Huge fan of the Burroughs Large Systems Stack Machines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Large_Systems
They had an attached scientific processor to do vector and array computations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Large_Systems
They had an attached scientific processor to do vector and array computations.
I knew some of the engineers at Unisys who were still supporting Clearpath and Libra. Even they thought Burroughs was weird...
There was interesting procedure names in the Master Control Program (yes, Tron fans, the real MCP) JEDGARHOOVER was central to system level security. I taught the customer facing MCP class for a few years.
In the early days they gave you the source code and it wasn't uncommon for people to make patches and share them around. Everyone sent patches into the plant and in a release or two you would see them come back as official code.