RJT> One of the things I always found interesting about core was
 RJT> that if for some reason you lost power,  and if the
 RJT> particular machine supported it,  you could power back up
 RJT> and pick up exactly where you left off...

More in theory than practice.  1) You had to make sure all there were
never any spikes or surges during the power failure process.  2) What
about the contents of the CPU registers?  You'd need a few milli-
seconds of advance warning before all power is lost so the CPU state
could be saved.

... Real programmers can write FORTRAN in ANY language.
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