UK, end of the 60's, start of the 70's.
First computer I saw was an ex-Shell Oil system. Huge and green with valve memory. Teletype output only.
I also seem to remember systems where you wound a tape from a round cassette around a series of rollers.
There was a screen with a series of numbered buttons running down the right-hand side.
The tape would display stop images and depending on the pupils response/button press, move on to the next.
The system recorded the input and prepared some kind of report.
Anyone remember what these were called?
Thanks!
And get off my lawn....
Got the PRS600 a few months ago. It's a real pleasure to use. Big advantage for my aging eyes is the ability to enlarge text. In addition the content available via project gutenberg is terrific. Touch screen is ok but slow when compared to devices like the iphone. Several times I've touched the screen and been uncertain as the whether the sony was reacting.
Memory lane or what? My all time favourite game on the C64 and the main reason I bought 2 of the 1541(?) disk drives. The first time listening to the Blue Danube during the docking sequences and getting the ship to rotate in time with the airlock. Buying the docking computer to not have to listen. Trawling for lost cargo. Took me about 9 months to reach Elite. I dont remember any special screen or anything. Good times.
Bovril? Yuck! Takes me back to Sunday morning swimming lessons in the late 60's in Hounslow (U.K.) public baths. Ok, the pool wasnt heated but the temperature of the Bovril made up for that. Never again.
Didnt the original PET have a wooden case. I understood you could cause a short and then fire by peeking to a specific memory location. I seem to remember that the PET II had a similar issue but with the tape drive. Been a long time.
Indeed. When my father died in 1987 my brother was all for spreading the ashes in the garden. My question was; if we ever move, do we take the top 4 inches of top-soil with us.....
I like coffee in moderation, particularly the darker, stronger roasts. On honeymoon in the US in 1996, (California (Orange Cty) with my then wifes family) I was missing my daily strong tasting coffee. Having woken early one morning, I went down to the kitchen to make my own. I remember finding a tin labeled Folgers Crystals (or something similar) and looking at the instructions, I swear it read "2 tablespoons for 20 servings". I found the filter machine and ignoring the suggested amounts, filled the little paper filter to the brim. After about 5 minutes, I enjoyed a passable cup of coffee i could actually taste. My wife joined me, took a cup and commented that the coffee was actually good for a change. Then we were joined by the host, an M.D. He helped himself and had to spit the coffee out as being far too strong.
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That's not strictly true.
Taking the Eurostar from London St. Pancras to Paris involves baggage scans.
Ahha! That would explain the title of a daily challenge from Halo:Reach.
Be their Huckleberry. 50 kills with the pistol.....
UK, end of the 60's, start of the 70's.
First computer I saw was an ex-Shell Oil system. Huge and green with valve memory. Teletype output only. I also seem to remember systems where you wound a tape from a round cassette around a series of rollers.
There was a screen with a series of numbered buttons running down the right-hand side.
The tape would display stop images and depending on the pupils response/button press, move on to the next.
The system recorded the input and prepared some kind of report.
Anyone remember what these were called?
Thanks!
And get off my lawn....
Got the PRS600 a few months ago. It's a real pleasure to use. Big advantage for my aging eyes is the ability to enlarge text. In addition the content available via project gutenberg is terrific.
Touch screen is ok but slow when compared to devices like the iphone. Several times I've touched the screen and been uncertain as the whether the sony was reacting.
I'm sure there's an app for that.
how are you mowing the lawn?
The Assault on the north face of Putney highstreet.
Day 1: We established base camp outside the post office....
Memory lane or what?
My all time favourite game on the C64 and the main reason I bought 2 of the 1541(?) disk drives.
The first time listening to the Blue Danube during the docking sequences and getting the ship to rotate in time with the airlock.
Buying the docking computer to not have to listen.
Trawling for lost cargo.
Took me about 9 months to reach Elite. I dont remember any special screen or anything.
Good times.
Bovril? Yuck! Takes me back to Sunday morning swimming lessons in the late 60's in Hounslow (U.K.) public baths. Ok, the pool wasnt heated but the temperature of the Bovril made up for that. Never again.
Extra battery capacity would be very handy. Switching the eeepc on and after boot getting the "70% remaining" is a bit depressing.
Didnt the original PET have a wooden case. I understood you could cause a short and then fire by peeking to a specific memory location. I seem to remember that the PET II had a similar issue but with the tape drive. Been a long time.
Thanks! I was certain it was something like this.
Cool? It would be a vision of the Aporkalypse....
Indeed. When my father died in 1987 my brother was all for spreading the ashes in the garden. My question was; if we ever move, do we take the top 4 inches of top-soil with us.....
I like coffee in moderation, particularly the darker, stronger roasts. On honeymoon in the US in 1996, (California (Orange Cty) with my then wifes family) I was missing my daily strong tasting coffee. Having woken early one morning, I went down to the kitchen to make my own. I remember finding a tin labeled Folgers Crystals (or something similar) and looking at the instructions, I swear it read "2 tablespoons for 20 servings". I found the filter machine and ignoring the suggested amounts, filled the little paper filter to the brim. After about 5 minutes, I enjoyed a passable cup of coffee i could actually taste.
My wife joined me, took a cup and commented that the coffee was actually good for a change.
Then we were joined by the host, an M.D.
He helped himself and had to spit the coffee out as being far too strong.
And no red ring of death.... yet....
1963 was the last time I "remember" it freezing. I was pushed across the river at Kingston upon Thames. And I've got a picture to prove it.
(self-)proctology
n : the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon or rectum or anus
And you can do this yourself?