On 2016-01-21 15:45, Aron Roberts wrote: > "At the time this Catalog was prepared, the campus computer network > used for instruction and research included a large IBM VM/CMS system,
Don't get me started :-) . From 1980 until 1994 I was a systems programmer in IST (working in Evans Hall) supporting the VM/CMS operating system. (I also was in the MVS systems group during the same period). Much of what we take for granted today, technologically, would have been considered science fiction at that time. I recall, sometime in the late 70s (I was still an applications programmer, also in Evans, pre-IST), seeing articles in the industry press about work being done on so-called "cellular" phones that would actually allow you to move around over long distances while engaged in a phone conversation! (And I remember hoping I would live long enough to have one of those things). Even in the mid 90s, by which time I was in CNS, we were playing around with a wireless connection of our laptops to the campus network. I could actually walk down the hall with my laptop without losing my network connectivity (for a few yards anyway). As I managed to save a good percentage of my email beginning in 1980, I am able to remind myself of this history whenever I'm afflicted with nostalgia. Mike -- Mike Friedman mi...@berkeley.edu http://mikefberkeley.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please visit the Micronet Web site: http://micronet.berkeley.edu Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the micronet-annou...@lists.berkeley.edu list.
