Packrat genome project questions

31 Jan 2002

...
  First I ever
sat in front of and worked on directly was an IBM 1130 via
selectric console running a French version of APL. 

   Exactly how does a French version of APL differ from a US version???
It's all Greek <bad pun!>

   I also started out with APL on an 1130. 
My first use of APL was via dialup to UCLA to a 360, via selectric and 135
bps modem. Later with the 1130 somebody just showed up with a cartridge,
and the APL was standard, but all the install etc docs were in French.
Since it ran using the console Selectric it was technically the first
computer I ever physically sat in front of and used, the others all either
cards or terminals.

BTW I also "started" with a HP45 in a belt holster, and its still here
someplace. My regular use calculator is whatever pulls down from a on
screen menu, but my HP 16C is still ready in my desk drawer.

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