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Re: [LUG] DCLUG don't leave me..

 

On 02/01/13 22:18, George Parker wrote:
> I started making my living in electronics in 1962 and my first
> computer was a 6 foot rack of valve units, each being a 4 bit register
> decoding IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) codes. (Yes, I was in the
> RAF).  Electronics then bit you if you weren't careful. I ended up in
> IS managing the introduction of data warehousing (if you don't know
> don't ask.  It's boring).

No, that sounds really, really interesting. You obviously herald from a
time when men where men and computers were computers.

There just aren't enough valves in computing these days...

Regards

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