Relative Age - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Oct 1997

Frank McConnell &lt;fmc(a)reanimators.org&gt; wrote:
...
 HP brought the 2000A timeshared BASIC system out
in...1967?  I know
there were some (later models, 2000F and 2000 Access) still in service
at various Washington DC suburban area high schools into the early
1980s at least, maybe into the mid-1980s.  Prince Georges County
(Maryland) and Fairfax County (Virginia) both had them, maybe others
too. 
In Orange County, California, the local community college ran an
HP2000/Access system utilized by the local high schools.  Each school
had Digital LA36 and Lear-Siegler ADM-3A terminals connected at a
blazing 300 baud.  It still running at the time of my graduation in
1983.  I have fond memories of the HP system, having written many pro-
grams on it (including one that triggered an "OUT OF MEMORY" error...
talk about the need for optimized code!)  If memory serves, the beast
was decommissioned several years later.

Regards,
Jason Brady         jrbrady(a)mindspring.com       Seattle, WA