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High School ('70), I took a computer class -- we used a Hewlett Packard 9100B -- it was the size of a typewriter, had a memory that could hold 14x14 instructions. Just enough space to write a tic-tac-toe program. The smallest HP calculator today has infinitely more power that than thing did.
But it interested me enough to go into college looking for a degree in Comp Sci. I was in the second class to graduate from City University of NY (Queens College) with a real degree in computer science, class of '75
>From: Scott Shafer <sknd100_at_yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: OT -- suggestions to ensure nerdiness in potential IT staff
>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 10:39:09 -0800
>
>Mid 70's? I never used a computer before 1990. I went from zero
>experience to real-time, hybrid unix on a mainframe doing maintenance
>programming for an Air Traffic Control system. Prior to that, I worked
>blue-collar (come from a long line of ironworkers) until I joined the
>USAF and they told me I was a computer programmer...
>
>Scott Shafer
>San Antonio, TX
>
>
>"Page, Bruce" wrote:
> >
> > And just think about the PC being an advanced system for some of us.
> >
> > Wait until we again start talking about using paper tapes and having to
>use scotch tape to put them back together to run them through. Or even the
>older guys that talk about switch boards. I am not as old as them. My
>computer days just go back to the mid 70's.
> >
> > > I love this stuff(being a nerd wannabe), but I don't have a
> > > frickin clue
> > > what any of you are talking about:)
>
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