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Date:         Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:18:36 +0000
Reply-To:     Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vintage  machines
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 Yes, you are correct.  But they were kind of limited back in those days.  Now, a modern car has many.  I remember my first contact with digital stuff in 1971.  Nand Gates and Nor Gates.  Boolean Algebra.  Things sure happened marvelously from then on.  And there was this marvelous electronic machine, used a language called "Basic".  Soon after, more languages...like "Fortran".  Oh my!!  And about 10 years later, some geeks put together something called a "Personal Computer".  I couldn't imagine why anyone besides an engineer would want one.  I was wrong.


    On Monday, January 23, 2023 at 02:52:27 PM PST, OlRivrRat <olrivrrat@comcast.net> wrote:  
 
 On 22 Jan , 2023, at 3:13 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:








happened in late 80’s……. and also the MicroProcessor.  Chips.  Became available around that time


 Just so Ya Know,,, Chips & MicroProcessors have been around since the ‘60s ~
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