I declare Craig the winner. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 3:16 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________ 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
