Subj : Re: Amber or Green (was 286s)
To   : Skylar
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Apr 20 2024 11:47:00

-=> Skylar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Sk> Which campus? I spent a lot of time dialed into the VAX at the
 Sk> University of AR at Little Rock. The campus had 2400 baud modems but my
 Sk> modem was 1200 baud. That's just one of the reasons that I preferred to
 Sk> hang out in one of the computer labs.

San Francisco State University. This was early on, mid-80s. No internet
(yet). The first class was PASCAL, and taught on an old CDC mainframe.
Lots of those ADM3a terminals in 3 computer labs. The next class was
assembly language, taught on a VAX 11/750. They had something like 80
students in 3 classes, 4 hardwired ports and 6 ports hooked up to a
dial-up port selector. That meant that in order to get time in on the
system you either had to sign up for blocks of time in the lab or take
your chances dialing in.

I got to be a night-owl, take a nap from 2000-2400, then try dialing in,
get connected around 0130 and work until I was disconnected - I think
you got an hour max. Lather, rinse, repeat - luckily my first class was
at 11!



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