[AccessD] OT: ...end of line for Borland...

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri May 8 18:04:28 CDT 2009


Between my sophomore and junior years they university got a 360/40.  I hung
with the engineers while they installed it and when September rolled around
I was the only one on campus who knew how to run the machine.  So I got to
be systems manager - and actually got PAID for playing with that beauty.
Had a couple hundred little bulbs on the front.  So I used to turn off the
lights at night, tune the radio to an AM frequency that picked up the
machine's 'song', and watch the light show.

Rocky


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jack and Pat
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 3:46 PM
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I remember the 1620 and some Fortran at night school in mid 60's. Later
followed with a PDP11/05 and a letter-writer application using Macro11
including papertape reader. The PDP 11/45, 11/70 for Cobol development and
testing before execution on IBM production (Service Bureau). I almost left
out the brand new 370/155 at university in 70-71? WatFor,  WatFive , PL/1,
APL Wow time marches on.......

jack



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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 5:31 PM
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Any AutoSpot programmers?  N/C language on the 1620 - I wrote post
processors for it when I was in college.

Rocky
 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 2:26 PM
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Doug, IBM 1401 was AutoCoder ... yes?? 

Stephen Bond


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
Sent: Saturday, 9 May 2009 8:31 a.m.
To: Stephen
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: ...end of line for Borland...

Hi Doug:

That path sounds very similar... just substitute IBM for PDP/VAX and it all
sounds very familiar.

Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: ...end of line for Borland...

My programming path.  Constructed of crazy paving:

IBM 1401 (can't remember the language)
IBM 360 - COBOL
IBM System 36 - RPG
  gap of approx 10 years
IBM System 3 - RPG
Commodore 64!
Tandy 1000 PC compatible!!
DBase ll
DBase lll
DBase lV ugh
Borland Paradox
Access version 1.1
etc.


Doug Steele
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