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SuperPET Waterloo 6809 Assembler

physical object
Identifier
2016.6.118
Description
"Commodore Computer", Author: D.D Cowan and M.J. Shaw, Publisher: Howard W. Sams & Co. Year: 1981 The Waterloo Micro Language Was Created to provide a learning environment on small, microprocessor-based computers that were compatible with massive mainframes. Students developed skills on the cheaper, more numerous machines that were then easily transferred to real-world systems they would encounter while on a Co-op term or after graduating. The University of Waterloo pioneered this approach to programming education in the 1960's with WATFOR- a student oriented version of the FORTRAN programming language. WATFOR was highly successful around the world. The Waterloo micro languages were initially created for the MicroWAT and SuperPET. Later, they were adapted for other computers, such as the revolutionary IBM PC, by a spin-off company called WATCOM.
Related people
Erika Szostak (is documentarian of)
Trevor R. Grove (was donor of)