12 Dec
2001
12 Dec
'01
1:28 a.m.
I was at an Orienteering meet this past weekend and got to talking with
a woman I met a year or two ago. Turns out she was also a programmer and
I think she said she had also worked with the Eniac. She is coming up
either today or tomorrow. Seems like a good time to "cross examine" her
:). I have found several people who had worked on the older computers,
usually after they have died :(.
Dave McGuire wrote:
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.