[SOC] Shud've kept that one

[Gary Liljegren]

Yes. The dark ages. I was a programmer in the USAF 1963. We had an IBM 407 which was a “computer” of sorts that was programmed with wires in a panel. Then an IBM 1401, then 1410, then 7070 that had tape drives. Very impressive looking. Hmmmm. 

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> On May 21, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Chris Lashmar <cj.lashmar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Back in the dark ages  IBM etc elliot 803 things with flowy things I  card
> reader .magnetic tapes ferrite memory Impact printers IBM golf ball
> machines etc happy days machine code all day programme
> 
>> On Thu, 21 May 2020, 17:47 Brian Howie, <brian at b-howie.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> In message <e9c70433-982c-8cea-84ce-ff58547ef47b at hintlink.com>, "Paul
>> Evans, W4/VP9KF" <w4vp9kf at hintlink.com> writes
>>> You shud've kept that Apple ][. It's a time machine!
>>> 
>>> The Apple ][ was launched in June 1977, didn't ship until November 1977
>>> and didn't reach the UK until a little while later........
>>> 
>>> I remember because it was University times and our supervisor bought
>>> one. Wow! The BBC Micro was vastly superior (let flame war begin).
>> 
>> We used the Apple II at work  in the 1980s to control test equipment and
>> to develop equipment software. We had quite a lot of them. We used to
>> hang around after work to play Wavy Navy on them . Other games were
>> available but that was the most popular.
>> 
>> Brian GM4DIJ
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