Timothy Murphy wrote at about 21:36:19 +0000 on Friday, March 18, 2011: > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > > Timothy Murphy wrote at about 17:57:18 +0000 on Friday, March 18, 2011: > > > In my (very long, I started with a paper-tape machine) experience > > > one almost always gets better advice on Windows problems > > > from Unix/Linux gurus. > > > > Wow! I know that Windows was originally distributed on 3.5" disks and > > perhaps even on the larger 5 1/4 size. But I had know idea that Bill > > ever distributed Windows on paper tape -- given how bloatware Windows > > is, that must have killed a lot of trees. Were the MS forums also > > archived on tape too? :P > > The era I was referring to was long before Windows or even Unix. > The first computer I used was in the Mathematical Laboratory > at Cambridge, I guess in the mid-1950s. > I don't think there really was an OS in the modern sense. > There was a version of Fortran though, also on paper tape. > The main thing was that the Lab remained warm even when there were > several feet of snow in the Fens. > The remarkable thing is how much serious work was done on that machine, > eg the work by Swinnerton-Dyer (and Birch) on elliptic curves.
I was joking! ... but interesting nonetheless... my first computer experience was on a timeshare punch cards machine learning Fortran back in junior high in the mid-70s... then on to an acoustical coupler line printer in high school... then a hobbyist semi-homebrew bare board 6502 microprocessor computer... etc... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
