evelynefoerster, to history
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#knowledge #wissen #history #Geschichte #wissenschaft #science

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Purple bacteria can survive and thrive under such a variety of conditions that it is easy to imagine that on many different worlds, purple may just be the new green.” 🤓
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sorry-little-green-men-alien-life-might-actually-be-purple/

paulfoerster,
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@evelynefoerster Purple… 🤣

Reminds me of “The Flying Sorcerers” by David Gerrold and Larry Niven.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Sorcerers

peter, to retrocomputing
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As my machine didn't come with a manual I ordered a reprint & it has arrived.

Jupiter Ace Forth Programming, 40th Anniversary Edition

#retroComputing #retroBooks

peter, to retrocomputing
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Another assembly book to add to the collection.

This one is for the 8085 microprocessor from 1978

#assemblyLanguage #retroComputing #retroBooks

peter, to retrocomputing
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One of the books I ordered from Oxfam last week just arrived.

Machine and Assembly language programming of the PDP-11 by Arthur Gill, from 1978.

#retroComputing #retroBooks #pdp11

Example of page inside book
Table showing opcodes for the PDP-11

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