It was a tough pill for me to swallow to go from 8" floppies on that DEC RSTS-11 in the '70s at Woodberry Forest School into the FORTRAN cards at NCSU in the '80s. Carrying that stack of cards in a backpack was a workout.
Regards, Jim Jim Ray, President Neuse River Networks tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772 http://www.Neuse.Net Connecting You to the World since 1997 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn > Hennessee > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:02 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ > > I came to State in 1972 and the computer was an IBM 360 Model 40. It > resided in the basement of Nelson Hall, where Textiles was in those > days. The card punches, yes card punches, were there too. There were a > few satellite rooms on campus with card readers, key punches and > printers that connected to the mainframe. I spent many a Friday evening > in Nelson -- Friday because most students were not trying to use the > computer and keypunches were easy to get and turnaround was fast. I > think TUCC existed then but was used mostly for faculty research I think. > glenn > > Jim Ray wrote: > > Wow. Turn on the wayback machine. TUCC is what I had to use at NC State > > the year before they got PCs. It was really cool. You wait in line to > > punch the cards, wait in another line to read 'em in, wait in another line > > to see what happened and walk across campus from the basement of Daniels > > Hall to the Hillsborough St. Computer Center to pick up the printout from > > Tony. > > > > It was a major deal getting that DEC Rainbow and Hayes Smartmodem 1200 to > > save a trip to campus. > > > > My, how things have changed. > > > > Regards, > > > > Jim > > > > Jim Ray, President > > Neuse River Networks > > tel: 919-838-1672 cell: 919-606-1772 > > http://www.Neuse.Net > > > > Connecting You to the World since 1997 > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jim > >> Wright > >> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:23 PM > >> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ > >> > >> Greg Brown wrote: > >>> Hum.. both good questions, I'm not exactly sure. The elevator > > certificate > >>> in the same building dates to 1959 if memory isn't failing me. > >>> > >> I believe Ragland was built in '59, but probably wasn't a datacenter > >> until many years later. I believe it still is now, but I also believe > >> it is slated for demolition sometime soon. The oldest buildings that > >> were actually data centers in the olden days probably are something at > >> IBM and the First Flight Center (formerly TUCC). > >> -- > >> TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > >> TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > >> TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > Glenn Hennessee > Department of Chemistry > NC State University > Raleigh, NC 27606 > Voice: (919) 515-2947 FAX: (919) 515-8909 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
