RIP: Betty Holberton

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 03:55:12 2001

On December 12, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> One of the coolest moments in my life was when I met, entirely by chance,
> an old lady at the local hospital that was one of the early Real
> Programmers. She was sharing a double-bed room with my girlfriend's
> grandmother.
>
> I believe she said she had worked with the ENIAC, but I am not certain.
> She said that when she retired, video display terminals were just
> beginning to supplant printing terminals. There was a whole conversation
> in there somewhere, but unfortunately it has been forgotten in the sands
> of time.
>
> Nevertheless, it was a truly spiritual experience.

  WOW...I would love to have talked with her for an hour or two. Or
three. Maybe four.

   -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 03:55:12 GMT

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