[super7man]

Also tortured myself on an IBM Series 1 for a year.

[GingisK]

You and I are the same vintage. I cut my teeth on an IBM 1130, which is very much like the Series 1. Then I experienced the PDP-8 and the PDP-11/45. The PDP-11 was my drop dead favorite until the Motorola 68000 series came out.

In the meantime, I laid hands on the SEL 810 & 840, the XDS Sigma 7 and 9, CDC 7600, and the UNIVAC 1108.

I really liked that big iron, and a wide assortment of mini-computers as well. Those seemed almost God-like. Computers of today are remarkable, stunning really. Common as BIC pens, and not as fun seeming as the old stuff. What youngsters miss is the clatter of that stupid ASR33.