On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 11:43:55PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > > my first programming was on a calculator with 100 steps and a 10-digit > numeric display, but then i was fortunate to have fairly advanced > equipment when i got to college (dozens of VT-100 terminals on a DEC-20 > and a PDP-11/45) . . .
Hmm. My first programming was on a Stantec Zebra (2K words of drum memory). At college I had access to an extremely advanced computer - an Atlas - and a PDP-7 (and, in assorted other departments, a PDP-8 and IBM 1130) (And, a bit later on, I got hands-on access to play with an IBM 360/45). My first programming for pay was on a DECSystem-10 at UMIST, with Adage ARDS-1 storage tube displays (later joined by Tektronix 4010s). By the time the DECSystem-20 (and, for that matter, the VT-100) came along I was working for DEC. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
