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    Astra-generated boot disc reportedly ran on a 1977 Terak 8510 on the first try

    A user says he wrote Astra’s IMD file to an eight-inch floppy using a Greaseweazle and drives from his IMSAI.

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    A user says Astra generated a boot disc image with a custom PDP-11 graphics demo for a 1977 Terak 8510. He wrote the IMD file to an eight-inch floppy using a Greaseweazle and drives from his IMSAI. He says the disc booted and ran on the first try, with an executable binary and boot loader.

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    @davepl1968Last week, I had Astra produce a boot disc image featuring a custom graphics demo app for the PDP-11 running on the 1977 Terak 8510 computer. Astra thought hard and produced an IMD file, which I wrote to an 8" floppy using a Greaseweazle and the drives out of my IMSAI. It booted and ran the first try. So it went one better than just producing assembly language! It produced an executable binary AND a boot loader. For a computer that is NOT especially well documented, either. Each week I feel like AI is as smart as its ever going to be, then six months later, I can't believe how stupid it used to be!
    @stevesiRT @davepl1968: Last week, I had Astra produce a boot disc image featuring a custom graphics demo app for the PDP-11 running on the 1977 Te…

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    @davepl1968Last week, I had Astra produce a boot disc image featuring a custom graphics demo app for the PDP-11 running on the 1977 Terak 8510 computer. Astra thought hard and produced an IMD file, which I wrote to an 8" floppy using a Greaseweazle and the drives out of my IMSAI. It booted and ran the first try. So it went one better than just producing assembly language! It produced an executable binary AND a boot loader. For a computer that is NOT especially well documented, either. Each week I feel like AI is as smart as its ever going to be, then six months later, I can't believe how stupid it used to be!
    @stevesiRT @davepl1968: Last week, I had Astra produce a boot disc image featuring a custom graphics demo app for the PDP-11 running on the 1977 Te…