If the kind people here will indulge me for a moment . . .
'twas Easter 1987 I became 100% sure I wanted to work with computers. I spent a solid 7 hours a day over the break working on a Uni programming assignment[1]. And enjoyed it the whole way. Add that to the mark I got and it said I was in the right course.
So why is this relevant to the group? Model 4 using Alcor Pascal :-) Makes the effort I'm spending now tinning up ribbon cable to replace my Model 1 keyboard cable a fair payback.
May these machines last another 30-40 years.
PJH
[1] That doesn't count the time spent printing it out, taking it in, typing it back in a second time to the Uni VAX, and dealing with variations in the language between the two.
'twas Easter 1987 I became 100% sure I wanted to work with computers. I spent a solid 7 hours a day over the break working on a Uni programming assignment[1]. And enjoyed it the whole way. Add that to the mark I got and it said I was in the right course.
So why is this relevant to the group? Model 4 using Alcor Pascal :-) Makes the effort I'm spending now tinning up ribbon cable to replace my Model 1 keyboard cable a fair payback.
May these machines last another 30-40 years.
PJH
[1] That doesn't count the time spent printing it out, taking it in, typing it back in a second time to the Uni VAX, and dealing with variations in the language between the two.