Old farts and new Linux

[Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell]

On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 04:43:51PM -0300, Betti Ann & Preston Smith wrote:
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> 
> In your context, I must be a ROF (Real Old Fart) - I am 63 and first 
> worked with computers in the late 60 when the IBM 360's and 370's were in 
> vogue.

IIRC, The 360 boxes were interesting.  Open source for the OS (but
copyright) and open specifications for hardware.  While not GPL... the
openness made a lot of things possible.

I never got to touch a 360.  The U of A opted for a CDC 6400.  During
the transition all programs were run double once on the old IBM and
also on the new CDC.  The CDC was so much faster and the nights work
was done by 10 PM.  Some of us got to program on the console while the
IBM ran all night and into the morning.  Now that was a work station.


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