[NLRS] Who's the computer programmer in the bunch?

Sat Jul 1 18:48:54 EDT 2006

I been programming since 1970.

de K0NY

Clare

>
>
> I just had to jump onto bandwagon here.... I still have my first and the
> one
> of first Commodore single-board computers made, the KIM-6502, 2K of ram,
> hex
> keypad and used a tape cassette for data storage...   I even hooked it up
> to
> 300 lb model 35-KSR teletype via the 20ma loop... sheesh those were the
> days
> of machine code!
>
> Eddie VE3KRP
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "daniel monson" <danielmonson at compuserve.com>
> To: "NLRS" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 5:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Who's the computer programmer in the bunch?
>
>
>
>
> I still have a few Sinclairs sitting around, I believe 4 mhz, 4 mbs,
> cassette drive and they displayed on your tv!  Gotta dig them out one of
> these days!
> Dan
> KC0RQH
>
> -------------Forwarded Message-----------------
>
> From: "Ford Peterson", INTERNET:ford at cmgate.com
> To: , INTERNET:nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> , INTERNET:geraldj at ispwest.com
>
> Date: 6/30/106  9:12 PM
>
> RE: Re: [NLRS] Who's the computer programmer in the bunch?
>
>
>
>
> Jerry wrote:
>
> ...snip...
>
>> Before I built my CP/M system, I built a school computer that uses a
>> cassette drive and it still runs. Its a candidate for the state
>> historical museum being the first computer built for elementary school
>> kids to use. My second computer was for a weather company, a Z80 with a
>> quarter mb of RAM that monitored a 1200 baud weather wire and let them
>> search thee saved data  (and it saved on what they told it to save) with
>> a terminal. It ran 18 years 24/7 with only 40 hours total down time. It
>> wore out two sets of back up batteries and I had to change them with
>> power up each time.
>> --
>> 73, Jerry, K0CQ,
>> All content copyright Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer
>
> I think you may have me beat on this score.  My first computer was
> purchased
> by Norwest for use by the Treasury dept.  Serial number 1014, and I think
> they started at 1000.  It had no floppy drive (none was available as an
> accessory), no hard disk (obviously) and used a cassette port.  The 16K
> ram
> had been upgraded to 56K as I recall, using the logic "who could ever use
> more than 56K of ram?"  The newer stuff came with 64K but you needed a
> memory card to get the originals past 56K.  We upgraded to the 128K
> floppies
> after they were available.  That would have been about 1980 or 1981 or
> thereabouts.  Bare bones cost was about $2800.  With monochrome (green)
> monitor, extra ram, and cassette deck it was well into the mid $3K as I
> recall.  Quite the deal at the time.  The only one in the company was on
> my
> desk because nobody else could figure out how to make it do anything other
> than blink "OK>"  There were no programs yet.  Only Bill Gate's "Basic"
>
> Ah yes, the good ole days...  When you could make a computer add three
> numbers together, print them on the screen with the phrase "hello world,"
> and get oohhhs and aaahhhs from the boss.
>
> Ford-N0FP
> ford at cmgate.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> NLRS mailing list
> NLRS at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs
>
>
>
> ----------------------- Internet Header --------------------------------
> Sender: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> Received: from mailman.qth.net (mailman.qth.net [63.238.179.60])
> by liaag1ac.mx.compuserve.com (8.13.6/8.13.4/g1.2) with ESMTP id
> k612CXXa002199
> for <danielmonson at compuserve.com>; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:12:35 -0400
> Received: from mailman.qth.net (mailman.qth.net [127.0.0.1])
> by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D209859CBA;
> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:20:40 -0400 (EDT)
> X-Original-To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Delivered-To: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> Received: from MX1.ll.net (mail.cmgate.com [209.131.230.14])
> by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B77859C36
> for <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>; Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:20:33 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from Office2 (unverified [216.89.198.18]) by MX1.ll.net
> (Vircom SMTPRS 4.3.459.0) with ESMTP id <B0530902901 at MX1.ll.net>;
> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:12:17 -0500
> X-Modus-BlackList: 216.89.198.18=OK;ford at cmgate.com=OK
> X-Modus-RBL: 216.89.198.18=OK
> X-Modus-Trusted: 216.89.198.18=NO
> Message-ID: <000401c69cb3$c3d17140$6700a8c0 at Office2>
> From: "Ford Peterson" <ford at cmgate.com>
> To: <geraldj at ispwest.com>, <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> References:
> <44A5A6B4.2080901 at bloomer.net><000601c69ca1$2e176270$6700a8c0 at Office2>
> <1151715035.4251.24.camel at host.domain.com>
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Who's the computer programmer in the bunch?
> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:12:11 -0500
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> X-Priority: 3
> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869
> Cc:
> X-BeenThere: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4
> Precedence: list
> List-Id: Northern Lights Radio Society <nlrs.mailman.qth.net>
> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs>,
> <mailto:nlrs-request at mailman.qth.net?subject=unsubscribe>
> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/nlrs>
> List-Post: <mailto:nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> List-Help: <mailto:nlrs-request at mailman.qth.net?subject=help>
> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs>,
> <mailto:nlrs-request at mailman.qth.net?subject=subscribe>
> Sender: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> Errors-To: nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on
> liaag1ac.mx.compuserve.com
> X-Virus-Status: Clean
>
> _______________________________________________
> NLRS mailing list
> NLRS at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/380 - Release Date: 6/30/2006
>
> _______________________________________________
> NLRS mailing list
> NLRS at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/nlrs
>