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I programmed one of those in Wirth Pascal, as a freshman at Oregon State University in 1979. Then they retired it, installing a Honeywell running Multics. Then, they replaced that with a Vax 750. It was a step down in awesomeness each time.

The most popular parts of the 6600, as souvenirs, were the smoked-glass cabinet doors.



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