I was in one of the first high school classes to use computers, and graduated in 1980. If he graduated 20 years earlier, that would put him in the class of 1960, and he’d be about 68 years old.
BaldTom … I’ve heard about your generation … you were the ones that had to WALK to school everyday … BOTH WAYS … UPHILL … in the SNOW! You guys are amazing!
Edcole1961 over 14 years ago
It was people his age that invented them.
jmcenanly over 14 years ago
I was in one of the first high school classes to use computers, and graduated in 1980. If he graduated 20 years earlier, that would put him in the class of 1960, and he’d be about 68 years old.
tomtweit over 14 years ago
I graduated in 66 and we had a computer back then. Was really large and didn’t do a lot, though.
ssejhill over 14 years ago
BaldTom … I’ve heard about your generation … you were the ones that had to WALK to school everyday … BOTH WAYS … UPHILL … in the SNOW! You guys are amazing!
rotts over 14 years ago
I was HS class of ‘60. The closest things we had to computers back then were Napier’s Rods and the Abacus!
But I got into EDP (that’s what we called it back then) in the USAF in ‘64, and worked with computers for almost 44 years before retiring.
DGWillie over 14 years ago
Don’t you folk know what to do with these SPAMMERS?
ellisaana Premium Member over 14 years ago
My husband ran his business with a granny-smith apple. But it wasn’t 2E Z to find software for it.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
First computer I worked with took up about a quarter air conditioned block. Those punch card helped the USMC protect the Western Hemisphere,
runar over 14 years ago
Those of us who worked with punch cards can justifiably and proudly claim the title of “Binary Aboriginal”.
You’re a Binary Aboriginal if you operated a keypunch (or dated someone who did).
You’re a Binary Aboriginal if you lusted in your heart after Grace Hopper.
You’re a Binary Aboriginal if you know why memory dumps are indexed.
Binary aboriginals are closely related to “Real Programmers”.