XPost: alt.os.linux, alt.folklore.computers   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:09:54 -0500   
   Tim Slattery  wrote:   
      
   > "Carlos E.R."  wrote:   
   >   
   >  Defence-type usage.   
   > >   
   > >66 is not WWII times. It is the times of the Apollo missions, which had   
   > >flight computers. Computers did exist, although huge. Early 70s, there   
   > >was a computer room at my father's job. Programmers tried things to find   
   > >out what could be done with a computer.   
   >   
   > I was in Palo Alto (California) High School at that time. The high   
   > school was right next to the School District offices, so I was able to   
   > take a computer programming course. We were able to use the school   
   > district's IBM1620 to run our programs. A small (for the time)   
   > machine, and not very powerful, but it got me into programming. IBM   
   > 360s and 370s were also around at that time, and many governments and   
   > companies used them. Micro computers that you could own yourself   
   > debuted in the 1970s.   
      
   Us nostalgic folk are over here: -->   
      
   (Xposted, FU to afc)   
      
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