On another note, I see some references to first computers people owned.
Ours was a Timex Sinclair with a 1K memory module. Traded it in for a rebate on a C64.
...and suddenly I feel old.
1K memory model! Like my brain trying to recall past meta mechanisms.
I hope so too! Haha. But if it weren't for our exchange, I wouldn't have realized I had forgotten to submit my answer, so I'd say we're even!
Eric Porter wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:58 am I've now washed up on shore and I'm feeling really dumb. I was looking in the right general direction the whole time, but I was massively overcomplicating it.
Wasn't it amazing what could be done with 1K of memory.
I was lucky enough to work at one of the UK's largest DEC installations (PDP/8). Spent days in front of that line of light bulbs and toggle switches programming in machine code, telex terminal at my side. Had to keep busy while waiting for my reports to be typed by the typing pool ... with true "cc" (carbon copy) of course! Oh boy - nostalgia creeping in again... time for a Watney's Red BarrelBob cruise director wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:31 pmWasn't it amazing what could be done with 1K of memory.
We flew a missile with 8K of memory. I had some great programmers who could wring the most out of coding in machine language.
Just keep looking......