I started to learn COBOL in my teens because I was fascinated with old computer anything...my dad said "don't bother with that!" Have I got the biggest "I told you so!" ever? LOL (But also it's really not fun)
I've been watching videos about IBM machines from the 1960s, as well as (well, because they're there) videos about the 5ess electronic switching system that ATT had around in the 1980s. Some of it is tremendously boring or outdated in ways that evoke inexplicable feelings.
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for instance: this is a video about a procedure to replace a 340MB disk pack:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-pp6mx6yM8 …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q07PhW5sCEk … John Fitch, MIT Science Reporter, interviews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_J._Corbató …
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