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lapfog_1

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1. "Nellie" has to be at least 10 years old by 1969

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:50 PM

May 23

speaking as someone about the age of those boys ( what, no girls? ) in 1969 and already writing Fortran on punch cards for an IBM 360/40 in 1970 plus a GE635 in 1968 in Algol.

Now I ask AI to write code for me in python. But it really hasn't changed much. Smaller, faster, solid state...

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A school computer, circa 1969: [View all] sl8 May 23 OP

"Nellie" has to be at least 10 years old by 1969 lapfog_1 May 23 #1

A bit more information: sl8 May 23 #3

1950s vacuum tube based computer. lapfog_1 May 23 #4

i was in elem school in 1968. gah . where did the time go? AllaN01Bear May 24 #7

I'd love to know where those kids are now and how the last 56 years have been. FadedMullet May 23 #2

Wow. Watching on my iMac, Progress. George McGovern May 23 #5

Here's a comparison of an Elliot 405 computer to a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero... hunter May 24 #6

Very cool, thanks. sl8 May 24 #8