[olug] Am I Old (was Cox High Speed)

[Mike Peterson]

They also had high speed mainframes and laser printers at Offut in the early
to mid 80's.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trent Melcher" <tmelcher at trilogytel.com>
To: "'Omaha Linux User Group'" <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: RE: [olug] Am I Old (was Cox High Speed)


> I was still using some paper tape here at Offutt in 89,  that was how we
> would send Comm messages up to the 'Looking Glass'
>
> Trent
>
> Trent Melcher
> Network/System Administrator
> Startouch International LTD.
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> John Dickson
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:58 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: re: [olug] Am I Old (was Cox High Speed)
>
>
> In the Marines in 82 we used to call that the green machine. A field
> computer. All-in-one monitor/cpu in a box. Slightly larger than a
> microwave. It was better than punch cards or tape (paper tape w/holes no
> electron theory here).
>
> Bill Brush <bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote ..
> >
> > Let's see, I guess it was about 20 years ago I had my first encounter
> > with a computer when the company my parents worked for expanded to
> > start selling computers.  It was IBM PC (1 floppy, green monochrome
> > monitor).  Then they got in a PCjr which was cool for color and a
> > joystick.  When the XT came out we thought that was damn cool.  The
> > IBM portable came along with nifty internal monitor but no hard drive,
>
> > but it was still cool.  When my Mom quit that company she bought a
> > Panasonic Sr. Partner, which I expect most of you have never heard of.
>
> > It was a portable (luggable) form-factor like the orginal Compaq, or
> > IBM portable, but it had a 20 MB internal HD, and a built-in thermal
> > printer.  Later I had run-ins with the IBM AT (screaming fast), and
> > from then on I think I hit just about every major PC interation they
> > had.  Not much experience with Apple hardware or UNIX, (until Linux
> > came along with my first encounter about 1995).
> >
> > Bill
> >
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