I had the same experience as you -- my first Unix account was in the late 80s on a Solbourne running OS/MP. I recall the load average hovering around 150 and

I had the same experience as you -- my first Unix account was in the late 80s on a Solbourne running OS/MP. I recall the load average hovering around 150 and simple C programs taking minutes to compile as hundreds of undergrads on vt-220 terminals all worked late into the night before project deadlines. I never physically saw the machine (it was owned by the campus-wide IT folks), and I was thankful when I got an account on the much less crowded CS systems the next semester. FWIW, this was SUNY Buffalo. Where were you?