[AccessD] OT: Merry Christmas

[DJK (John) Robinson]

Hi again Shamil

No, not Fortran.  We were using a Ferranti Mark 1*, which was old then, and programming it in machine code.  It didn't
even have a divide instruction, nor any floating point at all - and yet calculated the stresses and strains in an
aircraft wing during take-off!  Unbelievable now.  RAM was regenerative CRT: Williams Tubes - dim and bright dots for 0s
and 1s.

John


-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil
Sent: 24 December 2015 22:42
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Merry Christmas


 Hi John --

>>>  I got my very first program working in 1962 - 53 years ago
Was that coded in Fortran IV?

>>> Anyone beat that?
I doubt anyone here can beat that.

Happy holidays!

- Shamil
>Thursday, December 24, 2015 10:12 PM UTC from "DJK (John) Robinson" 
><djkr at msn.com>:
>
>And a Merry Christmas to you Shamil, and all others, from a Very Old 
>Timer.
>
>(How old?  Well, my development pretty much ceased around XP time, 
>which is why I almost never post these days, though I still read;  I 
>got my very first program working in 1962 - 53 years ago.  Anyone beat 
>that?)
>
>John
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf 
>Of Salakhetdinov Shamil
>Sent: 24 December 2015 19:40
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Merry Christmas
>
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to All AccessD members !
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>>Thursday, December 24, 2015 9:16 AM -08:00 from Charlotte Foust
>>< charlotte.foust at gmail.com >:
>>
>>Happy holidays to all the old-timers and new kids at AccessD.
>>
>>
>>
>>Charlotte Foust
>>(916) 206-4336
>>
>>On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 4:26 AM, jack drawbridge <
>> jackandpat.d at gmail.com >
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Merry Christmas to all from a very, very warm Ottawa Canada. Going 
>>> to
>>> 16C today (average is -7C). Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2016.
>>>
>>> jack
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 7:16 AM, paul <  paul at wordwright.org > 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Best wishes for a great Christmas to all AccessD folk.  And here's
>>> > to a really good year ahead.
>>> >
>>> > All the best from London
>>> > paul
>>> >
>>> > Paul Rodgers
>>> >
>>> > On 24 December 2015 at 11:19, Martin Reid <  mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Happy and peaceful Christmas Gustav and all.
>>> > >
>>> > > Martin
>>> > > ________________________________
>>> > > From: Gustav Brock<mailto:  gustav at cactus.dk >
>>> > > Sent: ‎24/‎12/‎2015 11:11
>>> > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving<mailto:
>>> > >  accessd at databaseadvisors.com >
>>> > > Subject: [AccessD] OT: Merry Christmas
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi all
>>> > >
>>> > > From the ”cold” North (it is the warmest December I can recall
>>> > > with 10 degree Celsius), I wish all my friends at AccessD a 
>>> > > peaceful and merry Christmas. Quiet – not to say relaxing – it 
>>> > > may not be. I can tell for one, as we live at the countryside and 
>>> > > family will invade for four days and three nights. But I’m lucky 
>>> > > to have a nice, bright, and humerous family so, actually, it will 
>>> > > be fun as well.
>>> > >
>>> > > All the best
>>> > > Gustav
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>
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