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I was in a computers themed "Explorer Scout" program in the mid-80s (it had some affiliation to the BSA but I'm not sure how) when I was going to high school. O
by cowmix 4y ago
I was in a computers themed "Explorer Scout" program in the mid-80s (it had some affiliation to the BSA but I'm not sure how) when I was going to high school. One of the benefits of that program was getting your own account on Honeywell's Multics timeshare system.
- mayoff 4y agoI was in an Explorer Post that met at Convex Computer Corporation in Dallas, TX in 1986. It was my first exposure to Unix and C programming. A few of us got dial-up access to a Convex C-1 “minisupercomputer”. Then I got in trouble for dialing in just to play Hack. (This was before it became Nethack.)
- WalterGR 4y agoDid Hack really use enough resources for it to be an issue? Or did you get in trouble for using your access to have fun?
- mayoff 4y agoI was dialing in to a system used by dozens of Convex employees to do their jobs. One (or more?) of them ran `ps` and didn't like seeing `hack` in the output during business hours. I don't know if it was really a resource consumption issue.
- NordSteve 4y agoMe too! That's how I got my start in tech. I now help run FIRST Robotics Competition events as my way of paying it forward.