(May 5, 2025 at 5:43 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(May 2, 2025 at 11:56 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: I was also behind the lines in communications. First time I encountered a computer was in AIT. Of course, it only did one thing and that was talk to like computers, but we were set for combat situations...we weren't to fight but to keep people informed...long before you could loop in the wrong people in group chats.
While the Veterans/victory thing chaps my ass, the idea of spending millions for troops and choppers for someone who deserves a bounce house and a nap, at best, rankles my nerves.
I remember working on a FRITTER II. The only thing it could do was send and receive emails. It was the size of an arcade game.
The only time we firefighters used computers was for writing after-action reports and organizing our alarm-room. We had the plans of the bigger buildings on base in our data base, so if there was an emergency, the alarm-room could pull up the building plan on a screen and then relay instructions via radio.
I think the Chief had email. I know he had one of those really big IBM 286s.
