The first computer I came upon was an IBM 1130. I had dropped out of studying A-Level physics and was required to fill my time at college with something else. I don’t remember how I came to be sitting in on a computing course, but eventually it lead to a career in computing.
The IBM 1130 had lots of lights and switches though I don’t remember what purpose they served. My first attempt at trying to draw a flow-chart, the initial step required to write a computer program, was a complete failure – I totally failed to understand what was required! Undeterred, I went on to become a decent computer programmer (I think).
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