[LINK] Computer science born in Australia 70 years ago
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Mon Sep 20 10:36:21 AEST 2021
On 20/9/21 9:48 am, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> What a great story, Tony. Personally, being in education, I could see
> that this personal computer revolution was going to change my field
> immensely, so I too bought a TRS-80 so I could learn about computing
> from the ground up. My little heart still goes pitty-pat when I remember
> the first blinking lights and realising if I bought a printer I could
> stop retyping everything. I even started a small business maintaining
> mailing lists and printing labels for other small businesses. Well, only
> 1 actually - an architecture association in Phoenix. Investing in
> computers back then was too much for small offices. I gave my gear away
> to a tech friend when I left the US.
>
> But to think how important that investment was for your family and what
> they have contributed since is really a super story. Makes me wonder
> what today's young people will dabble in for their own futures. Remember
> how gaming became a thing last decade and how huge that has grown! Next:
> space? ubiquitous virtual reality? Musk's idea of brain transfer? (that
> one scares me - read the Dean Koontz series with Jane Hawk - I'm nearly
> finished with that horror show - shudder)
Check out David Brin's 'Kil'n People', all about clay dittos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiln_People
http://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=59
> On 19/09/2021 6:58 pm, Antony Barry wrote:
>> It certainly changed their lives.
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