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[Rocky]

My sister worked for DEC in Massachusetts waaaaaay back in the 70's. I applied for a VP position there, but they ultimately filled itr from within.

Brian, when I was with them at that time we were in Maynard, MA. Later, the product line moved to Keene, NH and was there when I (summarily and mercifully) left the company. Just for fun, what was your sister's name?

 

[sour_grapes]

Have you ever written something, got it perfect, lost it and then tried to re-write it?

One of my all-time worst pet peeves. Even if it just a simple email. I can't imagine losing a whole article.

 

[back2it]

I had to build my first computer myself.

I worked as warehouse manager for an IT company and asked the boss if I could buy one. He said “have a chat with the tech guys and they will give you the bits, and if you can assemble it and get it working, you can have it for free”. I duly got the bits and put it all together and I got a blinking cursor, yeah, success.

Not knowing what to do next, I asked “what to do next”? They gave me a pile of 5 ¼” floppies and instructions which I duly inserted, installed and configured as per the instructions; I got a blinking cursor.

Not knowing what to do next, I asked “what to do next”? They told me that now I had installed a 250 user Novell server, I now needed to assemble a workstation so I could connect to it

 

[TechAdmin]

That was rather sneaky, but you did get an education and a free server. What did you do to get the workstation?

 

[back2it]

That was rather sneaky, but you did get an education and a free server. What did you do to get the workstation?

Nothing, it was purely naivety, I just asked.

It’s similar to when my daughter was studying the Victorians, came home and asked me “What was it like in the Victorian times Dad?”

 

[Dennis Griffith]

You're so young. My 286sx had a 40 Meg hard drive and 2 Meg of RAM. Additional RAM was $100.00/meg!

I go much further back than that. I speak a fluent octo binary language, know how to make/program punch cards, and store data on a 1 inch tape drive. I've used systems that loaded from 8" floppies, 5 1/4, etc, etc. Worked on Univac, DEC, Wang, HP and more that I forget.The 420 meg drive was for my personal 286 system with a math co-processor (I think it only had 4 - 1/4 meg sticks). It replaced my aging 8086 w/CPA monitor. I have a museum of computers and associated hardware going back to a VIC 20. And my first computer I built in the early 60s.

 

[Dennis Griffith]

PS. I was really making a statement about how technology has changed in my lifetime.