A lot of years of programming in this room. I'm a baby as I've only been doing 
it since 2001:). I am a iOS developer but have been steadily curious about OSX 
development. 

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> On Sep 14, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Tedd Sperling <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Tony:
> 
> Off list.
> 
> 1969, (with help from friends) I built my first computer using dual logic 
> analyzers. Programmed in binary and saved programs to paper tape. In 1971, 
> (with help from friends) I wrote “Ginp Gnop" (ping pong spelled backward) 
> using a black/white TV with a couple pots. Hard-wired my first assembly 
> language.
> 
> In 1965, wrote my first Fortran program at Los Angeles Valley college in a 
> class called “Introduction to Engineering” in the “ Engineering department” — 
> long before colleges had a "Computer Science” department.
> 
> Before that, I was wondering what the opening in my underwear was for.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> tedd
> 
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>> On Sep 13, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Tony Scaminaci <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I can one-up you Ted. I still have a Heathkit 8080 with a whopping 16 MB of 
>> ram that loaded from either a front-panel octal keypad or a cassette drive. 
>> Lol, that's how I learned assembler. As for the old Mac 128K, I upgraded it 
>> to 512K (Mac Plus) and overlaid a 16MHz 68000 to disable the existing 8 MHz 
>> CPU. That sucker boots MacOS 7.5 from floppy faster than any current Mac I 
>> have. I'm keeping that 512K forever and may take it to the grave Lol.
>> 
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>>> On Sep 13, 2015, 8:41:39 AM, Tedd Sperling wrote:
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Tony Scaminaci <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm laughing at these old days comments. I started with a 128K Mac in 85, 
>>> moved to the Quadra 950, a bunch of hacked StarMac clones, then a PowerMac 
>>> G4 (1999), and finally on to a variety of mini macs and laptops….
>> 
>> Old days? How about 1977 Apple II with 12k Integer Basic on the motherboard 
>> and a GE tape drive? I wish I still had it. But I still have my 1984 Toaster 
>> Mac with 128k — immediate boot — where have we gone wrong?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> tedd
>> 
>> 
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> __Tony:
> 
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> 1969, (with help from friends) I built my first computer using dual logic 
> analyzers. Programmed in binary and saved programs to paper tape. In 1971, 
> (with help from friends) I wrote “Ginp Gnop" (ping pong spelled backward) 
> using a black/white TV with a couple pots. Hard-wired my first assembly 
> language.
> 
> In 1965, wrote my first Fortran program at Los Angeles Valley college in a 
> class called “Introduction to Engineering” in the “ Engineering department” — 
> long before colleges had a "Computer Science” department.
> 
> Before that, I was wondering what the opening in my underwear was for.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> tedd
> 
> _______________
> tedd sperling
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 13, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Tony Scaminaci <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I can one-up you Ted. I still have a Heathkit 8080 with a whopping 16 MB of 
>> ram that loaded from either a front-panel octal keypad or a cassette drive. 
>> Lol, that's how I learned assembler. As for the old Mac 128K, I upgraded it 
>> to 512K (Mac Plus) and overlaid a 16MHz 68000 to disable the existing 8 MHz 
>> CPU. That sucker boots MacOS 7.5 from floppy faster than any current Mac I 
>> have. I'm keeping that 512K forever and may take it to the grave Lol.
>> 
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 13, 2015, 8:41:39 AM, Tedd Sperling wrote:
>>> On Sep 12, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Tony Scaminaci <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm laughing at these old days comments. I started with a 128K Mac in 85, 
>>> moved to the Quadra 950, a bunch of hacked StarMac clones, then a PowerMac 
>>> G4 (1999), and finally on to a variety of mini macs and laptops….
>> 
>> Old days? How about 1977 Apple II with 12k Integer Basic on the motherboard 
>> and a GE tape drive? I wish I still had it. But I still have my 1984 Toaster 
>> Mac with 128k — immediate boot — where have we gone wrong?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> 
>> tedd
>> 
>> 
>> _______________
>> tedd sperling
>> [email protected]
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