This is my dad at work in 1983 in the SIGECO Computer Room at the Hulman Building, in downtown Evansville, Indiana. He worked there for 30+ years starting in the 60s. As a kid I would visit him there and remember being impressed by the mainframes, printers, tape drive units, disk packs, HVAC, raised floor, etc. SIGECO/Vectren (power company) built a new data center in 2003 and moved out. Today, I am VP of an IT Consulting firm and as of 2009, we now have offices in the Hulman Building and our new data center is my dad's old computer room! :-)
Some of the items seen in the video are the IBM 4341 Processor (~ 1MHz w/ 2MB RAM), the IBM 2420 Magnetic Tape Unit (~ 3.8MB / tape), and the IBM 3340 direct access storage facility (w/ 70MB and 500MB disk packs). ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz6A0bdeUPM
Doing some driveway clearing work with my CASE 1455B Crawler Loader. Music tracks are Montezuma by Cusco and Requiem for a Tower by London Music Works. I hope you enjoy it!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alC7n11_u9E
We visit one of our favorite cities: Sheridan, Wyoming, staying at Jackalope Campground. We visit the Sheridan YMCA, Kendrick Park, dog park, the Third Thursday festival, and drive up the Bighorn Mountains through Ranchester and Dayton to Sibley Lake and Burgess Junction.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBK8CkJIzX0
We take a drive around Silicon Valley and tour the Computer History Museum including a demo of the IBM 1401 mainframe computer system.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ5V8k6UmG0
We travel from Erie, Pennsylvania to Sandusky, Ohio and explore Sandusky-Milan RV Park. We also visit the Deer Park in Sandusky Ohio.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbS95i86vGg
A brief video discussing the "local control" excuse sometimes touted by mayors and other local officials regarding local governments policies vs. state and federal governments with regard to individual rights.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoo3dJskOuo
We stay at the Big Texan RV Ranch
, eat at the Big Texan Steak Ranch, visit
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, and
John Stiff Memorial Park.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXNG2SAlYs