[AccessD] OT: Merry Christmas

[Doug Steele]

Creak of old bones here....

I wrote my first program in IBM 1401 assembler in 1962 or 1963.  My
university (British Columbia) had some kind of Univac, I think, with a
rotating drum memory (!). That was for the Engineering faculty; they didn't
offer a degree in Computer Science until a couple of years after I
graduated.

And I'm STILL not quite retired.

Merry Christmas All!

Doug

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 9:21 PM, DJK (John) Robinson <djkr at msn.com> wrote:

> 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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