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| Posted by JonPierson at Jun 15, 2014, 2:30:34 AM |
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Re: Am I the only one who can't import a background? (MacBook Pro, OS X 10.9.3) I started off in development in 1979 on an IBM System/34, that was around 7 years before IBM launched the PC (under DOS). I was an operator before that, on an ICL 1901T and an ICL 1904S. Both of those machines had "knitted core", i.e. the main memory was comprised of ferrite rings with 3 wires through each of them. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory , noting especially the last photograph at the bottom, right hand side of the article.) We also had exchangeable disk drives. If you have reasonable broadband, you might like to download the Operator's Manual of Peripherals for ICL 1900 series at http://www.datasheets.pl/computers/ICL%201900...Manual_of_Peripherals.pdf . Page 32 explains how I used to clean the surfaces of the actual magnetic discs; you couldn't have any dust particles between the read/write heads and the (1KB per platter, as I recall) disks when you loaded them onto the top-loading washing machine, er, sorry, hard disc drive... it's just that it was the size of a washing machine. We were fairly advanced where I worked, we not only had 4 platter discs/disc dives, we also had 8 platter discs/disc drives. :-) (Smug!) Nowadays, one of the uses to which I put my MacBook is processing of photographic images. I have a Canon 7D and I shoot in RAW format. RAW format images, on my camera, average around 24GB. Yes, twenty-four gigabytes, and we're talking 8 bit bytes, here, not the 6 bit bytes we had on the ICL 1900s (they worked in Octal). I realise that I am, indeed, a boring old fart but, hey, I've really tried to keep up with the crowd and down wid de yoof, innit? I'm 61 now and I'm being made redundant at the end of the month. I've been talking to some agencies about IBM i contracts (my main language is RPG). They tell me that there are some around but they are rare. They also told me that, when they do come up, they have difficulty filling them. Needless to say, I told them that's because most of us are dead. :-) It's great to see the advancements that come along so frequently, now, (apart from the phenomenal waste of time [as I see it] that is playing games on consoles instead of playing real games outside). I don't think that I could have been born at a better time in history (1953). I was alive when the Everest was first conquered, when man first went into space, when supersonic passenger flight was available and I watched, live, men landing on the moon. I've witnessed geometric growth in computer power, coupled with a massive reduction in the size of, well, just about everything. My TV is hanging on the wall - as BBC's "Tomorrow's World" predicted it would, back in the 1970s - and I can communicate with the whole world (apart from some backward Muslim and communist countries) freely, 24 hours a day, over the internet using the world wide web. What could possibly go wrong? By the way, I'm now flying with Sweet Home 3D. It's totally brilliant. My only question, to myself, is how stupid was I actually paying money for Home Design Studio which is totally crap in comparison? |
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