William Robb mused: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Francis" > Subject: Re: Home Computer Prediction From 1954 > > > > > > > Beat you by around five years; I got to use a Stantec Zebra on a > > summer "Numerical Methods, Statistics & Computing" course. > > > > We didn't use no wimpy high-level languages - programming was in > > autocode. It's amazing what you can do if nobody tells you that > > it's supposed to be difficult :-) > > I never did see "THE COMPUTER". I honestly didn't make it past basic. > Computers had to compete with girls and photography. > Computers lost.
I wish. One of the problems of growing up in a small village is that your chances for relationships are somewhat limited to start with. And it certainly doesn't help matters if your mother teaches at the local girl's school - that eliminates about 80% of the candidates.
