Michael Weiner wrote:
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Gerhard Magnus wrote:
I worked in a "computer room" once, a long time ago -- do they still
have these? The hard drives were as big as washing machines and
rattled
as if they were on spin cycle.
They do still have computer rooms and for some reason they just keep
sucking more and more power to run and more air conditioning to cool.
http://www.computersciencelab.com/ComputerHistory/HistoryPt4.htm
Enjoy the walk back!!!!
Michael Weiner
Thank you for the link.
It was nice to see the TTY there. I remember having a Star Trek program
on paper tape. Let it roll down the outside of the residence building
at school. It was over 10 stories long.
We were the lucky ones in the second year. We had a TI terminal that
had a cassette tape in it. No more punch cards or paper tape for us. :)
PDP 8's and PDP 11's with the bootloader mylar tape were fun as well.
Now I feel old again.
--
Robin Laing
