My previous post about pioneering was merely a reflection of my experiences with the new equipment back then. In a 'dead-serious' moment I would like to acknowledge there were 'real' pioneers that made this all possible for us.
And I have to admit I have a family stake in this mix. My older sister Sharon married a wild and crazy motorsickle nut in 1964. After a tour of duty in SE Asia her husband buckled down and obtained a EE degree from OSU in 1971 with studies being in something called "computer science". One of only two degrees in Computer Science that year. BTW. Pops wouldn't talk to him for a few years because he had not followed the CE path. The two men eventually would sit down at a Thanksgiving dinner without too much friction.
Sharon's husband was offered a job in Loveland, Colorado for a small upstart outfit called Hewlett Packard. He stayed there 35 years and helped develop some of the software we all take for granted. He still rides scooter, but not as fast as he use to...
Here's a link to a pdf of the 3810A written by two of his co-workers and weekend buddies, Mike Bullock and Rick Warren, pioneers in their own right.
http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1976-04.pdf
And here's a link to my some of my BIL's crowning achievements:
http://patents.justia.com/inventor/marl-d-godfrey
Like I said, there are some REAL pioneers in this industry, not just us old dusty end-users.
For some reason; I got goose bumps reading this post; the other one too...
Thank you mister Cash; you made my day!
Dougie
Where is the emojii for doing the shalom praise/thanks thingy. Those who laid the foundation for our current way of thinking deserve tons, and are so unrecognized. The brains that put it together should be the "rock stars"
Some of these guys are close to taking the old 'dirt nap'. I talk with my BIL weekly and was just thinking about asking him to help locate some of these men (I believe those that are still with us still live in the Rockies) for a get together to let me interview them. It probably wouldn't be that interesting to anybody but geeks and surveyors, but I would like to do it for posterity.
I think it would be grand to hear some of the stories from 'behind the scenes' about the development of HPs instruments and hardware. It would also be a good excuse to catch the aspens turning this fall.
Yessir, I agree
Monte, post: 388242, member: 11913 wrote: Where is the emojii for doing the shalom praise/thanks thingy
But aren't the "Real" pioneers what lead to the abominable "button pusher"!
Ron Lang, post: 388253, member: 6445 wrote: But aren't the "Real" pioneers what lead to the abominable "button pusher"!
It wasn't their fault that you're going to find at least a few lazy S.O.B.s in any population.
bobwesterman, post: 388254, member: 7106 wrote: It wasn't their fault that you're going to find at least a few lazy S.O.B.s in any population.
