Hello MAU, On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:02:22 +0100 GMT (14/02/2008, 16:02 +0700 GMT), MAU wrote:
M>>> I know what you mean, I started working with computers in 1968. >> >> Gottcha..I started in 1974 on a Sigma 9 by xerox. M> My first 'baby' was an SDS 920 with 16 K words (24 bit words) memory: You don't state a year. ;-) The first computer I programmed on was a Norsk Data mainframe in 1978. We even manipulated the punching cards by hand to correct typing mistakes (they didn't have holes but blacked-out fields). Problem was, they weren't numbered, so you had to be really careful to not take them out of order. Friends of mine had Commodore's at home. When Microsoft came up with their Vision "a computer in every home", I laughed: I was used to much more computing power than those "home computers", or "personal computers" (a new word at the time) could provide. Besides, why would I want to have a computer at home? I don't play computer games. -- Cheers, Thomas. No electrons were harmed in the creation, transmission or reading of this email. However, many were excited and some may well have enjoyed the experience. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.14 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 4.0.14.0 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
