happy anniversary

[Tereza Snyder]

On Jun 18, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Cal Horner wrote:

> A Challenge to the list members.
>
> On June 14, 1957 I entered into my life long love affair with the  
> computer.
> Back then it wasn't called IT. It was simply DP. COBOL and Basic  
> didn't
> exist. Fortran was only a baby.
>
> My first computer was peg boards,  sorting machines and card  
> readers, and
> chain printers.
>
> If you calculate the years and days properly you will see it comes  
> to fifty
> years.
>
> My challenge is a simple one.
>
> Is there anyone on the list with more time in the profession than  
> me. Or am I the "Last Man Standing"?

I can remember assembling a "science project" christmas present about  
1960 involving a pegboard, wires, and light bulbs that the  
instructions called an "electronic brain"!

But just what the heck are "chain printers"? (I envision a steam- 
operated inkjet complete with pistons)

t

-- 
Tereza Snyder
Califex Software, Inc.