[inforoots] Origin of IBM 1130 name

[Barrie Robinson]

Chris,

I am looking for someone to do a small program for me in 
entrepreneurial mode.  Do you know anyone crazy enough o take a 
gamble at getting rich.  Bill S knows me so you could check with him 
regarding my background !


At 09:44 AM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
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>I heard this way in the way back (late sixties) when I personally upgraded
>from programming Wang 360 desktop calculators to the IBM 1130 at the local
>IBM center.  The center had 24x7 staffing but no-one used the computers at
>night so I used a connection thru the Boy Scout Explorers to get access.
>
>I programmed in APL, FORTRAN, etc.  Then actually found some work as a teen
>working with some FORTRAN business applications supplied for free from IBM's
>library of donated programs.
>--
>Thanks,
>
>Chris Gillette
>   The Hollyhock Company
>   17069 Gulf Pine Circle, Wellington, FL 33414-6352
>   Email: cgillette at thehollyhockcompany.com
>   Website: http://www.thehollyhockcompany.com
>   (561) 628-7348
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>   Home Telephone:  (561) 790-1063
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>Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious
>to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional. Even the
>most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized
>society where everything is calculated and perfected.
>- Steiner, La Dolce Vita
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Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson
barrie at look.ca