23 Feb
2017
23 Feb
'17
12:46 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Mike Stein <mhs.stein at gmail.com> wrote:
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From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: story of Mel
There are a few Easter eggs on my web site, one points to my biography.
Click on "1949" in the copyright statement at the bottom of my home page,
vintagecomputer.net
Bill
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Fred Cisin
<cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
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My "ancient history" is running a system consisting of an IBM 082, an 085,
a 604, a 402 and a 514, the original "sneakernet"; later, after promotion
to run the statistics department, a relatively rare 101.
Even made the 402 multiply (albeit slowly) when "they" said it couldn't be
done; many happy memories...
m
I love the wisdom of Allison's remark, that
what some of us still see as "recent current events"
is "ancient history" for the youngsters.
Indeed. That break-point is entirely relative to one's own age and
experiences... for me, "ancient history" is either pre-PET/Apple
II/TRS-80 stuff or perhaps just "8-bit home micros", depending on the
context.
-ethan