The Computer Chronicles - Operating Systems (1984)

youtube ^ | circa 2012 | The Computer Chronicles

[Signalman]

Computer Chronicles was a show on PBS back in the 1980s. This episode features, among others, an interview of Gary Kildall, the inventor of CP/M, an 8-bit operating system which preceded QDOS and MS-DOS, both of which were based on CP/M. Kildall was the founder of Digital Research Inc. (DRI).

[Waverunner]

in the early 80’s used and 11/23 plus, then an 11/70. one piece of hardware we used had an 11/08 dedicated that you manually input the boot sequence. I loved my favorite vt52 terminal with gold key editing.

[FreedomPoster]

My cousin worked for FoxPro, then became a Microsoftie when MS bought out FoxPro. He did very well with it.

[kawhill]

I have thoroughly enjoyed our civil discourse today. To meet with like minds and people who have studied different worlds in IT, I am grateful that you have imparted your wisdom on this board and to me. Regards, kawhill.

[bunkerhill7]

Wow! 1802 milspec rad hardened was used on the first U.S. satellites.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

bfl

[George from New England]

‘why did these ladies contract cancer? ‘
Maybe abortion?

[GaltAdonis]

I've written tons of C and C++ code.
Probably 50 times more than all other languages combined -
Nah - more than that..

[Waverunner]

Used C and Perl on my sgi and IBM rs platforms. irix and Unix workstations I used for manufacturing and design as well as running automation cells. both were risc chip platforms. back when 90 percent of coding wasn.t for games and movie effects.

[Varmint Al]

MY FIRST PC.... I got my first PC in the late 70's. It was a SOL 20 Computer based on an Intel 8080 CPU with 8K of 8 bit memory and a cassette tape for storage. For software, I had one basic program loaded on the tape plus TREK. My boy played TREK 2 days straight, that's 48 hours! He learned all the commands by trial and error, except one about the photon torpedoes. To program in BASIC, I had to load the program plus BASIC and delete each line, then write a new program and save it back on tape. I finally got smart and saved a BASIC file with a one line program. I bought the SOL Computer as a kit for about $2000 and paid another $150 to have the kit assembled. The whole thing was about the size of a big IBM typewriter. The monitor was an 8 in. black/white. By the early 80's, I went to a computer fair over in SF and bought a 64K memory card for $599 and didn't know how I could possibly use all that much memory. I was running CP/M and finally bought a hard sectored 5-1/4 in. disk drive kit and punched extra holes in the paper jackets so I could use both sides of the disk. Not only do I still have the old SOL saved, but I bought a complete duplicate system in case it ever crashed!

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[mbj]

Irfanview is also a good picture/image viewer. Older versions used to run under Windows ‘98; there may be a version you can find that works.

[GaltAdonis]

I did process control / robotics for plasma etch-deposition chambers for semiconductor manufacturing,
and for network diagnostic & security systems and for software for automated warehousing -
(robotic forklifts and such) software for controlling the operations and product tracking
of paper mills, load planning for shipping, etc. Mostly all of it in C and assembly language.
Did a bunch of cosulting / contract software work for all kinds of strange stuff.
Some of which I'd still best not talk about.

[markman46]

I had a C64 and a 1200 baud modem and loged into the college to input basic programs for my class, then run them the next day.

also had a C128 and ran CP/M and the programs that i could download and run. the great old days