Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Fri Feb 6 23:43:55 CST 2009
Switches? You had switches? Oh, isn't that just grand!! We had tiny tubes we had to blow through to push the electrons around until we got them to where they would do something useful. Took us all day sometimes. That was REAL programming. Switches. Hah! Amateur! Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Don Bozarth Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:18 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old Ok.... IMSAI 8080 no input device at all.... enter the instructions in binary with switches Don B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old > BIOS? You had a BIOS? We had to carry our code from one register to > another BY HAND!! Uphill. Both ways. > > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > www.bchacc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Don Bozarth > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 4:06 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old > > Nah! You're not old unless you remember CP/M and ran a virgin > (unmodified) > BIOS.... > > Don B. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Harkins" <ssharkins at gmail.com> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 2:26 PM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: I'm old > > >> Yelp. :) I remember DOS when it was just DOS! ;) >> >> Susan H. >> >> >>> Was I right then? >>> >> >> -- >> 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 > > -- > 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