I was in 1967 - wired a few boards, but... we had sequential disk. In 57 I
was more concerned about my turtle... Jim
on 6/18/07 10:29 PM, Phil Davis wrote:
> Hats off to you, Cal. I didn't enter the world of D.P. until 1978. You were a
> seasoned veteran by then.
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
> Cal Hor
Gosh, I don't stand a chance: born in 1962, sent off
Hollerith cards to Imperial College in 1974, worked
with a Research Machine 1976.
Graham Samual wrote:
"The sheer intellectual drive and sense of fun"
and it seems to have gone; to be replaced by people
who are deadly earnest and wouldn't know
Congratulations Cal!
I'm maybe closer than the average member of this list, but not too
close: I think I saw a digital computer in late 57 as an
undergraduate in Manchester, UK. It would have been something to do
with Professor Tom Kilburn in the Electrical Engineering department.
As a me
On Jun 18, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Cal Horner wrote:
A Challenge to the list members.
On June 14, 1957 I entered into my life long love affair with the
computer.
Back then it wasn't called IT. It was simply DP. COBOL and Basic
didn't
exist. Fortran was only a baby.
My first computer was peg bo
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Well, you beat me by 20 years! I started in 1973, working on Key-to-
Disk system to replace paper tape and punched cards!
Out of interest:
What is the thing that most impresses you about "modern" computer
technology?
What
Hats off to you, Cal. I didn't enter the world of D.P. until 1978. You were a
seasoned veteran by then.
Phil Davis
Cal Horner wrote:
A Challenge to the list members.
On June 14, 1957 I entered into my life long love affair with the computer.
Back then it wasn't called IT. It was simply DP. C
From: "Cal Horner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Is there anyone on the list with more time in the profession than me. Or
am I the "Last Man Standing"?
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Nope. Not me. But my mother (who is still alive) used punch card machines
in the late 50's & early 60
Happy Aniversary Carl! I once knew a band called "aline and the
punchcards"... :-)
I entered the university in 1998 and they had a tons of punchcards that were
being used for cup holders, draft paper and playing battleship games.
On 6/18/07, Cal Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A Challe
computer was peg boards, sorting machines and card readers, and
chain printers.
If you calculate the years and days properly you will see it comes to fifty
years.
My challenge is a simple one.
Is there anyone on the list with more time in the profession than me. Or am I the
"Last Man Standing&q
A Challenge to the list members.
On June 14, 1957 I entered into my life long love affair with the computer.
Back then it wasn't called IT. It was simply DP. COBOL and Basic didn't
exist. Fortran was only a baby.
My first computer was peg boards, sorting machines and card readers, and
chain prin
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