not 30 but 20 years in IT. my first PC was an Atari 800XL, with a word processor, modem, 5 1/4 diskette, and casette. It was great to program with Basic and assembler. I wanted to study Petroleum Engineer, but my brother bought this pc, so i started to study computers.....
El mar, 01-09-2009 a las 12:51 -0400, Doc Farmer escribió: > It was a Sol 20 (with a massive 24K of memory, no monitor, no HD > (just a jack to an audio cassette player)) - I put it together > around 1974/75, if my feeble memory serves... > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Hardee, Charles H > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit > > What number Altair Kit did you get? > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mikhail Ramendik > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit > > 2009/9/1 Doc Farmer <[email protected]> > > > Folks, > > > > Today marks when I started my first job in IT. Well, my first PAYING > > job - I built my first PC for a guy when I was 15, but I'm talking the > > BIG IRON. > > > So you built your first PC even more than 33 years ago, that's earlier > than > 1976? What did you build back then? > > > > > > I started as a keypunch operator on night-shift (while going > > to high school during the day for my senior year), I actually ENJOYED > > reading IBM manuals (still do - doctors have yet to find a cure), > > > As I work as an Information Developer in IBM, I liked this line :) (I'm > only with them for a year. Disclaimer - only speaking for myself, etc). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
