Xref: utzoo comp.unix.wizards:10277 comp.misc:2996
Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!vector!rpp386!jfh
From: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.misc
Subject: Stupid computers of yesteryear
Summary: i feel it coming on ...
	 ... horror stories from years gone by
Keywords: why not put it in the terminal?
Message-ID: <5012@rpp386.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 15:01:39 GMT
References: <12139@duke.cs.duke.edu> <12802@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum)
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers
Lines: 24

In article <12802@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>Ah, the joys of summer jobs in high school....  (And a lesson in
>spotting nerds: other kids mowed lawns or delivered papers; I
>programmed $100K systems test machines :-) .)
>-- 
>In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163)

[ i delivered papers in high school.  made damned good money.  just
  throw LOTS of papers. ]

i also wrote programs for TI SR-52s.  an engineer i worked for had
me write a collection of hydrostatics programs for TI and HP
calculators.  we actually designed a 200 ton inland waterways tug
using an ti-59.  the year after the MV Lane Thomas was launched,
we did derick barge design using an hp-41cv complete with tape drive
and video monitor.  i undertook writing a psuedo-operating system
for the 41.  and then apples and trs-80s became affordable, and faster
than a calculator ;-) but i did manage to get a few jobs to run in
a semi-batch mode before giving up the calculators for good.
-- 
John F. Haugh II                 +--------- Cute Chocolate Quote ---------
HASA, "S" Division               | "USENET should not be confused with
UUCP:   killer!rpp386!jfh        |  something that matters, like CHOCOLATE"
DOMAIN: jfh@rpp386.uucp          |         -- apologizes to Dennis O'Connor