psmith wrote: > James Kosin wrote: >> Rick Stevens wrote: >> >>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 11:19 -0400, Jim wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jim wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 15:27 +0000, g wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> ttys >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 'b-'. you did not answer which model and usage of paper. :) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> asr33, paper scroll :-) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ASR33s also had the paper tape punch and reader. KSR33s did >>>>>>>> not. I had both hooked up to my Altair 8800 back in '77 via 110 >>>>>>>> baud, >>>>>>>> 20mA current >>>>>>>> loop serial interfaces. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ah, memories! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ASR33 on a Altair, that far back, You must be at least 100, >>>>>>> >>>>>> Smart*ss! Nah, I was in college (sophmore). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I started out on a RCA 1802 8 bit and I still have it. I modified >>>>>>> it to >>>>>>> work on S100 bus so I could get more memory , 64k , man you were >>>>>>> top dog with that kind of memory. >>>>>>> >>>>>> Only had 56K (seven 8KB RAM cards) and a nice 8K EPROM board (had >>>>>> 1702A >>>>>> PROMS on it) holding a monitor program. >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer >>>>>> ricks@xxxxxxxx - >>>>>> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: >>>>>> origrps2 - >>>>>> - >>>>>> - >>>>>> - "I understand Windows 2000 has a Y2K >>>>>> problem." - >>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I don't think anything has had a fast pace change like the Computer. >>>>> Then you had to really get into the nuts and bolts of a computer to >>>>> get one working. >>>>> I also still have a dual 8" floppy drive that was big back then. >>>>> I can remember when the 3 1/2, 1.4mb floppy first came boy did that >>>>> make a big difference. >>>>> >>>> Dear me, all you youngsters prattling on about these new-fangled >>>> "microprocessors". The first system I managed was a PDP-11/45. >>>> >>> Got ya beat. First managed a Univac (can't recall the model), moved to >>> an S/360, Burroughs Medium System 12, Xerox Sigma 7, DG Nova 2/10, DEC >>> PDP-8, PDP-11/45 and VAX 11/785, THEN got the Altairs and IMSAIs (and >>> Amigas and clones and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!). >>> >>> And now, back to the real topic. (What was it again? I forget...) >>> -- Rick >>> >>> >> I'm enjoying all this reminiscing about old times. >> When I was younger (a teen ager), my father bought our first computer. >> A "Tandy Radio Shack Model I" computer. It came with 8k of memory and a >> tape device to save and load programs. When available my father bought >> the upgrades to expand to 64k of memory and several floppy drives. >> >> I learned how to program and write in BASIC and Assembly language for >> the 8080... >> >> James >> >> > my first computer was a spektrum 48k, it used a casette tape for storage > and had great games like jet set willy and saboteur, we also used one at > primary school where i started to learn to program spektrum basic, the > first ever program being > > 10 print "phil is cool" > 20 goto 10 > run > > lol, and we also learned logo with the edinburgh turtle that used was to > plot drawings on the floor that you had programmed in. so obviously i'm > not as old as some of you but i' ve still been around a bit lol :D > > phil > I still remember the turtle programming language. It was cool. James
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