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The first digital computer I worked on had 4096 bytes of ferrite core memory in a module about half a cubic foot in volume that cost around $4,000 in 1970 dollars! I programmed it in Fortran and thought it was fantastic! This was in the early 1970s.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
modified 29-May-16 13:58pm.
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Is this the second part of How to feel old?[^]?
How you know you are a youngster...? you could carry your first own computer by yourself without help  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Aaah, ICL Orange. How much I don't miss it!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I miss the old analog computers. Solving differential equations with infinite resolution; now that's something you just can't do with bits! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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In my final year we spent a lot of time designing and refining analog computers. (This was 1967). Digital computers were the new kid on the block - Viewed with considerable suspicion. I am very sure the first shots to the moon relied heavily on analog computers. But now we are talking way above the heads of today's kids who probably don't know what an analog computer is!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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At my school, the Engineering department acquired a USN fire control computer for us to play with. It was a room-sized analog computer consisting of racks of operational amplifiers made of vacuum tubes, so the thing had a MTBF of something like 8 hours. Those were the days! It's hard to imagine that the Navy actually used those things to direct gun fire on a choppy sea, using real time pitch and yaw inputs to modify radar return signatures and properly aim the things. Amazing times, they were...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Yup, them wuz the days! Kids nowadays - they don't know nutting!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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An IBM 1401 was used at US Coast Guard Eastern Area (New York) to support AMVERS, the merchant ship tracking system; I programmed it in the mid 1960's. A CDC 6600 was used at USCG Headquarters (Washington DC); I programmed it in the early 1970's.
I'm surprised that no Univac beasts were photographed. They were the workhorses of the US Navy.
FYI, in those days, the major manufacturers of computers used in the US were "IBM and the BUNCH" (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, CDC, and Honeywell).
Thanks for the memories.
Gus Gustafson
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Quote: Thanks for the memories.
You're very welcome.
In the sixties I was in far-away South Africa studying to be an engineer. The only computers I was familiar with, was IBM (I think it was their model 360). Later I worked as an engineer in the Division of Civil Aviation, that owned all civilian airports in the country, and became familiar with computers that controlled civilian air traffic control systems.
I just had to have a computer of my own and spent a month's salary to buy a HP85A. It was still working 100% in 1995 when I got rid of it, because we were moving to the USA.
Alas, this was in the days when HP still beat the rest of the world in the quality of their products. Those days are long gone now, as accountants are chasing quarterly profits instead of focusing on long term market domination through excellent quality.
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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Name that tune (but not too quickly as I have to pop out to the shops now!)
Private Sub You_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
AsTimeGoesBy.Interval = 86400000
AsTimeGoesBy.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub AsTimeGoesBy_Tick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles AsTimeGoesBy.Tick
t += 1
If t = Things.FallApart Then
RememberPlace = True
RememberMe = True
End If
End Sub
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
modified 28-May-16 13:55pm.
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At first, I thought it was Herman Hupfeld, with "As Time Goes By", from Casablanca.
But nah, you're not old enough... So I figured Lifehouse "Days Go By".
But...it's Jackson: "One Day In Your Life"
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: At first, I thought it was Herman Hupfeld, with "As Time Goes By"
Because putting the title in plain text wouldn't be at all silly!
OriginalGriff wrote: you're not old enough
Not old enough? Brian Ferry recorded it in 1999, Rod Stewart in 2003. How old would I have to be? Anyway, I've seen 'Casablanca" at least half a dozen times.
OriginalGriff wrote: So I figured Lifehouse "Days Go By".
I know it not! I've already got a dozen female vocalists to catch up on, now I'll have to look this up as well. So much for my restful long weekend!
OriginalGriff wrote: But...it's Jackson: "One Day In Your Life"
That it is. That it is.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365, I'm no good at compiling, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little code fragments don't amount to a hill of netbeans in this crazy framework.
It's a good film.
And the BF / RS versions don't count! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Herman Hupfeld, with "As Time Goes By", from Casablanca
I've got that in my music library and never knew what it was from! Never bothered to Google it either. And now I was like "oh!"
I've seen the movie years ago, but the music didn't stick that well.
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Never heard of the song, but a good puzzle.
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Michael Jackson's first solo number 1 in UK but incredibly didn't even break the top 50 in US although that could be because it came from an album released 6 years earlier.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I didn't bother listening to the whole thing.
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Facepalm moment of the day: When you click OK on the dialog that asks you to restart because you think it means "the program" and not "the whole flucking computer"! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 27-May-16 16:22pm.
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Makes me feel better about mine...
Mine was when I sent a co-worker a statement to the effect of "Yeah, I guess playing 'Rock Paper Scissors' over email doesn't really work well, eh?"
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I had three downloads going, plus one virtual machine AND I was listening to a radio podcast at the same time. Guess if I was pissed having to start all that again. Only consolation is that I feel slightly less than sober at the moment, I guess. Could there be a connection? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
modified 27-May-16 16:43pm.
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My worst face-palm moment was when I spelt "day" with an "h".
God, I was so ashamed.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Ok, you've entrigued me so much that I simply have to ask: Exactly HOW did you spell it? Dhay?
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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He was hinting at the title of your post... Do you even have a face left with all the palms you've given it today? 
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Ooops, I didn't even notice that... You're right: Another facepalm!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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I think he must have amended the text of the posting, to hide the fact that he has to face-palm hourly.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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