Re: *** ADMIN: New poll topic on www.midrange.com

Dave,

Beat me - I was 5 then <BG> and am QUITE sure I had NO idea what a computer was
or that I would be working with them for a living ;-)

Congratulations !!

Chuck

Dave Willenborg wrote:

> I may have 99% of the list beat as far as years ago is concerned. Started
> programming  on an IBM 1620 computer using SPS in March 1963. First
> midrange was November 1981, System 38 model D using COBOL.
>
> Dave Willenborg
> MIS Manager
> J. C. Robinson Seed
> dwillenborg@jcrob.com
>
> >1971.  That was 28 years ago this past January.
> >
> >               -----Original Message-----
> >               From:   Colin Williams [mailto:Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk]
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> >               To:     'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> >               Subject:        RE: *** ADMIN: New poll topic on
> >www.midrange.com
> >
> >               What year was that, if I may be so bold!
> >
> >               -----Original Message-----
> >               From: Lurton Keel [mailto:Lurton.Keel@serx.com]
> >               Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 2:23 PM
> >               To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> >               Subject: RE: *** ADMIN: New poll topic on www.midrange.com
> >
> >
> >                               I didn't see my first system listed either,
> >so I picked
> >               the
> >               Sys/3.
> >                               The first system I worked on was an IBM 1130
> >with 8k of
> >               memory running Fortran with Commercial Subroutines.
> >
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