> On Jun 26, 2015, at 09:19, Richard Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like we've both been around the block a time or 2 - though I'm not the > "techie" that you are. My first experience was in the early 60s. Learned to > write Fortran on an old Philco 2000 while working in research for an > aerospace division of Ford.
> I joined IBM in 1968 and although I was in sales I learned to write in > assembler, COBOL, ALGOL, PL1, APL, SIMSCRIPT (a simulation language), Basic > and on into the languages of the 90s. I started out in the '50s on Univac I, IBM 704/709, and Honeywell machines [D1000; H800, H400]. Joined IBM in '62 and went to work on microprogramming for the 360 line. Assembler, many machines; autocoder [1401 and 1410], APL [when I could get to a terminal with the right electric ball]. Retired in '93. > Because of my experience in research I was often able to do problem > determination as well or better than some of the best technicians. I went to > work for Amdahl in WA in the early 90s and a couple of other companies after > that. Worked with Gene at IBM in the '60s and again on a short consulting contract in the late '90s - he was still sharp then, although I've been advised that he now has advanced Altzheimers. > Finally gave it up. Got tired of working for and around idiots. Went back to > IBM in 2000 but gave it up for good after 6 months. It was no longer the IBM > that I had once worked for. Just another hack company as far as I was > concerned. Agree. — jt - [email protected] "... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs."-Robert Firth (stolen from somewhere else) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
