On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:03:23 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I declare Craig the winner. Winner? Craig > 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
