> On Jun 27, 2015, at 12:23, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
>
> My first-computer love was the IBM 650 though. I went from that onto a
> Remington Rand -> Sperry Univac -> Xerox career path, retiring from Xerox at
> the end of 1998
Ah yes, the 650. I worked on one for a while as a subcontractor
Great to see you here, Julian.
I cannot claim "Senior" then. My first code was written in Fortran [I, but of
course it didn't need a version number until II arrived] in May, 1958. It
compiled on the IBM 704 at Boeing and failed on a divide-check. I was a 19
year-old Engineering Aide in the T
