[Info-vax] BASIC (and Horizon)

[Michael S]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:21:10 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:

> On 31 Jan 2024 09:54:15 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:
> 
> > We had a machine that ran FORTRAN for the physics department. One
> > guy had a program that crashed the machine. As in, the microcode
> > halted. That was an array bounds error.
> > 
> > Full story:
> > 
> >  http://www.bobeager.uk/anecdotes.html#hwhack  
> 
>     We contacted ICL, but we never seemed to reach anyone who either
>     understood what the problem was, or had the power or inclination
>     to get it fixed ...
> 
> If this was not after the Fujitsu acquisition, I assume it wasn’t
> long before ...

From the article it looks like 1980, probably H1.