Geek :) > My first tech device was a Sharp programmable scientific calculator, > EL5101 > it had 48 yes 48 steps of program storage, and 5 memories. It also had a > wonderful LCD display and algebraic logic, eg you could enter expressions > like > > (1+2)* sin 45 > > in that order, no more RPN, and that's how it displayed on the screen, and > you could recall and edit the command line. It was such a good one that > they still make a similar model today, now with more than 1k of memory and > just a bit faster. This was before the ZX81 and TRS80's. > I used it to program a 2D moon landing game with the real orbital speeds > and > burn figures, all within 48 steps, calculating horizontal and vertical > speeds.... > > And PDP-11's and VMS, fond memories. Guess where the DIR command came > from? > My favourite memory is of a PDP-11 that crashed running RT11 which was > real > fast....the console was on a separate power supply and it had this message > on it: > > ?MON-F-Trap to 4: Power Failure > > When one of the office fuses blew. How many modern operating systems can > diagnose a sudden power cut as they crash? > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Laurence Bevan > Sent: Thursday, 23 March 2006 1:27 p.m. > To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' > Subject: RE: [DUG] You say potatoe I say.... > > > Seeing we're all reminescing... > > My introduction was on NCR 499's in 1981, 4 cassette drives and a mag card > reader. Wrote the Council's first word processor on a machine without a > screen, even did mail merge! The highlight was when they upgraded the > memory > to a whopping 32Kb of RAM. You had to write some pretty efficient code to > fit in that. > > Later, in 1985, we upgraded to a NCR 9300 with screens and 10Mb hard > drive. > In 1988 they added 4 x 20Mb (NOT Gb) removeable hard drives at a cost of > $80,000. I had one of the first PC's with dual 8 inch floppies. Remember > trying out Windows version 1 from a floppy, took about 3 minutes to load > up > calculator. > > My first home computer was a Commodore VIC 20, 3K of RAM and a cassette > drive. I won a Commodore software competition by writing a game in > assembler > (never want to do that again!) and bought my first 5.25" floppy drive for > $1000. > > And you try telling the young people of today that ... and they won't > believe you!! > > > Cheers, > Laurence Bevan > Master Business Systems Ltd > P O Box 467 > Feilding > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > > __________ NOD32 1.1454 (20060321) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >
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