My usage of computers goes back a long way:
1968-1969 Unknown business computer with a 4K rotating drum memory,
punched tape reader, and a pair of converted RTTY terminals.
1969-1973 IBM 360/370 with punched cards and 132-column impact printers.
Used a WAT-IV compiler.
1977-1979 Same computer but with APL terminals
1979-1981 Xerox 560 with a WAT-V compiler
1981-1983 Univac 1100 that crippled Motorola GED
1983-1988 Atari 800/1020
1984-1990 Various IBM PCs
1991-1996 Compaq 8086 portable(s)
etcetera
Long, sad story behind that Univac 1100. Haven't seen anything quite as
bad until I tried using Linux. I should have known better than to try it a
second time around.
Chris
>
>I have been using Mac at home since 2005 or so. I refused the laptop the
>office wanted to give me, preferring to use my own Macbook Air. In the
>past several years, the only piece of software I have wanted to install
>that was not available for the Mac was TRAMO, an econometrics package
>developed by Banco de España but also used at the US Census Bureau and
>other places. So fairly obscure stuff. That was the ONLY such experience
>I have had.
>
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