Oh my, it seems I've opened up a can of worms.   I was one of the lucky 
few
at college to be a guinea pig for using DEC Rainbows 

Albert Eddie Contractor AFRPA CIO/IT <Eddie.Albert AT AFRPA.PENTAGON.AF DOT 
MIL> 
wrote on 05/25/2006 10:31:04 AM:

> > Geez! You guys with those cassette tapes had all the luck! I 
> > got stuck taking courses in assembly language and FORTRAN on 
> > punched cards and paper tape. Fortunately, i eventually found 
> > a way to use a "modern"  crt to do my homework in a text 
> > editor and submit the jobs via batch, then punch the media in 
> > order to submit the assignment for a grade.
> 
> While in the Marine Corps we had hardened (i286) PCs (Green Machines)
> that had ticker tape messages. Print to ticker tape, delivered read on
> ticker tape reader. /ALE





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