Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-26 Thread Mike Schwab
Oak Ridge TN borrowed 15,000 tons (30M pounds) of silver. http://www.atomicheritage.org/location/oak-ridge-tn On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Ed Finnell <000248cce9f3-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor > generators on

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/25/2016 at 02:49 PM, "Nims,Alva John (Al)" wrote: > Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had > brought in a large coil of wire for that one. That might have been a millisecond. Mark Post

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Charles Mills
Lng piece of wire ... Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:27 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper On 2016-01-25

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Tom Marchant
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: >Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had >brought in a large coil of wire for that one. Yep. Very long. 186,000 miles, or about a billion feet. > >-Original Message- >From: IBM Mainframe

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Mullen, Patrick
inch wire would now represent about a light second. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 1:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Mike Schwab
st [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:53 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > >>Yes, if I

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:53 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: >Yes, if I remember correctly (note message abou

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Ed Finnell
Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor generators on loan to the Physics Dept. in WWII. They were long since out of use and stored in the attic. After much work by some hefty guys, they were finally loaded on the Flatbed. The supervisor said on the way out, the

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:25:47 -0500, Ed Finnell wrote: >Oh Ned. The 'Energy Dept' Showed up mid sixties to reclaim some motor >generators on loan to the Physics Dept. in WWII. They were long since out of >use and stored in the attic. After much work by some hefty guys, they were >finally loaded

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
U Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper On 01/24/2016 06:53 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > > Yes - ESPN website - Video is for Women in Computing in 1940's and > specifically the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper. > > http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=1220511

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On 2016-01-25 12:19, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > While I was an undergrad at Western KY University in 1978 or 1979 (my memory > core has worn out!) she came to talk to a group of us computer nerds while > she was still Capt. Grace Hoper. She still had her "Second", "Micro" & > "Nano" second

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 2:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper On 2016-01-25 12:19, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: > While I was an undergrad at Western KY University in 1978 or 1979 (my memory > core has wo

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Charles Mills
] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:49:05 +, Nims,Alva John (Al) wrote: >Yes, if I remember correctly (note message about memory core), but she had >b

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-25 Thread Ed Finnell
I saw the demo at the Pentagon in late 70's. I think it was 11.98 cm wire for nano, coil of wire for micro and a firehose for milli. She had a low opinion of Pentagon intelligence for technology. Saw the bug slide show in '76 at Ft. Ben in Indianapolis. Ted was correct it was a relay.

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 01/24/2016 06:53 PM, Lizette Koehler wrote: > > > Yes – ESPN website – Video is for Women in Computing in 1940’s and > specifically > the Queen of Coding – Adm. Grace Hoper. > > http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 > > > > 16 ½ minutes. Very

the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Lizette Koehler
Yes – ESPN website – Video is for Women in Computing in 1940’s and specifically the Queen of Coding – Adm. Grace Hoper. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 16 ½ minutes. Very interesting history of computers. Lizette Koehler statistics: A precise and logical method for stating

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Charles Mills
Nope. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert A. Rosenberg Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 8:22 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper At 17:53 -0700 on 01/24/2016

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Ed Finnell
Chicken fried moth between the vacuum tubes. In a message dated 1/24/2016 11:43:56 P.M. Central Standard Time, charl...@mcn.org writes: Nope. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
I always thought it was a relay. -teD   Original Message   From: Ed Finnell Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 01:17 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List Subject: Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper Chicken fried moth between the vacuum tubes. In a message

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 21:01 -0600 on 01/24/2016, Joel C. Ewing wrote about Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper: I can't remember the exact way she worded it, but the other memorable bit of wisdom was that she had successfully managed to accomplish so much, despite government and military proclivity

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 17:53 -0700 on 01/24/2016, Lizette Koehler wrote about the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper: Yes ­ ESPN website ­ Video is for Women in Computing in 1940¹s and specifically the Queen of Coding ­ Adm. Grace Hoper. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 16 1Ž2 minutes. Very

Re: the Queen of Coding - Adm. Grace Hoper

2016-01-24 Thread Jack J. Woehr
Lizette Koehler wrote: Yes – ESPN website – Video is for Women in Computing in 1940’s and specifically the Queen of Coding – Adm. Grace Hoper. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12205119 Very sweet albeit distant gaze backwards through the glass darkly. -- Jack J. Woehr # Science