Any chance you're related to another famous Mel: http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?The+story+of+Mel,+a+Real+Programmer
;-) Byron. On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 12:16:20PM -0700, Mel wrote: > I am a retired main frame Systems Analyst/Programmer > who started programming in 1958 at the bit (not byte) > level on a 650-RAMAC which was an ancient IBM > monsterously slow as molasses tube machine. Thence I > gravitated to 1410 assembler, 360 assembler, 1401 > asembler, 7080 assembler and finally COBOL. This > hositroy consists of about 30% of the languanges in > which I programmed -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:" Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com