[AccessD] OT: I'm old

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?
>>>
>>
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