Happy Birthday Reece - Page 2

Eisenwurst · 10-05-17, 05:40 PM

Happy Birthday. I enjoy reading your posts.

Mr Quatro · 10-05-17, 07:21 PM

Happy birthday Reece ... I like your peanut butter bars

fireftr18 · 10-05-17, 08:09 PM

Happy birthday Reece!

August · 10-05-17, 08:36 PM

Happy Birthday

Reece · 10-06-17, 12:51 AM

Thank you all so very much for the wishes, I really appreciate it.

Tango589 · 10-06-17, 05:52 AM

Happy **th birthday buddy!

Fubar2Niner · 10-06-17, 02:50 PM

Happy Birthday ya bugger, sorry it's belated. Hope you had a great day

Fubes

Reece · 10-06-17, 06:42 PM

Thanks Guys!

STEED · 10-07-17, 06:17 AM

So Reece what's it feel like to be 150 years old?

Are you feeling young again burning the candle at both ends?

Are you farting more and telling more rude jokes than ever?

So here's to you for next year..Yea getting it in early after being late this year.

Reece · 10-07-17, 06:42 AM

Just a tad early STEED!!!

Thanks.

vienna · 10-08-17, 04:47 AM

A belated Happy Birthday to you, Reece...

Age is just a number, but it can be disheartening when its computed using a Cray...

<O>

Reece · 10-08-17, 06:47 AM

a Cray!! Now you're showing your age!! I owned a complete ICL 2903 setup as shown here:

Total RAM memory 128k
2 x 11" HDD's 7mb each
1 x card reader to load the Exec.
3 x terminals
1 Train/line printer
The main unit weighed over a ton!!
Better suited on the bridge of the Enterprise, Spock would have been impressed!!
I upgraded to an Exidy Sorcerer later with CP/M and Concurrent Dos.
Yes, I'm an old fossil.

Mr Quatro · 10-08-17, 07:04 AM

Reece is now another day older ... get back to work Reece

11:02 PM
Sunday, October 8, 2017 (GMT+11)
Time in Canberra ACT, Australia

vienna · 10-08-17, 07:05 AM

First computers I ever got to use were from the IBM System 360 Series, with the room-sized setups with TOS and punchcards. I recently watched the film "Hidden Numbers" about the early days of pioneer computing at NASA during the Project Mercury period and one of the scenes was a member of the human "Computer" staff secretly teaching herself how to program in Fortran on NASA's first digital IBM mainframes; I felt a bit of nostalgia as I watched her loading a Fortran program using punchcards...

But time and progress can humble anyone; in the mid 80s, I was tasked with getting a company's newly purchased IBM PCs up and usable. This was met with a very stiff resistance from the mainframe staff; like you, their IBM system ran on 128k of RAM and they were none to pleased to learn the PCs they derided had 640k RAM; they were even more dismayed when I found an "Above Board" mod increasing the total RAM to a whopping 2M. You're only 1+ years younger than me, so we've both seen the data world change by leaps and bounds...

I do, however, take umbrage at the suggestion people of our age group started out on the Abacus...

<O>

STEED · 10-08-17, 08:41 AM

"Hello Reece nudge nudge wink wink know what I mean".

10-05-17, 05:40 PM	#16
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,765 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday. I enjoy reading your posts. __________________

10-05-17, 07:21 PM	#17
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Happy birthday Reece ... I like your peanut butter bars __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

10-05-17, 08:09 PM	#18
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Happy birthday Reece! __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

10-05-17, 08:36 PM	#19
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

10-06-17, 12:51 AM	#20
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,752 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Thank you all so very much for the wishes, I really appreciate it. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-06-17, 05:52 AM	#21
Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,377 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Happy **th birthday buddy! __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

10-06-17, 02:50 PM	#22
Fubar2Niner Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London. UK Posts: 4,179 Downloads: 279 Uploads: 0	Happy Birthday ya bugger, sorry it's belated. Hope you had a great day Fubes

10-06-17, 06:42 PM	#23
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,752 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Thanks Guys! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-07-17, 06:17 AM	#24
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	So Reece what's it feel like to be 150 years old? Are you feeling young again burning the candle at both ends? Are you farting more and telling more rude jokes than ever? So here's to you for next year..Yea getting it in early after being late this year. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

10-07-17, 06:42 AM	#25
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,752 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Just a tad early STEED!!! Thanks. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-08-17, 04:47 AM	#26
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	A belated Happy Birthday to you, Reece... Age is just a number, but it can be disheartening when its computed using a Cray... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

10-08-17, 06:47 AM	#27
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,752 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	a Cray!! Now you're showing your age!! I owned a complete ICL 2903 setup as shown here: Total RAM memory 128k 2 x 11" HDD's 7mb each 1 x card reader to load the Exec. 3 x terminals 1 Train/line printer The main unit weighed over a ton!! Better suited on the bridge of the Enterprise, Spock would have been impressed!! I upgraded to an Exidy Sorcerer later with CP/M and Concurrent Dos. Yes, I'm an old fossil. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

10-08-17, 07:04 AM	#28
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Reece is now another day older ... get back to work Reece 11:02 PM Sunday, October 8, 2017 (GMT+11) Time in Canberra ACT, Australia __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

10-08-17, 07:05 AM	#29
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	First computers I ever got to use were from the IBM System 360 Series, with the room-sized setups with TOS and punchcards. I recently watched the film "Hidden Numbers" about the early days of pioneer computing at NASA during the Project Mercury period and one of the scenes was a member of the human "Computer" staff secretly teaching herself how to program in Fortran on NASA's first digital IBM mainframes; I felt a bit of nostalgia as I watched her loading a Fortran program using punchcards... But time and progress can humble anyone; in the mid 80s, I was tasked with getting a company's newly purchased IBM PCs up and usable. This was met with a very stiff resistance from the mainframe staff; like you, their IBM system ran on 128k of RAM and they were none to pleased to learn the PCs they derided had 640k RAM; they were even more dismayed when I found an "Above Board" mod increasing the total RAM to a whopping 2M. You're only 1+ years younger than me, so we've both seen the data world change by leaps and bounds... I do, however, take umbrage at the suggestion people of our age group started out on the Abacus... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

10-08-17, 08:41 AM	#30
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	"Hello Reece nudge nudge wink wink know what I mean". __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!