Friends and collegues messages of Dr. Woodman - Radio ...
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Anecdotes <strong>and</strong> regards“Here’s a short recollection <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> Ron<strong>Woodman</strong>’s activities when he first arrived atJRO (after receiving his PhD):By Ben BalsleyCooperative Institute for Research inEnvironmental Science (CIRES)Electrical <strong>and</strong> Computer EngineeringUniversity <strong>of</strong> Colorado at BoulderRon’s first task was to learn the intricacies <strong>of</strong>the (then) new PB250 digital computer thathad arrived somewhat before he did at JRO.Ron went into his <strong>of</strong>fice for a number oddays, finally emerging with a program thatwould use all the PB250’s I/O, <strong>and</strong> woulddemonstrate the system to a visitor.Remember that, in those early days, theinput (<strong>and</strong> bootstrap program) wasaccomplished using Mylar punch tape into atape reader. One <strong>of</strong> the PB outputs was viathe IBM typewriter. Ron’s program went likethis:
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