Funny, this
list is about classic computing but some people don't
appreciate the old timers who are classics. For me having you guys (ok,
Dave is a youngin') around is the best part of this list. There is an
important period in computing before I got started in the late 1970s
that I
don't know enough about, and I enjoy hearing comments from the guys who
were there.
I'm old enough to appreciate being called a youngin' once in a
while. ;) I'm 42, been computing since I was ~12, doing it for money
since I was ~14. Don't paint me as too much of a newbie; I used most
of what we talk about on this list at work when it was modern! ;)
I am probably close to being one of the oldest on this list at 73 years old,
so I can appreciate your comment - mine would be the same.
I started using an IBM650 in 1960 when I was 22 years old. The
PDP-11 arrived in my career in the mid 1970s and I have been using
it on and off (mostly on) ever since, mostly with RT-11.
I find it interesting that the youngest group of PDP-11 systems supported
4 MB of memory whereas the STAR100 (early 19702s from CDC) had
much less physical memory since core was still so expensive even though
the address size was 48 bits as opposed to 16 bits on the PDP-11.
Jerome Fine