Rick Stevens wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 11:19 -0400, Jim wrote: >>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>> Jim wrote: >>>>> Rick Stevens wrote: >>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 15:27 +0000, g wrote: >>>>>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> ttys >>>>>>>> 'b-'. you did not answer which model and usage of paper. :) >>>>>>> asr33, paper scroll :-) >>>>>> ASR33s also had the paper tape punch and reader. KSR33s did not. >>>>>> I had both hooked up to my Altair 8800 back in '77 via 110 baud, >>>>>> 20mA current >>>>>> loop serial interfaces. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ah, memories! >>>>>> >>>>> ASR33 on a Altair, that far back, You must be at least 100, >>>> Smart*ss! Nah, I was in college (sophmore). >>>> >>>>> I started out on a RCA 1802 8 bit and I still have it. I modified >>>>> it to >>>>> work on S100 bus so I could get more memory , 64k , man you were >>>>> top dog with that kind of memory. >>>> Only had 56K (seven 8KB RAM cards) and a nice 8K EPROM board (had 1702A >>>> PROMS on it) holding a monitor program. >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - >>>> - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - >>>> - - >>>> - "I understand Windows 2000 has a Y2K problem." - >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>> I don't think anything has had a fast pace change like the Computer. >>> Then you had to really get into the nuts and bolts of a computer to >>> get one working. >>> I also still have a dual 8" floppy drive that was big back then. >>> I can remember when the 3 1/2, 1.4mb floppy first came boy did that >>> make a big difference. >> >> Dear me, all you youngsters prattling on about these new-fangled >> "microprocessors". The first system I managed was a PDP-11/45. > > Got ya beat. First managed a Univac (can't recall the model), moved to > an S/360, Burroughs Medium System 12, Xerox Sigma 7, DG Nova 2/10, DEC > PDP-8, PDP-11/45 and VAX 11/785, THEN got the Altairs and IMSAIs (and > Amigas and clones and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!). > > And now, back to the real topic. (What was it again? I forget...) > -- Rick > I'm enjoying all this reminiscing about old times. When I was younger (a teen ager), my father bought our first computer. A "Tandy Radio Shack Model I" computer. It came with 8k of memory and a tape device to save and load programs. When available my father bought the upgrades to expand to 64k of memory and several floppy drives. I learned how to program and write in BASIC and Assembly language for the 8080... James
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