Re: [GTALUG] old computer / new computer

2021-09-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 12:04:51PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > When I started playing with computers (1967) mainframes were the thing (we > called them computers). > > The University of Waterloo got an IBM SYSTEM/360-75, the biggest computer > in Canada, in 1967 or 1968. It

[GTALUG] old computer / new computer

2021-09-02 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
When I started playing with computers (1967) mainframes were the thing (we called them computers). The University of Waterloo got an IBM SYSTEM/360-75, the biggest computer in Canada, in 1967 or 1968. It filled a lot of the "Big Red Room", a jewel case the size of gymnasium. Eventually, it