Hi Elena,
No, most of us have torn out all of our hair over computer frustrations! Mine is still there; but,
has gotten more grey, with an ever-decreasing amount of brown.
Actually, I started programming in 1968, using what was at the time the largest mainframe in Canada.
It was an IBM 360-65, with 256 KB RAM. this computer took up about 5,000 sq. ft. In 1969, I
started working on the "then" largest computer in Canada, another IBM 360-??, with a 1 MB RAM, which
grew to 2 MB after 2 years. We now have very small "personal" devices with several MB of RAM and
larger! And, they can easily fit in our hands. Ain't technology wonderful?
Things got much easier in 1984, with my first "talking computer", which was a modified HP 125 (the
Maryland I.T.S.), using the CPM operating system. In the late '80s, and being the only person in my
office with a PC on my desk, I was the "go to guy" for DOS questions, until the early '90s. Then,
Windows hit, and my reign was over! Oh well, nothing lasts forever! :) :)
By the way, I am certain that others on this listserv have been working on, or using computers for
longer than that. In fact, I wonder if someone has done a "history" of computer use by
blind/visually-impaired people, perhaps NFB, or APH.
Cheers, and stay safe!
Jim H
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Hi all, do all you long time computer users have gray hair? Smile, Elena
Michael S. Dunne, PRESIDENT
Elena Thomason, CEO
Equal Access & Associates, LLC
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Greetings,
I ought to have said, even me, of 52 years using computers, still make silly
errors!
On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:26:01 +0100, Colin Howard <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
-Greetings,
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-40 years? a mere kid! (smiles), I can give you 52 years!
-
-My first experience in 1969-70 with a real computere was an IBM1620
-mainframe, on which we used Fortran2.
-
-On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:57:54 +0000, Mike Pietruk <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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--Samson
--
--Things like this happen more than we might think; and, at least when I do
--stuff like this, it is a pure accident even though I've been using
--computers for around 40 years or so.
--Then, like you, it frustrates me to no end until, of course, when I
--discover, totally by accident, what caused this anomaly -- and then I can
--laugh at myself for my own stupidity, carelessness -- call it what you
--like.
--Other times, one might create a short cut, such as this was, not realizing
--that it is modifyying something that should have never been modified --
--and, if changed, more thought should have been taken to see the
--consequences.
--
--Now, if I had discovered this unintentional hotkey, rather than deleting
--it, I would have likely changed it to hopefully something more
--non-intrusive.
--But, then, of course, I later might discover that it interfered with
--something else.
--
--Thanks for sharing.
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