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The reason for that is simple. money. In my first year FORTRAN or cards as you say then the University department bought a mini and used BASIC.
by pasc1878 2y ago
The reason for that is simple. money.
In my first year FORTRAN or cards as you say then the University department bought a mini and used BASIC.
- ghaff 2y agoAbout the next year the joint computer facility (i.e. non-EE/CS) got a VAX but I never had a particular reason to get an account. Looking back, the EECS department was actually a pretty active center for computer-related research. But computers weren't widely-used elsewhere at the time.