I learned to program about this time, on a computer rather similar to the ones seen in this news report.
Our modem was larger and clunkier, but I can remember dialing the computer (rotary dial) and placing the handset so our terminal (not a full computer) could talk to the mainframe computer across town.Now I have high speed broadband (of course), two monitors for my desktop system, a mini laptop, and a pocket pc, and a home filled with appliances run with microcontrollers that have more robust memory and processing capabilities than the original Apollo Guidance Computer.
Yessir, this digital egg timer could fly a spacecraft.
Feeling a little in awe of the speed of technology development this morning.
