Posted by JML755 on January 05, 2017 at 04:15:53 from (97.78.165.195):
In Reply to: How old is this site? posted by farmerjohn on January 04, 2017 at 18:47:10:
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Yes, there were computers. :lol: I graduated in 1974 from University of Michigan with a degree in Computer Science. Mainframes were the only computers around and only big companies or schools had them. Languages were COBOL, FORTRAN, mostly. Mini-computers started to flourish then. First job out of school was programming in Assembler on a Data General mini-computer with 4k (yes, that's K) of core memory. Also worked on DEC PDP series a lot. No internet back then. (Al Gore hadn't invented it yet :lol: )
If you wanted to multiply or divide on a computer working in Assembler, you had to write your own sub-routine to do it back then; i.e. no h/w math functions.
Then came the 8-bit micro-processors, Intel 8080, Motorola 6800, RCA 6809, etc. The math co-processors were a blessing (8087). I got my 1st home computer around 1980 or 1981. It was a Morrow Design running CP/M.
At one point in my career, I was fluent in about 25 different languages, about half of them Assembler for a particular processor. I've forgotten more about computers than a lot of these 18 yr olds touted as "experts" know. :lol:
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