My first job was using a hybrid computer. The main part was a EAI 680 analogue computer with 3 foot square detachable patch panels. An EAI 640 digital computer was used to control this. It ran via cassette operating system (COS) and the cassettes were very similar to 8 track audio tapes. This latter was replaced soon after I joined by an EAI Pacer which used 5Kb disks the size of vinyl LPs although it still had to be bootstrapped via the “octal” switches on the front. For simulation work analogue ruled in those days.

Thanks, I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. I ought to retire. I wish I could turn back the years and program as I used to. EAI 640/680 hybrid. One did not have to worry about background colour, font size/colour etc., the interface was a Teletype for the digital stuff and a huge dis-mountable patch panel for the analogue half.

Can anyone tell me where 'My Settings' has gone? A quote from an e-mail when I had forgotten, or thought I had, my password: "To change your details, including your newsletter subscription, email address and password simply login and then click 'My Settings' at the top left hand corner of the homepage." I must be blind because I cannot see it.

Razzmataz