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Do you remember if the nickname was "Orange Book" or was it "phone book"? I didn't see the former when searching for more information, but the latter was refere
by jhalstead 6y ago
Do you remember if the nickname was "Orange Book" or was it "phone book"? I didn't see the former when searching for more information, but the latter was referenced here [0].
If it's actually "phone book", then [1] seems promising.
[0] http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/pdp10stuff/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/pdp10stuff/
[1] http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS10/1972_PDP-10_Users_Handbook/ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS10/1972_PDP-10_Us...
- WalterBright 6y agoIt looks like the "Assembly Language Handbook" in the first reference. It was a very thick book, printed on very thin paper like a phone book. I clearly remember it as "Orange Book", after all, it is orange, but that just might have been Caltech vernacular. (Caltech had many local words unheard off campus.) A marvelous find, thanks! I'm glad they haven't all vanished. I'd still like a scan pdf!
- jhalstead 6y agoHmm, you may be in luck. That one looks like it's in the parent directory of the second link: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS10/1973_Assembly_Language_Handbook/ http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp10/TOPS10/1973_Assembly_...
- WalterBright 6y agoSweet! Nice to see that manual again!