29 Feb
2008
29 Feb
'08
8:03 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 07:39:41AM +0000, Symmes, Dave wrote:
I tripped across this email link on a Google search.
I was the author of the original PDP-8 * "Introduction to Programming",
published in either late 1968 or early 1969. I hired onto Digital straight out of college
as a tech writer joining a department of four writers for the whole company.
Thanks for finding the list and thanks for speaking up. I still have
my copy of "Introduction to Programming" I received nearly 30 years ago,
which was invaluable in helping me understand what to do with the PDP-8
I had just picked up at the Dayton Hamvention.
Almost 40 years later I am still with HP.
Congrats on that. I got my start as a programmer in 1981, and have worked
a lot of places. I always seemed to find the places that didn't get
bought out - they were just crushed under the wheels of history. Working
for a University now, I'm reasonably certain that they will outlive me;
a new experience.
Your work is certainly remembered, especially among those of us who still
twiddle bits in groups of 12.
-ethan
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