On: PDP-11 Booting

[allenrb]

As in, you had a series of sticks, each with one word somehow carved in, and pressed each one against the switches, entered it, and grabbed the next stick? If so, that is amazing.

[jshprentz → allenrb]

Yes, you described it very well. As I recall, at least two words were carved on each stick, maybe four.

[allenrb → jshprentz]

Hah! I’m old enough for 8-bit “home computers” but missed this sort of thing by a few years. That’s lovely to imagine. Thanks for confirming!