Author: Richard Small, Federal Products Corporation, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island

SIXPAC reads, echoes, and packs characters into variable storage with a density of six (6) characters per variable, types them in the form entered, and does not require preassignment of core for character storage. Entering, editing and typing the six character blocks is done during execution of a FOCAL program.

Minimum Hardware: PDP-8/E

Other Programs Needed: FOCAL/F, paper tape version (FOCAL8-227a)

Storage Requirement: 172 octal words (on one page)

Source Language: PAL III

Catalog: December 1974