Old computers
Jul 7, 2013 19:11:34 #
Jul 7, 2013 19:13:38 #
Yup, did Fortran and Cobol in those days. Fortran (Formula Translation) for engineering programming and Cobol (Common Business Language) for business programming. The one good thing that I remember is that the standards organization took longer to revise their for new revisions to the language used to take around four years, giving us enough time to hone our skills.
Murray wrote:
Seems to me when I did my undergrad '61-64, we used a language called FORTRAN 4 on IBM computer that took up 2large buildings. Used punchcards which you haf to repare in advance then feed to the beast. Pain in the a..
Jul 7, 2013 22:13:14 #
Carl A wrote:
Anyone remember the Commodre 64 of the 80's
What do you have now
What do you have now
There was a Commodore Vic 20, about as useful as pockets in a singlet. As was the 64 in short time but they played a good part in introducing Computers to our young. My son has made a career out of them.
I look back to that era when I would chastise him for playing all day with this toy. "Get out in the sunshine & get some fresh air into you!"
"And there's no future in sitting playing games all day".
He went on to out-earn me by quite a sum.
What do old farts know???
I eventually had him set me up into computers for my business in 1999. Since then I've progressed via 3 PCs to the present Sony Vaio desktop of 1 TB size. I chose this over an Apple of the same integrated type mainly because i'm used to Windows OS & didn't want to retrain to Apples system. Model: VPCL138FG. I guess it's nearing obsolescence in 3 years but still works well for me.
Jul 7, 2013 23:52:14 #
Brian in Whitby
Loc: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
the C64 was my first personal computer I used it mostly for word processing using Paperclip.That was before the GEOS operating system. I still have a monitor for the C64 hooked up to a VCR and a DVD player at the cottage.
Jul 8, 2013 00:00:10 #
I can remember the com.64 and spending a week manualy inputing the code just to play "pong".
Jul 8, 2013 00:09:11 #
My first computer was an Apple ][, which I upgraded to the equivalent of an Apple ][ Plus. One of my managers moved from New Jersey to Houston. He also had a farm in the Catskills. He bought two Osborne computers, one as a backup, and threw them in the car when he drove back and forth. The farm had a wooden stove in the kitchen and he kept the Osborne on a roll top desk in the room next to the kitchen. I SO wanted my camera for a shot across the wood stove to the roll top desk with the Osborne sitting on it. It would have been even better with him in the picture wearing his flannel shirt and bib jeans.
Jul 8, 2013 00:20:51 #
The Commodore 64 was my first experience with computers. My husband got it with the intention of doing some work-related things at home - but I never saw him use it. One day as I was dusting it I thought, "Hmmm...wonder how you turn this on..." Wasn't long afterwards that I started a little typing business that I named "Computype". If there was internet available then, I wasn't aware of it - I didn't learn about that until 1994, then a whole new world opened up to me! My next progression was when I got a DSLR - it's been downhill since!
Jul 8, 2013 00:34:02 #
pounder35 wrote:
Is that what's known as "The Good Old Days"? :roll:
Old anyway :mrgreen:
Jul 8, 2013 06:34:53 #
Radioman
Loc: Ontario Canada
Radioman wrote:
The one Bill Gates designed got a very good price at Auction, along with one of his memo's:
MY APOLOGY - Somehow my fingers put BILL GATES instead of STEVE JOBS.
Fortunately the clipping gave the right name:
Jul 8, 2013 10:31:02 #
pounder35 wrote:
Is that what's known as "The Good Old Days"? :roll:
Looking back those were the good old days! It was very gratifying to write your own program rather than down loading another app. Now people take technology for granted and most don't have a clue how it works.
Jul 10, 2013 08:17:48 #
Jul 13, 2013 07:28:14 #
For those of you that didn't know the TI99 looked like I scanned this old negative. What a hot set up! Color TV for a monitor dual cassette players for data storage! And a home made joy stick made from a Rockwell Galaxy ACD console.
Jul 13, 2013 09:49:44 #
kjfishman wrote:
For those of you that didn't know the TI99 looked like I scanned this old negative. What a hot set up! Color TV for a monitor dual cassette players for data storage! And a home made joy stick made from a Rockwell Galaxy ACD console.
I'm jealous. Your system back then put mine to shame. :lol: :thumbup:
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