Star Office 7

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2003, Bruce Marshall wrote:
>On Tuesday 04 November 2003 21:16 pm, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
>> Bruce Marshall wrote:
>> >Well gee...  I guess at 65 and having bought from Sun, I feel
>> > 2.66666666 times better than you do...   :-)
>>
>> That's amazing ! I thought most of the people on this list were in
>> their 30's, because you guys sound so young ! I'm probably the
>> youngest here, I expect (I'm 34). But I am also very aware of time
>> being in short supply , but money is also one of my main worries!
>
>I don't think age is a big issue with computers...    I've been working 
>with them for 42 years...  might as well keep on going...   :-)
>
>"My first computer had its only memory on a drum"....

Sounds like either a Bendix G-15 or something from Univac.

One thing that amazed me was walking into the computer room at the Naval
Air Station, Whidbey Island, to find not only a Burroughs B-3800, the same
type of main frame I managed for years, but an IBM 026 keypunch still in
use.  This was in 1995!  The last time I had to use an 026 was in 1967 or
thereabouts.

Bill
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