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Article #620651Re: Nostalgia
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:52
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 22:52
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<hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 9:59:52 AM UTC-5, Peter Flass wrote: >> <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >>> On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 4:14:16 PM UTC-5, Peter Flass wrote: >>> >>>> The nostalgia is for the sights, sounds, and smells those days. I can still >>>> recall leaning over the 1132 printer waiting for my printout to start. >>>> We're also nostalgic for out first acquaintance with the wonders of >>>> computers. Now every kid over 8 knows more than we did 50 years ago. If I >>>> still wanted to play with an 1130 I could use an emulator, but it wouldn't >>>> be fun anymore. I'd have to be crazy to want to get involved with ancient >>>> hardware. >>> >>> Did you ever get your printout?<g> The 1132 was so S L O W ! >> >> 300lpm, not that slow. We gave it a workout, since we were doing program >> development. > > I thought the 1132 printer, which was a converted 407, ran at > only 80 lines per minute. > Gosh, you're right; I misremembered. Only 55 years and the memory is already starting to fade. -- Pete
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