Torstein Krogh intro

[TorsteinKrogh]

Hello. I have 55 years of computer software experience. Started with IBM 1401, punched cards and tapes. Then University studies with FORTRAN, COBOL and Simula 67. DataPerfect database, then Access in 1998. Made Manta, a system fir running a shipyard including invoice.
Need help connecting latest Mysql to Access 365

 

[Jon]

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[NauticalGent]

Welcome aboard!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Well, that intro told us you are in an elite age group like some of the senior members of the forum. In college, we used an IBM 1620-II, which is the same generation as an IBM 1401 and was also a BCD encoded, variable number-length system. We used punched cards as well, though we didn't have the luxury of tapes until we got a DEC KA10 processor that had the standard 9-track magtapes and we also had DECtapes, personal-sized (but definitely NOT pocket-sized) storage for personal files. Did my analytical chemistry dissertation work with DECtapes for my research data analysis, plotting, and programs.

Welcome to the forums, Torstein.

 

[RonPaii]

In college the Freshmen IT weed out class was Fortran 4 running submitted batches to an IBM 370 using punch cards. Plus a course on IBM GCL. The only IBM manual was in the computer room. Next we went to Pascal, C, Cobol, Lisp but we had line terminals connected to a VAX 11-70 that could submit to the IBM of the VAX.

 

[theDBguy]

Hi. Welcome to AWF!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

@RonPaii
We had a complete set of manuals at the University of New Orleans for the IBM OS/360, which filled up two six-foot pre-fab bookcases, 5 shelves each. The batch control language manuals took up one complete shelf by itself.

VAXen were numbered as 11-780, 11-750, 11-720, and later with 4-digit model numbers and dropping the "11-" prefix. The Navy had a VAX 8700 for one of its personnel machines. It was a real banger. A PDP-11/70 (not a VAX) was a workhorse machine, kind of expensive compared to others of its class, but it was a decent box. The Navy had one of those, too.