[vishnu]

As I'm fond of pointing out, I graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1985 (yeah, I know, I'm one of those *old* dudes!). I was a student in the College of Physics and Astronomy, and in that college the computer we used the most was a Control Data Corporation beast they creatively named "Meritss." Feeling nostalgic over what is a holiday weekend here in the US, I decided to do a bit of searching on that computer, and this incredibly cryptic document from the University Computer Center popped up. I feel like I know an awful lot about computers, but scanning through this document I have NO IDEA what these computer professionals are talking about! By no means should anyone actually try to read this, but it definitely merits a scan to see what the state of the art of in computing looked like 40 years ago, link:

https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/ha...v06n11.pdf