4 Feb
2007
4 Feb
'07
6:59 a.m.
However, I would think that it is unlikely I would
have forgotten the
phrase, "seven oh seventy" Its a catchy phrase and has stuck with me for
almost fifty years. We didn't call it the "seventy seventy" or any other
sequence of words, just the "Seven Oh Seventy". However, what it looked
like has pretty much been erased and blended with the many other computers
of similar size that I worked on.
You remembering the "seven oh seventy" phrase may have been distorted.
This is a common thing for details nearly fifty years old, and just
about all of us will or have fallen to an example or two.
I work with a number of older ships being restored, and we run into
this all the time. Some vets, as good natured and honest as they come,
will insist that something was done or installed a certain way, yet
the ships will have undeniable proof (often photographic or
documented) that it was done another way. Often these are details that
the sailor dealt with for a couple of years on a daily basis. Nobody
is at fault, really, just memory fades, and often we do not realize it
until questioned.
--
Will