Quoting Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>uk>:
Quoting
Demon02554(a)aol.com:
just wondering....am i the only kid on this list?
It depends on your definition of 'kid'. I'm 22, but I am probably
near the young end of the distribution as well. The fact that we're
young, however, does not make us any less deserving of the pleasure
of exploring the history of computing through classic computers.
Agredd 100%.
...
I can well remember my first PDP11. As I have said before, this was my
first complex minicomputer (and it is complex -- about 1000 TTL chips
in the CPU area alone), I had peripherals, the wrong memory board, and
no user manual. I really didn't have a clue what I was doing at the
start. But by spending many months (seriously) reading the schematic
diagrams, figuring out what the chips were and then how various
sections worked, I finally got it to run a program. It took a long
time, but that didn't bother me.
I'm actually going to get my first PDP11 this summer, and I'll be in a
situation similar to yours. There are many things that I need to learn,
much money to be spent (preparing its home, moving it, the electrician),
and much time to be used before I will be able to really get down and
dirty with the machine, but I am still unbelievably excited about it
all.
My sincerest thanks go to the list member who has made this possible for
me. You know who you are.
I was learning about stuff I was interested it :-)
Yes. Though I said I "need to learn", I also very much want to learn.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu