Looking at all those old hardware pieces, the pioneering days, it reminds me of a show I loved Halt And Catch Fire. No Neurobionics, though, just the birth of the Digital Age.
Thank you for this comment. I haven't seen that show; perhaps I should check it out. My own very first job in the computer industry was at Data General, in the spring of 1980, and my first assignment (which any reasonably sharp 8th grader could have handled) was helping prepare some of the manuals for the MV 8000 computer for publication. This was the computer, code name "Eagle" that was the subject of Tracy Kidder's epochal book The Soul of a New Machine.
Since you like this kind of stuff I hope you'll check out my novel Acts of the Apostles. I expect you'll like it.
Richard, thank you for that highly complimentary and quite funny comment.
For any youngsters (people under 65) or people who are not fans of baseball: Sandy Koufax, who pitched for the L.A. Dodgers in the 1960's was one of the greatest pitchers in the entire history of the sport of baseball.
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Mr. Sundman was kind enough to send me a signed copy of The Pains a year or two ago! Really interesting book. Gonna go dig it up and read it again. Nice post!
Anyone stumbling into this thread, go read Acts of the Apostles. Like now. It’s amazing on every level.
I just bumped into this occidentally.
trying to orient myself
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Looking at all those old hardware pieces, the pioneering days, it reminds me of a show I loved Halt And Catch Fire. No Neurobionics, though, just the birth of the Digital Age.
Thank you for this comment. I haven't seen that show; perhaps I should check it out. My own very first job in the computer industry was at Data General, in the spring of 1980, and my first assignment (which any reasonably sharp 8th grader could have handled) was helping prepare some of the manuals for the MV 8000 computer for publication. This was the computer, code name "Eagle" that was the subject of Tracy Kidder's epochal book The Soul of a New Machine.
Since you like this kind of stuff I hope you'll check out my novel Acts of the Apostles. I expect you'll like it.
I shall check it out! And yes „Halt and Catch Fire“ is a perfect show, imo. I think you might like it. BTW that link in your About Section is broken.
“turned out to be pretty prescient in a lot of ways” is as modest as Sandy Koufax allowing as he had “enjoyed a few good innings.”
Richard, thank you for that highly complimentary and quite funny comment.
For any youngsters (people under 65) or people who are not fans of baseball: Sandy Koufax, who pitched for the L.A. Dodgers in the 1960's was one of the greatest pitchers in the entire history of the sport of baseball.
Thank you for the 'likes' and 'share's. Hope you'll subscribe to my substack for more of this kind of thing. Easy to unsubscribe if you find you're not enjoying it.
Mr. Sundman was kind enough to send me a signed copy of The Pains a year or two ago! Really interesting book. Gonna go dig it up and read it again. Nice post!
John's wealth of kindness is boundless.
Aw shucks. Thanks.