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I joined the USN in 1966 to avoid the draft. I got sent to Data Systems Technician school for computer training. We used a Univac CADET (Can't Add & Doesn't Even Try); which used a lookup matrix in place of real adder logic. It had 4K worth of 18 bit word magnetic core RAM. The programs were entered in octal via toggle switches in actual machine code; not even assembler. All too frequently the memory would get zapped by a ship that turned on its radar for testing. :-(
After I got out of the Navy & went to collge I got to use a real
computer, the IBM 360/40 running PCP. My 1st high level language
was Fortran 2; which was so MUCH easier to use than machine code.
Since then I've worked on/with a decent assortment of hardware,
operating systems and programming languages.
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