On 4/11/2011 5:14 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > English Electric KDF9 with Algol 60 here.... punched tape, then cards came > in!! Assembler based on Octal numbering system. 32K of 48bit storage, > equating to 192Kb for use by ALL the university!!! > > Happy days. > > Dave > Oh, well, when I said S-100 bus in 1980, I was only describing my entry into personal computers.
The real beginning was 1959, on the Q-7 - military version of an IBM 501 used for the SAGE Air Defense system. At that time there were said to be 300 programmers in the US, half of whom were working on SAGE. Everything in assembler, needless to say, and on punched cards. Dan _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4da322a0.7020...@san.rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
