View Poll Results: When did you get first computer, home and work
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got my first taste of a computer before 1980
20 22.47% -
Early adopter, got my first before 1990, many since
22 24.72% -
Only at work or home, between 1990 and 2000
12 13.48% -
One at work and one at home, 1990 – 2000
16 17.98% -
2 -10 computers at home and work, 1990-2000
15 16.85% -
More than 10 at home and work, 1990-2000
4 4.49%
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02-14-2008 09:35 AM #29
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I worked on the computer staff at Bradley University in 1962 when I was a sophomore. Our main computer was an IBM 1620 with a whole 16K (that's K, not M) of memory. It was the size of a small car. I learned Fortran - punched cards in and out. No tape, no disk. I also learned and taught Basic as a grad student.
In the 60's and 70's, I did quite a bit of application work on Burroughs B5500 and B6700 mainframes. We had moved up to teletype input and line printer output.
In 1982, the company I worked for equipped most of us with the first IBM PCs - with a mind-boggling 64K on board. Our main applications were Basic and VisiCalc.
The PC sitting on my desk now is more powerful than the Burroughs B6700 mainframe that did all our corporate systems and accounting back in the day.Jack
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