Computing Power

[Johnny P]

The Post Versalog was the hot slide rule, and the joke was that the square root of 4 was 1.999.

[Vern Humphrey]

The Post Versalog was the hot slide rule, and the joke was that the square root of 4 was 1.999.

That's what my Post says.

[one shot]

I had an early tandy computer then a 286 compaq

[Vern Humphrey]

I had an early tandy computer then a 286 compaq

Mine was so early that it was a Model 1 with a Model 2 chip. No disks -- we used a tape recorder.

[Allen]

Mine was so early that it was a Model 1 with a Model 2 chip. No disks -- we used a tape recorder.

Mine was so old model numbers hadn't been invented yet.

I wonder where all those cords are going. A wall outlet?

[Vern Humphrey]

In those days, there was no software to speak of -- when you got the computer, you got a book that taught you to program in Basic. I was doing some research, so I wrote a program I called "The Incredible Bionic Number Cruncher." This allowed you to create a table, name each column, and run queries -- "Give me the Correlation Coefficient for Height and Weight for Men between 18 and 25." It would give the Correlation Coefficient, the level of confidence and the regression line.

[Allen]

In those days, there was no software to speak of -- when you got the computer, you got a book that taught you to program in Basic. I was doing some research, so I wrote a program I called "The Incredible Bionic Number Cruncher." This allowed you to create a table, name each column, and run queries -- "Give me the Correlation Coefficient for Height and Weight for Men between 18 and 25." It would give the Correlation Coefficient, the level of confidence and the regression line.

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I don't think Fred Flintstone had it THAT bad.

[Vern Humphrey]

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I don't think Fred Flintstone had it THAT bad.

Fred helped me with the design.