Windows Essentials

[Ken Blake]

Hi, Ken.

Thanks, kiddo! ;<)


And for those of you who don't know, Ken is the only Microsoft MVP, so far
as I know, whose son is also a Microsoft MVP:
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvp.aspx?name=blake

Yep, Larry Blake, who is on that page, is my son.

Way to go, Ken!

Thanks, RC.

 

[Charles Tomaras]

Yep, Larry Blake, who is on that page, is my son.

How many free MSDN Universal subscriptions does one family need?

 

[Ken Blake]

How many free MSDN Universal subscriptions does one family need?

Larry is almost 50. We haven't lived together for *many* years. As a
matter of fact, we are almost on opposite sides of the US.

 

[XS11E]

Larry is almost 50. We haven't lived together for *many* years. As
a matter of fact, we are almost on opposite sides of the US.

Sometimes that's a good thing!

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Did you program in machine code? Or was there an assembler available?

Ed

The assembler was called FAP (Fortran Assembly Program) on the
7090/Fortran II and MAP (Macro Assembly Program) on the 7094/Fortran IV.

I won't bet on my expansion of the acronym MAP, but as for FAP, I would
bet real money.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

They're beautiful! Here's a pic of my sweetie with her kids:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Female_warthog_with_young.jpg

Would you explain to me again about Intelligent Design? I seem to still
be confused on that issue

 

[XS11E]

Would you explain to me again about Intelligent Design? I seem to
still be confused on that issue

Intelligent is not a word to be used on Usenet, sorry.

 

[Ed Cryer]

The assembler was called FAP (Fortran Assembly Program) on the
7090/Fortran II and MAP (Macro Assembly Program) on the 7094/Fortran IV.

I won't bet on my expansion of the acronym MAP, but as for FAP, I would
bet real money.

Have a guess what the acronym of ICL's assembler language stood for; PLAN.

Ed

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Intelligent is not a word to be used on Usenet, sorry.

Oops. I was careless - please accept my apologies.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Have a guess what the acronym of ICL's assembler language stood for; PLAN.

Ed

This is definitely a guess, since I have no knowledge: Programming
LANguage.

If true, it's an inspired and inspiring name. Not...

 

[Ed Cryer]

This is definitely a guess, since I have no knowledge: Programming
LANguage.

If true, it's an inspired and inspiring name. Not...

Correct. And their early OS was called George; general environment
organisational (something or other).

Ed

 

[SC Tom]

Have a guess what the acronym of ICL's assembler language stood for; PLAN.

Ed

Programming LAnguage Nineteen hundred? Gotta love Google LOL!! So, Gene, you
weren't far off

I guess I'm pretty much the kid of the group, only being 64 ;-) And a
late-comer to the world of computers. Although I worked on them in the USAF
(AC and Refrigeration for Equipment Cooling), I really didn't work with them
until around 1980. We had FST-2's that controlled our search and
heightfinder radar systems, but about the only thing I did with them was
make sure the humidity was below 50% and the temperature was under 70. With
the high-power diode tubes that were used in the power supply cabinets, if
the humidity got too high, the tubes would arc. I never saw it happen, but I
heard it was an awesome sight, albeit destructive. With that kind of current
and voltage zapping around, I would just as soon not be in the room.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <[email protected]>, Ed Cryer

Correct. And their early OS was called George; general environment
organisational (something or other).

Ed

Does this have anything to do with the fact that the autopilot in
airliners was always known as George, for many years?

 

[Ed Cryer]

Programming LAnguage Nineteen hundred? Gotta love Google LOL!! So, Gene,
you weren't far off

I guess I'm pretty much the kid of the group, only being 64 ;-) And a
late-comer to the world of computers. Although I worked on them in the
USAF (AC and Refrigeration for Equipment Cooling), I really didn't work
with them until around 1980. We had FST-2's that controlled our search
and heightfinder radar systems, but about the only thing I did with them
was make sure the humidity was below 50% and the temperature was under
70. With the high-power diode tubes that were used in the power supply
cabinets, if the humidity got too high, the tubes would arc. I never saw
it happen, but I heard it was an awesome sight, albeit destructive. With
that kind of current and voltage zapping around, I would just as soon
not be in the room.

I'm your age exactly. I like the idea of being a kid again.
I never worked with Plan but I signed up as a COBOL programmer when the
elders were moving from assemblers to high-level langs.


Ed

 

[Ed Cryer]

In message <[email protected]>, Ed Cryer


Does this have anything to do with the fact that the autopilot in
airliners was always known as George, for many years?

I'd never heard that before so I googled. The majority opinion is that a
George worked on the earliest version of AP.

Ed

 

[Ed Cryer]

I'd never heard that before so I googled. The majority opinion is that a
George worked on the earliest version of AP.

Ed

Well, what-da-ya-know? Here's an extract from a Wiki article on ICL's
George;

Main article: GEORGE (operating system)

In December 1964 ICT set up an Operating Systems Branch to develop a new
operating system for the 1906/7. The branch was initially staffed with
people being released by the end of work on the OMP operating system for
the Ferranti Orion. The initial design of the new system, named George
after George E. Felton, head of the Basic Programming Division, was
based on ideas from the Orion and the spooling system of the Atlas
computer. [15]

(In public it was claimed that George stood for GEneral ORGanisational
Environment, but contemporary sources claim that was a backronym).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICT_1900

Ed

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, John.

Does this have anything to do with the fact that the autopilot in
airliners was always known as George, for many years?

As in, put it on autopilot and "Let George do it"?

RC
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San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in message

In message <[email protected]>, Ed Cryer

Correct. And their early OS was called George; general environment
organisational (something or other).

Ed

Does this have anything to do with the fact that the autopilot in
airliners was always known as George, for many years?