Were some of your first programs written on paper tape? Or perhaps programmed through a plugboard with wires? Do you remember when lights and switches on the front of the console were actually useful for debugging? When you liked the device drivers into your program instead of the operating system, because there WAS NO OPERATING SYSTEM?
Then you are an OLD FART, and this BoF is for you! Come and relate the days when computer graphics was line-printer ASCII art of Snoopy on his doghouse, computer security was locking the door to the computer room at night, and networking was carrying a box of cards down the hall to your friend.
If you are a young WHIPPASNAPPA you might want to drop past to hear about when the CPUs* were so large you could walk inside of them.
You are welcome to sit in the front of the room )or the back, whichever you prefer) because you are an OLD FART and no one tells you what to do!
*CPUs means JUST the central processing unit. The TUBE memory was separate cabinets!
The presentation will take place in Room 209 on Saturday, March 7, 2026 - 19:00 to 20:00
