15 Mar
2005
15 Mar
'05
2:20 p.m.
Paxton Hoag wrote:
> When this survey started I really enjoyed the list
of early computers
> used that people added.
> It would be both on topic and fun to continue.
Good point... Already gave my age...
Started in high school on an HP2000C timesharing system,
followed by CDC 6400s at Kaman Sciences through the school district.
In college CDC6600/6400, HP 2100 (RTE/2000E),
PDP11/23 (Paper Tape) and PDP11/40 (Unix) machines, along with
a lot of custom built microprocessor stuff. For a summer
job worked on a Honeywell (formerly GE) 6000 system at Norad
doing testing for the satellite tracking system...
In "The Real World" PDP 11/70 (RSTS/E), HP 3000s,
HP 1000s, IBM 360s, HP 9826/9836/300s, etc. etc.
Then PCs came along -- well, became popular anyway...
Bill McDermith
There, _now_ it's on-topic -- sort of a history of computing
kind of thing...