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Subject: [Leica] Re:SD cards in M8
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Mar 18 13:41:45 2007
References: <C221D8F2.8E23%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk><E19B8519-366F-47DA-BDB8-4E4DAB3E180A@ciudad.com.ar><00fc01c768ca$eaebe880$48cb6743@MacPhisto><004f01c768e2$4b996470$1eac28d1@fumcratr6dmly7><A9B5783B-6B49-4A1B-BEDD-F9C5F0A256AF@mac.com><110760C5-47F7-4F69-9010-A6AB0359BB1C@btinternet.com><4cfa589b0703180957x1a00e4dbpc2a714eebbcc4634@mail.gmail.com><004a01c76981$85047cf0$6101a8c0@jimnichols> <002901c7698e$8decfe20$2101a8c0@luispersonal>

Luis,

I never used Visicalc, though I have heard of it.  I became very familiar 
with Lotus 1-2-3, because our company management adopted it for use in 
balancing workload and personnel.  I now use Excel, but didn't make the 
change until I retired.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luis Ripoll" <luisripoll@telefonica.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 1:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Re:SD cards in M8


> Jim,
>
> This sound me familial too, the first computer I've work was an HP1000 
> with
> same characteristics of your PDP, the hard disc was 20 MB! And my first
> personal computer was a small HP (maybe HP120...?) with the diskettes of
> 3,5", IBM was not yet announced (I think) the PC, my worsheet was 
> "Visicalc"
> a very ancient predecessor of the Excel.
>
> Saludos desde Barcelona
> Luis
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org] En nombre 
> de
> Jim Nichols
> Enviado el: domingo, 18 de marzo de 2007 18:19
> Para: Leica Users Group
> Asunto: Re: [Leica] Re:SD cards in M8
>
> Adam,
>
> You revive old recollections.  Though I was not computer-oriented, I had
> some brilliant techies working for me.  Our first attempt at wind tunnel
> control improvements was to provide test environment displays in true
> engineering units, rather than as instrument readouts.  We utilized a
> surplus DEC PDP-8, loading the programs with punched paper tape. After
> proving the concept, we went on to DEC PDP-11s and eventually a VAX. This
> led to computerized control of selected plant valves in order to hold
> testing conditions within tight tolerances during the data-taking process.
>
> The first computer that I actually utilized personally was made by Xerox 
> and
> utilized two 8-INCH floppy drives, one for the operating system and one 
> for
> the application and data.  Those were the days!
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:SD cards in M8
>
>
>> My first "real" computer was a DEC PDP-11/23. It had 64K(!) of RAM and
>> a huge, I say HUGE, as in VAST 5 MB hard drive. Of course the entire
>> operating system footprint was 4 KB, 8 KB if I elected to use the
>> non-overlayed version. Later we had the PDP-11/70 on a chip (the J11 I
>> think it was called) and it address 4MB of RAM that cost at least $4k.
>>
>> Today even small drivers take 4k and just the space lost in formatting
>> a typical hard drive totals more than the entire disk capacity I owned
>> in the first 10, no make it 15, years of computing.
>>
>> I wish I had kept the VAXstation I had which was a wonderful machine
>> with a rock-solid OS (VAX/VMS). Ah well . . . the good ol' days.
>>
>> Adam
>>
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