I also heard a story about a Burroughs that
was not only warm but had enough space in
it for a couple to lie down in..which they did
Probably the only case of Computorphilia I've ever heard of
Neven MacEwan (B.E. E&E)
Ph. 09 621 0001 Mob. 0274 749062
Wilkin, Kurt wrote:
Had a lecturer at varsity once reminisce about how when it
was a cold night they used to go sit in the computer which
was nice and warm.
Don't know what the hardware was,
but I'm Pretty Sure he said they were down south, and it must've
been one of the first in the country...
(Note to northerners: this *was* earlier than last year:)
Cheers, Kurt.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 2:43 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List
Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Intel Evolution
Well...
it was programmed in a Fortran-like version of Basic
it could do matix inversion at a single command
and could read and write (sequential) data files to tape.
Apart from not having any disk storage it was MUCH superior
to the TRS80
machines that post-dated it by 3-4 years.
Go easy (I lost my virginity to it!)
Mark
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:34:24 +1200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ahem. A PDP-8 is a *mini*-computer. And what you've described is
neither a PC, nor its more authentic predecessor, a microcomputer,
but simply a glorified calculator... <G>
Huh! Old mainframe farts!
I definitely come from the PC era......
an HP9830 - 16k RAM and a 32 x 1 character LED screen!
Mark
cheers,
peter
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