Remembering my first PPC Conference

[Namir]

Hi All,

On this day in 1980, I flew to Chicago to attend my first PPC meeting. Chicago chapter member , the late Jack Stout, came to the airport with a white van to pick up PPC attendees in a white van and drove us to his workplace Ace Metal. It was the first time I met folks like Richard Nelson, Jake Schwartz, Roger Hill, and many others. This was, quoting the movie Casablanca, "the beginning of a beatifull friendship".

Meeting fellow PPC members was a special catalyst that speeded up the exchange of ideas and programming tips. We sometimes joked about comparing PPC with Star Trek clubs, but always emphasized that we are dealing with real and physical calculators.

Cheers,

Namir