Re: [OT] Best Mac for Development?
Re: [OT] Best Mac for Development?
- Subject: Re: [OT] Best Mac for Development?
- From: Tedd Sperling <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:13:46 -0400
Tony:
Off list.
1969, (with help from friends) I built my first computer using dual logic analyzers. Programmed in binary and saved programs to paper tape. In 1971, (with help from friends) I wrote “Ginp Gnop" (ping pong spelled backward) using a black/white TV with a couple pots. Hard-wired my first assembly language.
In 1965, wrote my first Fortran program at Los Angeles Valley college in a class called “Introduction to Engineering” in the “ Engineering department” — long before colleges had a "Computer Science” department.
Before that, I was wondering what the opening in my underwear was for.
Cheers,
tedd
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> On Sep 13, 2015, at 1:09 PM, Tony Scaminaci <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I can one-up you Ted. I still have a Heathkit 8080 with a whopping 16 MB of ram that loaded from either a front-panel octal keypad or a cassette drive. Lol, that's how I learned assembler. As for the old Mac 128K, I upgraded it to 512K (Mac Plus) and overlaid a 16MHz 68000 to disable the existing 8 MHz CPU. That sucker boots MacOS 7.5 from floppy faster than any current Mac I have. I'm keeping that 512K forever and may take it to the grave Lol.
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> On Sep 13, 2015, 8:41:39 AM, Tedd Sperling wrote:
> > On Sep 12, 2015, at 2:55 PM, Tony Scaminaci <email@hidden> wrote:
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> > I'm laughing at these old days comments. I started with a 128K Mac in 85, moved to the Quadra 950, a bunch of hacked StarMac clones, then a PowerMac G4 (1999), and finally on to a variety of mini macs and laptops….
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> Old days? How about 1977 Apple II with 12k Integer Basic on the motherboard and a GE tape drive? I wish I still had it. But I still have my 1984 Toaster Mac with 128k — immediate boot — where have we gone wrong?
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> Cheers,
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> tedd
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