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Progress Isn’t Always All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Decades ago I took my first computer science class on a Honeywell Sigma 6. It was a new installation. We lived through 30 minute response times, terminal time limits, multi-hour terminal waiting lists, and even staying at the terminal room overnight, sleeping in corners waiting for our turn at a terminal, to get enough terminal… Continue reading Progress Isn’t Always All It’s Cracked Up To Be