I am glad I am not the oldest one in this forum. I read that paper-punch story in book but I did use PDP-11. And I guess they still in service somewhere in the world. Nothing changed fundamentally except improved productivity through Internet and Phone.
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 2:16 AM, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm like you guys. I enjoy playing with gadgets a lot. As I was > growing up this is all I did, take things apart, see how they work and > then tried to put them together again. The putting together thing > never worked, I always broke whatever I took apart. > > On May 6, 12:42 pm, "Andre.Legendre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good old time good new times > > For my concern I start by drawing my own board based on a 6800 chip. > > From Motorola specs nothing else... > > We had to load our Operating System and to code using assembly > > language. > > First program was a Go Game.It start then to have some specialized > > newspapers where we found some good information. > > Then we was able to use some Os names Flex and we got basic...and C > > language later. > > > > No hard disk, no floppy disk : music tape with some modem like system > > to record and to read.... > > > > At that time professional side was PDP11 at Digital and some other IBM > > staff with Huge 5Mo (Yes Mega Bytes) hard disks... > > > > Then IBM PC arrived with DOS and then I succed to get Unix on PC (with > > 64 Ko Memory and floppy disk. > > > > etc.... > > > > And now we work on Android and would like to get somebody to look > > after or work.... > > > > But any way we enjoy a lot and we will for a while. > > > > Andre > > > > On May 6, 7:17 pm, baldmountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Nah, probably about the same age. The TRS80 was my dad's. (He liked > > > gadgets. :) ) I didn't see anything like a PDP-11 until I was a > > > teaching assistant in grad school for a machine architecture course. > > > (I learned PDP-11 assembly language in about 3 days so I could start > > > correcting homework and work in the lab.) I did my thesis project, (a > > > Fortran simulation of a fast Raleigh fading communications channel) > > > using a Commodore 64 connected through a 300 baud modem to a CDC Cyber > > > mainframe at the University. I was a EE major and didn't really start > > > programming until I was out of school for a few years. I wanted to be > > > a Radar engineer but that didn't work out. > > > > > And nah, I'm sure I'm not the oldest. Just reminiscing a bit about the > > > old days. The only thing I feel like I missed out on was not getting > > > the chance to work on a Lisp Machine... > > > > > On May 6, 11:29 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Baldmountain, > > > > I don't know if you are older from a more affluent background, or > > > > actually younger. All through undergrad we used punch cards submitted > > > > to the data center wrapped in rubber bands. The punch card machines > > > > were hidden in stairwells around campus. Terminal time was too > > > > expensive for our department... The National Labs were more > > > > sophisticated – batch processing through modeling programs... but > > > > surprisingly a summer job at a start up was even better. We were > doing > > > > a networked instrumentation system for nuclear power plants: > > > > Instrumentation carts polled by PDP-11s reporting to redundant VAX > > > > 11780s driving graphical displays that communicated state information > > > > to the control room... I think about the same time an economics > > > > teacher from high school was using a Tandy or TRS 80 to predict > > > > football opponents' play calling tendencies based on game context: > > > > down, distance, clock,... Anyway, I don't think you are the oldest. > > > > > > Ed > > > > > > On May 6, 9:12 am, baldmountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > The prizes are nice, but that is not what it's about. It's a new > > > > > platform to explore that is not Windows. With the BeOS it was about > a > > > > > new OS designed using the latest software engineering techniques > > > > > rather than as a mutation of an OS designed in the 70s for a 8 bit > > > > > microprocessor. I love platforms. I love to learn about them and > take > > > > > them apart to figure out how all the pieces fit together. The best > way > > > > > to do this is to build something using the platform. I wasn't > planning > > > > > on submitting anything to the ADC but one thing lead to another and > > > > > the app I started to explore Android turned into something usable > so I > > > > > submitted it. The same thing happened with the BeOS. > > > > > > > On May 6, 9:34 am, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Why don't you go mainstream rather then with an unknown operating > > > > > > system? Only reason I'm with this new operating system is because > of > > > > > > the cash prices. Although, now that I look at it my chances are > quite > > > > > > slim if not nil.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- BQ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. 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