On Sat 26 Jun 2021 at 10:46:22 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > This group keeps reading _INTO_ my questions things that aren't there.
This group also continues to answer the same questions you have asked time and time before :) and received responses to. Be grateful (and graceful). > I'm in my eight decade and was introduced to computers as an engineering > undergrad in early 60's, back when they had 12AX7's and 5U4's -- well before > 8080's. In the 80's I was writing 8080/8085 assembler code for embedded > systems. I did not get to really get to explore *PERSONAL* computing > (excluding a KIM, P.E.T., and Z80 based S100 systems) until I retired. You had computers in your early days? How fortunate! We had to make do with an abacus. The lucky ones had one powered by the new-fangled electricity stuff - two electrodes stuck into a lemon. Code was writen by punching holes into paper with a knitting needle. > Mantra du jour: "If retirement isn't for learning, what use is it!" Education? > Back in 70's I got a job with a large mini-computer manufacturer *BECAUSE* I > had no interest in things "digital". My expertise was analog! Old-enough > timers might recognize ML5-5 as a significant mail stop. A choice between analogue and digital? You really were well off. We had to train carrier pigeons to peck out a message with their beaks and we needed to be adept at semaphore. Drum skills were a must. -- Brian.
