John Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Sun Sep 14 11:39:21 CDT 2003
In ~ 1984 I built my second homebuilt PC, a single board computer kit with an 80286 processor and 512 kbytes of Ram. I got CPM and a programming compiler called Turbo Pascal from the new kid on the block who started a company called Borland. I was working for Megatek Corporation back then, a graphics company that made high end graphics workstations for Vaxes and Data General minicomputers. The whole company was run by a VAX 11750 with 1/2 mbyte of RAM. There were about 150 dumb terminals attached to this thing including one that we used in the repair lab for inventory purposes. When the programmers would start a compile, the whole system slowed to a crawl. And I DREAMED of having a VAX of my own. Now of course I have four computers, the least powerful a PII 233 mhz laptop, which is still close to 100 times more powerful than that VAX I dreamed about 18 years ago. I LOVE technology! John W. Colby www.colbyconsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence (AccessD) Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 11:29 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Info: Free Windows Fortran 77 Compiler Just for clarity, we statred with two PDP11-70s and ended up with eight separate VAXs...the PDP was melted for gold I understand and eventually the VAXs. :-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Steven W. Erbach Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:32 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Info: Free Windows Fortran 77 Compiler Jim, ...and "mecaider" map projections? Was that PDP-11 really named PDP11-70 VAX? The VAX series was a separate product line. Regards, Steve Erbach Scientific Marketing Neenah, WI If architects built buildings the way programmers built applications, the first woodpecker to come along would cause the end of civilization. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com