Quoting Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>:
> > Quoting Demon02554_at_aol.com:
> > > just wondering....am i the only kid on this list?
> >
> > It depends on your definition of 'kid'. I'm 22, but I am probably
> > near the young end of the distribution as well. The fact that we're
> > young, however, does not make us any less deserving of the pleasure
> > of exploring the history of computing through classic computers.
>
> Agredd 100%.
> ...
>
> I can well remember my first PDP11. As I have said before, this was my
> first complex minicomputer (and it is complex -- about 1000 TTL chips
> in the CPU area alone), I had peripherals, the wrong memory board, and
> no user manual. I really didn't have a clue what I was doing at the
> start. But by spending many months (seriously) reading the schematic
> diagrams, figuring out what the chips were and then how various
> sections worked, I finally got it to run a program. It took a long
> time, but that didn't bother me.
I'm actually going to get my first PDP11 this summer, and I'll be in a
situation similar to yours. There are many things that I need to learn,
much money to be spent (preparing its home, moving it, the electrician),
and much time to be used before I will be able to really get down and
dirty with the machine, but I am still unbelievably excited about it
all.
My sincerest thanks go to the list member who has made this possible for
me. You know who you are.
> I was learning about stuff I was interested it :-)
Yes. Though I said I "need to learn", I also very much want to learn.
--
Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss_at_ou.edu
Received on Sun Apr 08 2001 - 15:53:10 BST