29 Jan
2002
29 Jan
'02
12:35 p.m.
My first was an Elliott 903. It had an optical
paper tape reader and a Vectrex tape punch.
16K of core store. I/O was a teletype.
No operating system, we just used to load Fortran IV
from tape and leave it in core.
The best programs we had for this machine were:
Playing "the entry of the queen of Sheeba"
on the built-in speaker;
Making text banners out of paper tape;
"Magic", a program for copying paper tapes
Sadly this machine was scrapped many years ago.
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From: Mike Ford [mailto:mikeford@socal.rr.com]
>How many people on this list still have their 1st computer?
>second? third?
>every computer you ever used/owned?
>