I'm Old Enough That...

Discussion in 'Retail Brokers' started by Arnie Guitar, Jun 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM.

  1. DaveV

    DaveV

    I got you all beat. I can remember in my first year of studying Computer Science in college, I used punched cards to submit my programs to a Univac computer. Used the Pascal language.
     
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  2. deaddog

    deaddog

    Ah the good ole days.
    Peter Brown, Bruce McDonald, Nelson Skalbania, & Murray Pezim.
    Pump and Dump at its finest. Even with 6% round trip commissions you could make a buck if you didn't get too greedy.
     
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  3. deaddog

    deaddog

    We used fortran. The computer took up a whole room.
     
  4. I dunno. I think the exchange likes the bigger spread... :)
     
  5. Cabin1111

    Cabin1111

    My brother had one of these...It only weighted 28 pounds!!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Executive

    Yeah, I remember typing in the stock symbol on the phone...

    It would say; the name of the company, high of the day, low of the day, and the current price...

    We had it good back then...
     
  6. First stock trade in HS was selling 2200 shares (inheritance) of Gradco Systems. Opened an account at Paine Webber in Northbrook IL with my dad.
     
  7. Yeah, but did you guys watch Louis Rukeyser every Friday night?
    Huh?
    Well?
    Didja?


    I didn't think so...


    Edit:
    By the way,
    the years have been kind to
    Liz Ann Sonders, eh?
    She was a frequent guest on WSW.
     
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  8. spy

    spy

    I had a slide rule in high school... true story.
    [​IMG]

    Edit: but it was because we were poor.
     
  9. deaddog

    deaddog

    Wall Street Week
    Didn't everybody tune into Louis?
     
  10. Cabin1111

    Cabin1111

    Watched it with my dad...