Timothy C. May wrote:
Steve brings us some important issues. Even a few crypto-related issues, later. At 7:08 PM -0800 12/5/96, Steve Schear wrote:
When I was doing my undergraduate work several of us built a heat-seeking and homing circuit which we subsequently tested in a small (24-inch) solid
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I believe there have been roughly (very roughly) three genarations of "science kids":
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* Generation 3: The computer generation. The 1970s-80s, who grew up with Commodore PETs and Apple IIs (and some later machines). These are the "new pioneers" of the 1980s-90s, the Marc Andreesens and the like.
I would guess that those who became and remained successful technically (as opposed to becoming "business people") were using HP computers and such in the 1970s. I for one was a heavy user then, and PETs, Apples, Radio Shack, etc. computers weren't reliable enough for serious work.