Ah these are great memories.....i started relatively late compared to you guys: IBM PS/1, 2400 baud modem (2400!!!! state of the art baby!). Procomm +.
Hosted a BBS on WWiV software for awhile, until my parents got sick of their phone line being busy constantly... On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:37 AM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > My dad started on an UNIVAC system, programming by moving wires on a > breadboard... > > My first exposure, a Leading Edge Model D 8088.. and the damn thing still > runs. > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:41 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: End of an era? > > > mom is a teacher, we had univ. of maryland access wayyyy back. > like i always say, i started with netscape .99 on a 386. howevr, i really > got my start on a trs80 (i know, youngn) > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Gruss Gott<grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> JJ wrote: > >> > >> I spent my time on punch cards. I will never forget the need for the ; > in > >> the 72nd column of each row. Or the high cost of a typo. Or of dropping > the > >> card stack. > >> > > > > I took a punch card class in college - they wanted us to understand > > the technology so we had to write a program using them. > > > > The prof was this Asian guy with a thick accent and I remember one of > > the students being baffled by the whole concept. He just wasn't > > getting it. He kept asking questions on how it worked. > > > > When the professor explained the importance of keeping the cards in > > order the kid blurted out, "WHAT??? What if I drop the cards???" > > > > In his thick accent the prof said, "wull ... zen yoo ur scrooed." > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299507 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
