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"Dartmouth relaxed the rule barring women from its computer center..." Just wow.
by jvandonsel 6y ago
"Dartmouth relaxed the rule barring women from its computer center..."
Just wow.
- 6510 6y agoI've been working at a joke about men creating languages and parallel processing but that's a story for a different thread.
- PeterStuer 6y agoAccording to Wikipedia Dartmouth College was a male only college until 1972. Woman did work as employees at the computer center, and bringing dates from nearby schools and colleges to the computing center was apparently a thing as students liked to show off their computer skills. Also of note: unlike other colleges, students at Dartmouth didn't need to pay for computer time, creating both opportunity but potentially also the need to 'guard' against outsiders.
- ponker 6y agoHaha, I love the idea of impressing women by showing them your computer skills.
- notRobot 6y agoDunno what to say, green-on-black terminals, clean code and fast typing do always manage to turn me on ;)
- PeterStuer 6y agoGiven the era I think we are talking key punches, card readers and line printers here.