[mythtv-users] Mythtv rebooting system
Meatwad
meatwad.get.the.honeys at gmail.com
Sun Jan 29 02:32:15 UTC 2006
> I just noticed that is was 38 years ago this week when I started my
> first "Computer Programming" class. They were having trouble with the
> machine (IBM 1620) and had to remove some cover plates to get better
> cooling.
Well I'm 38 years myself last November but I do recall attendance,
tests, grades and probably much more were all recorded by punchcard when
I went to high school. It was a behemoth 32xx(?) which occupied 1/3 of a
very small computer room. Another 1/4 of the room was the chiller's
evaporator and blower. No chairs.
Learned me some FORTRAN first by punch, then by actual terminals. It was
a microcosm of the back rooms at a major bank back in the day. Years
later, I returned to find a pair of hefty 486's and outlines on the floor.
We'd cut class when the A/C broke down.
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