Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-07 Thread Ken Hohhof
tructions on a mechanical drum computer so they'll never understand the sequencing and timing like we do." -Adam -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 03, 2024 2:56 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instr

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-07 Thread dmmoffett
drum computer so they'll never understand the sequencing and timing like we do." -Adam -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 03, 2024 2:56 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Oh yeah. My fir

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Robert Andrews
: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code I programmed the first computers I worked on in binary. You would fat-finger instructions in through the front console, one bit at a time. bp On 5/3/2024 10:12 AM, Larry Smith via AF wrote: On Fri May 3 2024 11:37, Chuck McCown via AF

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Bill Prince
es. First computer I ever touched and played with was a terminal connected to a mainframe somewhere in a science museum in Oregon. It had a moon lander simulator on it. -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 11:24 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Be

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread David Hannum
3, 2024 11:38 AM > *To:* af@af.afmug.com > *Cc:* ch...@go-mtc.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code > > > > I am older than Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code > > Damn. > > At least I am not older than FORmula TRANslatio

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
- From: Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 11:24 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code I programmed the first computers I worked on in binary. You would fat-finger instructions in through the front console, one bit at a time. bp On 5/3

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Some things we think as "new" aren't so new. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/telemedicine-predicted-in-1925-124140 942/ -Original Message- From: AF On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 12:24 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's A

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Bill Prince
I programmed the first computers I worked on in binary. You would fat-finger instructions in through the front console, one bit at a time. bp On 5/3/2024 10:12 AM, Larry Smith via AF wrote: On Fri May 3 2024 11:37, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: At least I am not older than FORmula TRANslation

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Ken Hohhof
Of Chuck McCown via AF Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 11:38 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Cc: ch...@go-mtc.com Subject: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code I am older than Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Damn. At least I am not older than FORmula TRANslation

Re: [AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Larry Smith via AF
On Fri May 3 2024 11:37, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > At least I am not older than FORmula TRANslation or Common Business > Oriented Language.   Hmmm, I programmed in both -- Larry Smith lesm...@ecsis.net -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

[AFMUG] OT Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

2024-05-03 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
I am older than Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code Damn. At least I am not older than FORmula TRANslation or Common Business Oriented Language. That would make me Really Old... ;-) -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com