11 Dec
2001
11 Dec
'01
7:55 p.m.
On December 12, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
One of the coolest moments in my life was when I met,
entirely by chance,
an old lady at the local hospital that was one of the early Real
Programmers. She was sharing a double-bed room with my girlfriend's
grandmother.
I believe she said she had worked with the ENIAC, but I am not certain.
She said that when she retired, video display terminals were just
beginning to supplant printing terminals. There was a whole conversation
in there somewhere, but unfortunately it has been forgotten in the sands
of time.
Nevertheless, it was a truly spiritual experience.
WOW...I would love to have talked with her for an hour or two. Or
three. Maybe four.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL