retrocomputing
/
ret '-
roh -
k *
m -
pyoo '
ting /
Refers to emulations of
way -
behind -
the -
state -
of -
the -
art hardware or software ,
or
implementations of never -
was -
state -
of -
the -
art ;
especially if
such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and /
or
parodies ,
written mostly for {
hack value },
of more "
serious "
designs .
Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing
utility was the "
pnch (
6 )"
or "
bcd (
6 )"
program on V7 and other
early Unix versions ,
which would accept up to 80 characters of
text argument and display the corresponding pattern in
{
punched card }
code .
Other well -
known retrocomputing hacks
have included the programming language {
INTERCAL },
a
{
JCL }-
emulating shell for Unix ,
the card -
punch -
emulating
editor named 029 ,
and various elaborate {
PDP -
11 }
hardware
emulators and RT -
11 OS emulators written just to keep an old ,
sourceless {
Zork }
binary running .
[{
Jargon File }]
retrocomputing : /
ret '·
roh ·
k @
m ·
pyoo ´
ting /,
n .
Refers to emulations of way -
behind -
the -
state -
of -
the -
art hardware or software ,
or implementations of never -
was -
state -
of -
the -
art ;
esp .
if such implementations are elaborate practical jokes and /
or parodies ,
written mostly for hack value ,
of more ‘
serious ’
designs .
Perhaps the most widely distributed retrocomputing utility was the pnch (
6 )
or bcd (
6 )
program on V7 and other early Unix versions ,
which would accept up to 80 characters of text argument and display the corresponding pattern in punched card code .
Other well -
known retrocomputing hacks have included the programming language INTERCAL ,
a JCL -
emulating shell for Unix ,
the card -
punch -
emulating editor named 029 ,
and various elaborate PDP -
11 hardware emulators and RT -
11 OS emulators written just to keep an old ,
sourceless Zork binary running .
A tasty selection of retrocomputing programs are made available at the Retrocomputing Museum ,
http ://
www .
catb .
org /
retro /.
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