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7 Mar 2017, 04:48 PM | #16 |
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It is truly nice to read the stories of the true Internet pioneers!
I was rather late to game myself, when my boss dumped a DEC PDP/11/23 on my desk (it was around 1979 I think) - it was hooked up to many buildings and controlled the HVAC systems in them via a 300 baud modem, running on leased telephone lines. It turned out to be an eye opener for me, and a jump into the future. |
7 Mar 2017, 11:33 PM | #17 |
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Heh, it's very cool to see that there are some real old-timers around here.... I like to point out to a lot of folks that I've been on the Internet since before most people knew there was an "Internet" ("...no, kids, the world wide web is not the 'Internet' " ), but I was definitely later to the game than you guys — my first "real" modem was a blazing fast 1200 baud Hayes (although my dad had a 300bps acoustic coupler in his office).
I cut my teeth on a Z80-based CP/M system I built myself, and I well remember DOS 1.0 (no subdirectories!), but I'm humbled by you guys who had to deal with 3270 terminals and most likely punch cards Since I was still in my teens in the eighties, most of what I encountered was hobbyist, so I was monkeying with my own computer stuff and getting into the old FidoNet BBS network. The best I could get in terms of the "real" Internet in those days was a dial-up UUCP gateway into a non-local University connection. I did a small bit of 3270 and AS/400 work when I started my professional career, but most of my work was centred around PC networks, back when Novell was a contender and Windows NT was still merely a gleam in Microsoft's eyes. |
8 Mar 2017, 04:07 AM | #18 |
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My first computer was a KayPro, 1979, I toted it with me to distant places and was forever trying to find a dial-up. I also had a DaisyWriter printer, which I bet some of you remember as the "cadillac" of printers, soon to disappear because they were so unaffordable.
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8 Mar 2017, 02:32 PM | #20 |
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