On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 13:41, Edward Croft wrote: > Kevin, you want me to hold him down while you thwack him! :-P > I started in '83 on a Kaypro II, then 85 switched to Digital VAX, then > DG, and so on and so forth.... > Anybody remember soldering together HeathKit PCs? >
Not the PC, but some of the test equipment. I still have a VTVM. The first computer I worked on was analog. It was a tube driven synchro system, used for fire control. Its "data" was output to a digital computer. The digital computer was mounted on the bed of a 5 ton truck. This "computer" was more of an A to D converter and modem than computer. Today fancy gizmo's have more power. The price of the pots (variable resistors) in one-third of analog computer would pay for several servers. (Several thousand dollars for each pot in the late 60's.) Hate to see what they would cost today! Yes, I am over 25. :) -- Jerry W. Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
