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My Dad spoke very highly of Paul. Bill and Paul were invited to BPA to program a PDP-10 computer to manage power station operations [1]. My Dad, a DEC Technici
by matchagaucho 7y ago
My Dad spoke very highly of Paul. Bill and Paul were invited to BPA to program a PDP-10 computer to manage power station operations [1].
My Dad, a DEC Technician, would come home and say "There are a couple teenagers from Seattle programming the BPA mainframes."
He then built a Heathkit home computer and taught me BASIC because "Paul and Bill can do it. So can you."
[1] https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Legacy-computer-system-retires-after-keeping-the-lights-on-for-38-years.aspx https://www.bpa.gov/news/newsroom/Pages/Legacy-computer-syst...