On 27/12/11 13:42, Stephen Davies wrote:
> I was a student from 1972-75. Yes, that was a few decades ago honestly.
> I did Mechanical Engineering (Instrumentation & Control). Part of my
> course was shared with the Computer Science degree course.
> I wrote my first program in Sept 72.
>
> Naturally, this wasn't at a University but a Polytechnic. Funnily
> enough, I was classed as a mature student as I had worked for 4 years
> after leaving school at 15.
> Those were the days.
>
> Stephen D
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Well I did my MSc in Comp Sci at Essex, starting in October 1970; the
BSc course was well-established at that time. While I was there, the hot
news was that they were getting a DEC PDP-10, with (amongst other
things) a massive 64MB (if I remember correctly) head-per track hard
disc drive...
Ian
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