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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - I remember having to learn how to load the paper tape, card reader, magnetic tape, rotating drum, or disk drive bootstrap code into sequential memory locations via binary switches on the dead start panel of the crashed CDC 160A / 1604 / 1700 / 3600 / 6600 and BBN IMP systems in the sub basement in the wee hours of the morning when the vendor technicians were at home and we needed work done. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
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Thast was my first computer, then I moved up to a Vic 20
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - One of my first "C"-Schools was for NAVMACS (v)2 which used a UYK-20. Used a paper tape to load the address list and load troubleshooting routines. Had this system on my first 2 ships, never had to trouble shoot one except in school. I don't even remember how anymore...solid machine.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr - My guy's say you may like this. Warmest Regards, Sandy
http://www.computerculture.org/2012/02/recalling-the-autodin-part-i/
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SCPO (Join to see) - The AN/UYK-20(V).... LOL I taught that beast at Sub-school. Prior to that was the PDP-11, and the Flexcop system (can't remember the designator off the top of my head). Wow, memory lane.....
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Most of my first programs were written and run from teletype tape. "Memories...may be teletype and yet...what's to painful to remember...we simply choose to eject...so its the last time...we load the paper...and celebrate our output...the way we were."
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