Remembrances of vacuum tube days
As a young teenager, I developed a love for electronics which became a lifelong love affair. In those days vacuum tubes were the norm and solid state devices such as transistors weren't in usage then....
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NRALIFR wrote:
I remember distinctly all the wires and vacuum tubes, knobs and flashing lights, the Selectric typwriters being used as consoles, and how the room smelled, the old round-reel tape drives, and the noise of the high speed impact printers.
The first computer that I was the "administrator" on was a VAX 11/780. It was a late 70s/early 80s "mini computer". 2 cabinets, each about the size of a refrigerator plus a third for I/O. Another refrigerator size cabinet for the 9 track open reel tape drive. Three 456 MB disk (over 1.2 GB!) fit in a cabinet the height of a 3 drawer file cabinet, but it was at least twice as deep.
