How did you get in to computing? I started at school and was hooked (I was a very sad teenager)
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It always used to amaze me that the disc inside the sleeve didn't rapidly wear out.Originally posted by zeitghost
Okay, hands up anyone who has only recently thrown out the last of their 3.5 inch 'floppies'
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I also started in August 1984Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
but I no longer have a record of the day of the month. 
CIS COBOL on networked CP/M machines, RANGE COBOL on ICL ME29s and a bit of compiled MS-BASIC on stand-alones.Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
I also did coding sheets in pencil for keying in by keying girls (in their 50s); my zeroes are still always slashed (and the Os never are).My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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I once traded a still-sealed copy of WordStar on 8" floppy for a packet of dark chocolate Hob-Nobs. The recipient had refused to believe an 8" could exist. I now think I lost out on the deal.Originally posted by zeitghostMy all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostOkay, hands up anyone who has only recently thrown out the last of their 3.5 inch 'floppies'Likewise; I bought a box of 10 about a month ago.Originally posted by zeitghostWhat is this "throw away" of which you speak?
I just bought another 50...
My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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I started on £5,250 per annum and was loaded. I left in Sept '87 on £10k + car.Originally posted by RichardCranium View PostMy all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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C on IBM Unix machines (RS6000??) in 1989. For a software house that failed in the 1990/1991 recession so I didn't even get salary that was due to me.
That was state of the art at the time. I still love vi. At £14K for a graduate starter outside London, I felt loaded.Hard Brexit now!
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25 years ago I was 7
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i was a 14 year old spotty oik.Comment
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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostOkay, hands up anyone who has only recently thrown out the last of their 3.5 inch 'floppies'
I moved home last December and only then did they get thrown in the pile of things to be taken to the tip.
I went to the trouble of making them all unreadable too - by ripping the cases open and cutting the disks. It took ages and knackered my hands.
I probably needn't have bothered - nobody would have known what to do with them.
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