27 Feb
2005
27 Feb
'05
8:54 a.m.
It could be interesting to know the
age"spread" of thist list
contributors, and how long we've had the computer virus
under our skin.
37, been computing since 1981 when my dad brought a ZX80 into the house and
found meself to be amazed that I could tell it to do things in an english
like language and it would just work. No tape recorder though, so I sharp
learned the value of writing things down for later re-entry :) From there I
went to the ZX81, Spectrum, Amiga 500 and then (spit) pc.
However, I bought as many computing based magazines as I could afford, not
realising that 20 years later I'd be getting hold of quite a lot of the
machines featured in said magazines, though I still haven't tracked down a
DAI :)
Workwise I started in Operations on a dual-node ICL 2966 mainframe in 1984
then got the PDP bug when my old computing lecturer in college got me back
in because he'd seen (apparently) fledgling interest on my part. The rest is
all DEC based history.....
cheers
w
27 Feb
27 Feb
9:45 a.m.
It could be interesting to know the
age"spread" of thist list
contributors, and how long we've had the computer virus
under our skin.
3:46 p.m.
Never mind eh,
people are idiots, including me, my highest paper
qualification in the field being 'O' Level Computer Studies :)
Well done. I failed that. I have no bits of paper for computing (or
electronics for that matter) at all. 
28 Feb
28 Feb
1 a.m.
Hi,
Tony Duell said:
Me too neither...:-)
The only formal computer tutoring I've had is when the firm sent me on
a Filetab programming course. My only electronics qualification is a
Radio Amateur Exam certificate - for what that's worth!
(Anyone in the UK see the BBC Open University tv program on the early
days of computer programming the other night? Plenty of film and
stills of early computers, including films of EDSAC, ENIAC etc and
interviews with Maurice Wilkes and other pioneer programmers.)
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Never mind eh,
people are idiots, including me, my highest paper
qualification in the field being 'O' Level Computer Studies :)
Well done. I failed that. I have no bits of paper for computing (or
electronics for that matter) at all.
1:18 p.m.
(Anyone in the UK see the BBC Open University tv
program on
the early days of computer programming the other night?
Plenty of film and stills of early computers, including films
of EDSAC, ENIAC etc and interviews with Maurice Wilkes and
other pioneer programmers.)
Bah, I didn't know it was on! Then again, if it was the weekend I wouldn't
have seen it anyway as I spend most of the weekends in bed to recover from
the working week :o\
cheers
a
3:46 p.m.
(Anyone in the
UK see the BBC Open University tv program on
the early
days of computer programming the other night?
Plenty of film and stills of early computers, including films of
EDSAC, ENIAC etc and interviews with Maurice Wilkes and
other pioneer
programmers.)
Bah, I didn't know it was on! Then again, if it was the
weekend I wouldn't have seen it anyway as I spend most of the
weekends in bed to recover from the working week :o\
1 Mar
1 Mar
1:05 a.m.
Hi,
Adrian Graham said:
I said:
Neither did I, if I had I would have videod it. I woke up in the
middle of the night (which happens a lot lately!), actually 2am
Sunday, and turned on the bedside tv for something to do, and the
program was just starting. The tv magazines list the Open University
programs in an after thought at the end of the BBC2 listings and it
is easy to overlook them - I should check more carefully because they
have some interesting stuff and the BBC has always been very computer
orientated.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
(Anyone in the
UK see the BBC Open University tv program on
the early days of computer programming the other night?
Plenty of film and stills of early computers, including films
of EDSAC, ENIAC etc and interviews with Maurice Wilkes and
other pioneer programmers.)
Bah, I didn't know it was on! 
28 Feb
28 Feb
2:51 p.m.
The only formal computer tutoring I've had is when
the firm sent me on
a Filetab programming course. My only electronics qualification is a
Radio Amateur Exam certificate - for what that's worth!
Oh, if the RAE counts, I've got that too. I assume you know you no longer
need to pass the morse test to transmit on HF in the UK :-). If you
passed the old-style RAE you've now got a 'full license'.
-tony
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