Do you guys have an infinite storage space? Never move yourself? Last time I moved, every piece of computer equipment not tied into my current system hit the dumpster. OK so I kept the carry case fo
I'm not sure about the Chicago museum (but I'll do some research for you, Randall), but one of my more memorable visits in the last year was to Bletchley Park, in England, the former site of the Gove
Only to use as the subject of a funeral pyre !! One of my first jobs as a professional programmer was to try to create listings on an HP minicomputer that had only a KSR38 as input, output and mass
My first exposure to assembly was at a company that just upgraded from such a system. It used the new 3 1/2 inch floppies and did an assembly in a few minutes. But they still operated with the old 18
since the No, I am. Beth's contemporaries are apparently as ignorant of the history of this phrase as I. Interestingly, her older sister was also promoting this concept, although it was never claime
And how much older than dirt ARE you, Phil ? BTDTGTTS has been around since the dark days before the Internet, when a 1200 baud modem was fast ... And Yes, I've probably still got a 300 baud laying
Author: John & Patricia Donnelly <pdonnel1@san.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 21:26:38 -0700
Naw, got you beat. I still have my VIC20 in the garage with the high density storage system (a cassette deck). Better still, I think I still have the punch cards for the IBM360 in college. I'm not su
Mark (complete with Hayes-comp Dacom 300 baud still in basement) And how much older than dirt ARE you, Phil ? BTDTGTTS has been around since the dark days before the Internet, when a 1200 baud modem
well if you guys thing esoteric car stuff is strange wait till you go to the Computer History Museum in Moutain View ( San Jose) Calif. These guys are true geeks of minutae. Ask them anything about t
Thanks, Mike, I'll definitely add it to my list of destinations. Isn't there a museum near Chicago that has a portion of ENIAC still operating ? Might make a good side trip from Rockford this year .
I can never keep track of all the acronyms. But I agree with Randall, "and I got the t-ee shirt" was a marketing phrase used several decades ago that got applied to just about everything for a while