Friday, March 2, 2007

Old Computers

When I was a senior in HS, our school got their first computers. 3 of them, but I have no idea what kind they were.  There was no computer class, so they asked 1 or 2 kids from each grade if they wanted to use their study hall and free time to be the guinea pigs and work independently through a workbook.  I was the lucky senior that was picked.  I breezed through the book in about 3 weeks so I spent the entire rest of the semester writing a BASIC program that recounted the play-by-play of the entire 1982 World Series.  For example: - Tommy Herr lines a 2-2 pitch into left field for a single; Ken Oberkfell hits sac fly to right, Herr advance to second.  So forth and so on.  Sadly, I only got through the first two games.  All the info was based on my scorecards that I filled out while watching the games on TV.