Yes, I also worked with computers that had punch cards in the 1960s. Dull Boring work.
As I result, I lost my chance to get in on the ground floor. My four math courses in college were with John Kemeny, then head of the Math Department, and later President, of Dartmouth College. He told us he was working on a computer programing language, and was seeking student volunteers. Our response was that we didn't want to get involved with computers that gave you paper cuts, and anyway, we had our slide rules; who needed computers? Kemeny went on to develop BASIC, which was (and perhaps still is) patented by the college. It took 20 years before I finally became involved with computers; by that time, BASIC had gone through numerous iterations and improvements. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > On Aug 25, 2012, at 20:10 , John Sessoms wrote: > >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> >>> My first computer was an Apple ][. Great computer. I loved it. I >>> learned Basic, Pascal, Assembler and even a bit of machine language >>> programing on it. It certainly wasn't "plug -and-play," but it was >>> designed for computer hobbyists, and most of them loved it. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >> >> My "first" computer was an IBM System 360. I learned to place the cards in >> the card reader "Face down & nine edge first, AND DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE >> KID!" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
