ZX81 with the ram pack wobble and then the C64. Now those were the days.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Covill Sent: 11 April 2011 17:00 To: GrahamB Subject: Re: [NF] Anyone See This? On 4/11/2011 5:14 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > English Electric KDF9 with Algol 60 here.... punched tape, then cards came in!! Assembler based on Octal numbering system. 32K of 48bit storage, equating to 192Kb for use by ALL the university!!! > > Happy days. > > Dave > Oh, well, when I said S-100 bus in 1980, I was only describing my entry into personal computers. The real beginning was 1959, on the Q-7 - military version of an IBM 501 used for the SAGE Air Defense system. At that time there were said to be 300 programmers in the US, half of whom were working on SAGE. Everything in assembler, needless to say, and on punched cards. Dan [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
