Universal Basic Education Fee
Training And Training Provision
English Language Learner Program
This was due to their work with RAND Corporation, who had bought a PDP-6 to run their JOSS language, which was conceptually similar to BASIC. This led DEC to introduce a smaller, cleaned up version of JOSS known as FOCAL, which they closely promoted in the late Sixties. However, with timesharing systems widely offering BASIC, and all of their competitors within the minicomputer space doing the identical, DEC’s clients had been clamoring for BASIC. After management repeatedly ignored their pleas, David H. Ahl took it upon himself to purchase a BASIC for the PDP-8, which was a serious success in the training market. By the early Seventies, FOCAL and JOSS had been forgotten and BASIC had turn out to be virtually common within the minicomputer market. DEC would go on to introduce their up to date model, BASIC-PLUS, for use on the … Read More
