and we had to walk to work in bare feet uphill both ways!

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> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-
> boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of charles_shaf...@ntn-bower.com
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 11:52 AM
> To: U2 Users List
> Subject: Re: [U2] Pick Dinosaurs
> 
> >>I started on Microdata systems back in 1982.  Same big 'ol "washtub"
> drives,
> >>1/2" reel tapes and Interrupt-Reset-Interrupt or
> >>Interrupt-Reset-Clock-Interrupt paddle-switch sequences.
> 
> >>The first machine I worked on was a Microdata 1600 with 4 50 MB
> Winchester
> >>"washtub" drives.  It ran 16 users on 64K of core memory.  That was
> back
> in
> >>1981.
> 
> Wow.  You guys are really old.
> 
> Charles Shaffer
> Senior Analyst
> NTN-Bower Corporation
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