well for you guys.


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