Stephen wrote:

> When I started working in computing in 1969, the Honeywell H416 then 
> later H316

Oh yes - apparently Honeywell used to make computers...

> was booted by entering about a dozen binary codes into the 
> switch register. This told the CPU which peripheral to read and where in 
> memory to but the loader program, which was read using a paper tape 
> reader.

Does the tape have a single row of holes? Or does it have multiple 
parallel rows? How easy is it to tear the stuff?

> After the loader tape was read you then read the program using 
> the paper tape reader. Only then could you enter any data.

 From tape or card, presumably?

> In 1976 Burroughs Machines were manufacturing 96 column card readers.

I gather Burroughs got bought to form Unisys?

> The first computer I ever saw was in 1997 at Glasgow University. It was 
> an analogue machine that used valves.

1997? o_O

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