06-29-2020, 08:40 PM
(06-29-2020, 08:00 PM)Snarl Wrote: That's it? That's all we get??
It was either '85 or '86. I assembled a mini computer that was as large as two of the desks I'm sitting at. This was the system we used to automate the Patent Process for classified crap. Back then, you just had to find a guy with a high enough clearance ... and not enough to do. It took quite some time, but it worked quite nicely. One of those efforts with ADP that actually reduced effort and sped things up.
Would either be a relic in a museum or junk at the dump.
Come on ... details ... inquiring minds and whatnot.
I honestly can't provide details.
I can tell you that I started my military career in Cryptographics. My tech school was a year long in a 3 story building that was made of brick, had no windows and was considered a Class B vault.
The washout rate at the time was 90%... 50 people came to the school, 5 finished it.
I was one of those who made it, then things went from there.
What I did after and worked on I am free to talk about in 2089.
I can state that the technology at the time has yet to be surpassed by the civilian sector, that I am aware of.
So where they are actually at right now is.... mind-boggling.
