[Elecraft] Now that we know

[Mike Morrow]

Kevin wrote:

> The memories are good ones but I realize the kids working
> the store were not born when those computers were first 
> considered obsolete.

I spent many a happy evening with Ga. Tech's Univac 1108 scientific mainframe 35 years ago, and their older but clever stack machine known as the Burroughs B5500.  

Later, as a EE grad student at U of Arkansas after leaving the Navy, I learned about IBM's famous System 360/370.  How many people today remember the "Houston Automatic Spooler Program (HASP)" or would understand a bumpersticker that read "Honk if you love JCL!"

Today, we are most of us computer appliance operators, who learn application programs, but know little about the hardware and firmware beneath the application.

73,
Mike / KK5F