On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:53:28 -0700 Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote:
> > I don't know about anyone else here, but I bristled at the concept of > > taking typing class as junior in high school in 1968. > > Ten years later my Mom slapped me upside the head and > told me to drop my one filler HS class and replace it with > typing. "You're going into computers, you're going to > want to know how to type." Duh! Good for her! > People always thought they were computerized somehow. They > were barely even electric. You could hook a treadle to one > and type, in a post-apocalyptic world! Nothing but a motor > and a switch, the rest purely mechanical. Steam-powered, > that would be fun! When I was a freshman at Caltech (1967) we had remote mechanical terminals connected to a central computer in the computer center. Instead of ASR-33 teletypes, they had changed to electrified Selectrics. They couldn't hold up to the beating of a myriad of freshmen printing out their programs constantly. It was fun, however, watching that ball bounce around at high speed. > I feel an idea coming on... :-) GO FOR IT!!! :-) :-) Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
