3 Jun
1998
3 Jun
'98
5:17 p.m.
At 15:41 6/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
Everyone on this list predates the PC, except for maybe
that Seagraves
punk.
And Tim Hotze, Max Eskin.... anybody else?
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4 Jun
4 Jun
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2:04 p.m.
A silly suggestion. Computer-astrology. Your way of
thinking is
determined by the computers that were in production at the time of your
birth. No, I don't believe it either :-)
More likely, your thinking is determined by the computer which you first
heavily used.
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5 p.m.
At 04:04 PM 04-06-98 -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
More likely, your thinking is determined by the
computer which you first
heavily used.
I don't know about that - maybe my sense of nostalgia is fueled by fond
memories of the DECsystem-10 that I spent so much time using, but I rather
prefer to work with the 366MHz Alpha that I'm typing this on (it's running
NT, so sue me :-)
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6 Jun
6 Jun
6:52 a.m.
Huw Davies wrote:
At 04:04 PM 04-06-98 -0700, Shawn Rutledge wrote:
No reason to sue you, but it probably wouldn't have to be rebooted so
often if it was running Linux. (This Linux Pentium just rebooted for
the first time in two months -- a two hour power failure, and I don't
have power backup that lasts that long -- time to upgrade).
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Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
More likely, your thinking is determined by the
computer which you first
heavily used.
I don't know about that - maybe my sense of nostalgia is fueled by fond
memories of the DECsystem-10 that I spent so much time using, but I rather
prefer to work with the 366MHz Alpha that I'm typing this on (it's running
NT, so sue me :-)
7:14 p.m.
At 11:52 AM 06-06-98 -0400, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
No reason to sue you, but it probably wouldn't have
to be rebooted so
often if it was running Linux. (This Linux Pentium just rebooted for
the first time in two months -- a two hour power failure, and I don't
have power backup that lasts that long -- time to upgrade).
Well I have a reasonable choice of systems in my office. Let's see NT/Alpha
(the box I sit in front of), Digital Unix/Alpha (x3), Linux/Alpha,
NT/Intel, VAX/VMS and SGI Irix. I use the NT/Alpha as my primary
"interface" as it runs the programs I consider vital which are (in order of
importance?) WinAMP :-), Eudora, tin, Kea!term, Word....
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Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479
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4 Jun
4 Jun
2:21 p.m.
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
A silly suggestion. Computer-astrology. Your way of
thinking is
determined by the computers that were in production at the time of your
birth. No, I don't believe it either :-)
Now I feel old. I came charging out of the womb around when the PDP-1 and
the Heathkit EC-1 were introduced. Let's see, my horoscope says "you will
have the urge to play spacewar on an oscilloscope today."
-- Doug
4:43 p.m.
On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Somehow, comparing my thinking to the Atanasoff and the Z3 is kind of
depressing...
R.
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A silly suggestion. Computer-astrology. Your way
of thinking is
determined by the computers that were in production at the time of your
birth. No, I don't believe it either :-)
5 Jun
5 Jun
6:01 a.m.
At 05:43 PM 6/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
Somehow, comparing my thinking to the Atanasoff and the Z3 is kind of
depressing...
Speaking of, Atanasoff's son is in the computer business,
I bumped into him at a COMDEX several years ago.
There's an interesting replica site at
<http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/ABC.html>.
It looks like they're still searching for an original IBM
card punch Model #010 for the restoration. See the photo
page for details.
- John
6:39 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Don't forget me! I'm from 1982, so does that make me IBM compatible?
32-bit isn't all that great, especially considering Win'95... ;-)
You're all making me feel old... I date from the time of the HP9100 (1967),
so I guess I should be stack-based... Hang on... I am :-)
A silly suggestion. Computer-astrology. Your way of thinking is
determined by the computers that were in production at the time of your
birth. No, I don't believe it either :-)
Especially as the few computers in production at the time I was born
were mostly Univac I units, there were others gearing up for production
but in mid '55, calling any other computer "in production" can be
argued. (Of course, from a modern _mass_-production point of view, it
could be argued that no computer _requiring_ individual expert
installation is a "production" computer -- in which case the TRS-80, the
Apple II and the original Pet are the first "production" computers,
although the Apple II only makes it by a nose). I am not a member of
this latter school, BTW.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
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And Tim Hotze, Max Eskin.... anybody else?
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