[TriLUG] Old Guy Stories

[J.C. Jones]

Jim,

At least you have had the opportunity to get an "education" in 
computers. What I have learned has been through necessity and I don't do 
a very good job of learning.

The world of broadcast automation has changed drastically since I was 
first exposed to it in the sixties.

I need to visit one of the local radio stations and see how they are 
using automation, pc's, etc today. I am sure that it is nothing like my 
days of radio and television.

jcj

Jim Ray wrote:

>>I was born in 1936 ( makes this an ancient guy story )
>>
>>My first "personal" computer was the TI-99-4A. I could only afford the
>>unit, no disk drives of any sort. I make me a "cassette drive" using a
>>portable cassette recorder and wired up my own connecting cable.
>>
>>Only programming language was a form of basic. Even a short program
>>would take over 30 minutes to load from cassette to "pc". I usually
>>loaded the program while I was eating supper. When I finished with my
>>meal, my computer would be waiting for me.
>>
>>One of my first computers that I use in my work was a mini-computer, 12
>>bit words, and magnetic core memory. It used punch paper tape. It was
>>part of a broadcast automation system. I never did know the
>>manufacturer's name for the computer.
>>
>>jcj
>>    
>>
>
>[Jim Ray pontificates] you've got me beat by a quarter century :-)  no one
>can say they've got more experience than the folks that have seen the
>industry grow up around us.  thank god/allah/[insert diety of the day] we
>woke up today.
>
>  
>

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