1953
Long Beach, NY. (Wish I still had that hat!)Scans for some pictures dug up from the past. These would be of interest only to those who know me.
1953
Long Beach, NY. (Wish I still had that hat!)
1964 - Polytechnic
Institute of Brooklyn Computer Center -IBM 7040
The
classic computer center - note the row of tape drives, and the console with
all the data entry
buttons
and display lights. No display screens, but behind me you can just barely see
the IBM
Selectric
typewriter that was the operator's output device. Most home computers today
are more
powerful
than this computer, at a fraction of the cost and power drain.
1971 - U. California, Berkeley
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab Computer Center (Picture taken by
my Dad.)
Ok, so I've
got sideburns, and I'm wearing sun glasses indoors. It was the 70's after all.
But notice,
no display screens or terminals. Those stacks of paper are listings of programs.
The Fortran
66 compiler and the CDC 6600 Assembler (COMPASS) that I maintained as part of
the
BKY operating
system on the Control Data 6600, one of the early Super Computers. Note also
the typewriter.
I wrote most of the user documentation on it, the old way.
1985
- KPFA-FM Music Room - Shattuck Ave Studio - Berkeley
From 1969 to 1995 I produced an irregular series of classical music and spoken
word programs as a volunteer at KPFA.
This picture was taken in the old music room, and I'm surrounded by the record
and tape collection. In the early 90's
the station moved to a new building on MLK Avenue.
In my office at Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park CA, November 2000.