#1,724: I randomly met Paul Laughton, who wrote the first programming language I learned: Atari BASIC!
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Replying to @mwichary
Here he is with a “USB cable from 1960.” I got to shake his hand afterwards, which was wonderful. Who knows where I’d be without his BASIC.pic.twitter.com/TsLEVRmjLk
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Replying to @mwichary
#1,725: I punched a card with my name on an old manual punch, and then on a newer one – and they matched!pic.twitter.com/8XkTGsZtx4
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Replying to @mwichary
#1,726: I got a chance to hold an old core memory, hand-made, with a capacity of 140 characters… or, a physical tweet.pic.twitter.com/3e4iXM8tRF
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Replying to @mwichary
#1,727: I was allowed to use the old mechanical calculator (Comptometer) just as I am about to write about it in my book!pic.twitter.com/kecmHeQ6FX
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Replying to @mwichary
They made U.K. keyboard layouts, and fractional (for old stock prices in eighths) too.
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Replying to @trmcloughlin
What would be a difference between US and U.K. keyboard?
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Replying to @mwichary
Are you familiar with pounds/shillings/pence?pic.twitter.com/zW5itsX5iQ
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Replying to @trmcloughlin
Aaah, I see. Currency, not just abstract numbers.
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Do you have personal experience with those? Or interest?
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