jfh@rpp386.UUCP (John F. Haugh II) (08/05/88)
In article <12802@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >Ah, the joys of summer jobs in high school.... (And a lesson in >spotting nerds: other kids mowed lawns or delivered papers; I >programmed $100K systems test machines :-) .) >-- >In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) [ i delivered papers in high school. made damned good money. just throw LOTS of papers. ] i also wrote programs for TI SR-52s. an engineer i worked for had me write a collection of hydrostatics programs for TI and HP calculators. we actually designed a 200 ton inland waterways tug using an ti-59. the year after the MV Lane Thomas was launched, we did derick barge design using an hp-41cv complete with tape drive and video monitor. i undertook writing a psuedo-operating system for the 41. and then apples and trs-80s became affordable, and faster than a calculator ;-) but i did manage to get a few jobs to run in a semi-batch mode before giving up the calculators for good. -- John F. Haugh II +--------- Cute Chocolate Quote --------- HASA, "S" Division | "USENET should not be confused with UUCP: killer!rpp386!jfh | something that matters, like CHOCOLATE" DOMAIN: jfh@rpp386.uucp | -- apologizes to Dennis O'Connor