On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 12:46:21 -0700 Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I started with computers in '76 using a TTY keyboard to access gummint > computers. Later, running CPM, I was able to see the evolution using > some of the TTY codes for editing etc. For some reason I was never able > to get interested in the games. I was too hooked on the productivity > aspects of computers. My first use of a computer was in 1967 at Caltech. We used modified IBM Selectric typewriters scattered across campus and connected to the mainframe in the computation building. We programmed in a simple adaptation of Fortran called Citran, which was easy and quick to learn and easy to use (now why can't all computer languages be like that!). The mainframe really drove those typewriters! It was interesting to watch the ball jump all around to do the output typing. Unfortunately, the Selectric's mechanicals were not up to the constant pounding and the uptime was somewhat low. That was followed up in 1968 at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, California, by my use of a teletype connected to a mainframe in downtown Los Angeles to write BASIC programs. (In my student house at Caltech, I used a teletype driven by the contacts of a sensitive relay which was powered by the rectified audio of my shortwave receiver to read the news headlines broadcast around the world). My first owned computer was in about 1993, an IBM 80286 I used to connect from my house to the mainframe in U.T. Austin's Applied Research Laboratory to continue my work from home. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
