On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 1:12 AM -0800 12/6/96, Dale Thorn wrote:
Timothy C. May wrote:
* 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.
My points were about the _children_ and what they were using when they grew up.
(In fact, note my use of the phrase "who grew up with Commodore PETs and Apple IIs...")
Indeed, in the 1970s I was using H-P 9825s and DEC PDP 11/34s, but the teenagers of that decade were, if they were fortunate and energetic, using PETs, Apple IIs, and the like.
--Tim May
DEC PDP 11's - spaghetti code extrordinaire! :-) I reall don't miss those old beasts, but they did provide the means to learn quite a bit about how a computer (of the day) really functions. It's too bad that kids today haven't been subjected to the experience - we might start seeing a better appreciation for coding, as well as some innovation outside of the "objectivfying" development that is bloating many a Wintel hard drive. ...Paul