ADD (was: NASA computers circa 1969)

In article <50E75554.7040005 at gmail.com>, Jules Richardson <jules.richardson99 at gmail.com> writes: One big difference between now and earlier decades is that "something new" shows up every 5 minutes now, whereas before new things showed up at a slower rate. It's a consequence of exponential technological change creating an exponential increase in novel items. There was a time, within the memory of many (most?) on this list, when you could stay current with the entire field of computer science. When I graduated college in 1986, it was still possible to stay current with the entire subfield of computer graphics. Now it is impossible to stay current with the subfield of computer graphics that is computer gaming. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book <http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline> The Computer Graphics Museum <http://computergraphicsmuseum.org> The Terminals Wiki <http://terminals.classiccmp.org> Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) <http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com>