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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 10:17:11 EST
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Julian Reitman <JREITMAN@MARKYMAT.STAM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Re: 1602 Memories
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So far the discussion of the 1620 has brought back many memories, but the critcal one for me is missing. The 1620 had an early disk drive. There was lots of memory available for us engineers to use. And we did. Since we had the ability to change disks we stored programs on them and we able to interact directly with the 1620, sort of an early PC. That is once you got the paper tape loaded and all the things that had to be just right. But it provided a "hands on" environment that influenced our thinking when we were reduced to 360 JCL. Julian Reitman
University of Connecticut-Stamford
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Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Julian Reitman <JREITMAN@MARKYMAT.STAM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject: Re: 1602 Memories
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
So far the discussion of the 1620 has brought back many memories, but the critcal one for me is missing. The 1620 had an early disk drive. There was lots of memory available for us engineers to use. And we did. Since we had the ability to change disks we stored programs on them and we able to interact directly with the 1620, sort of an early PC. That is once you got the paper tape loaded and all the things that had to be just right. But it provided a "hands on" environment that influenced our thinking when we were reduced to 360 JCL. Julian Reitman
University of Connecticut-Stamford
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