It depended on where their interest were, a few of our ex students are now lectures, one became head of department.
We get a quite a few from "Clearing" which is those that have failed to get into their preferred courses they have applied to study, so they lack the relatively high grades in physics and maths that are needed so fall behind.
Still a step up from valves
Yes, we must have been really thick in those days - it being expected that no more than 10% would go onto University. And two-thirds of my year were sent down at the end of the first year.
Now, "all shall have prizes".
Oh, and RTL before that - and those Fairchild micrologic devices before that. Not to mention ECL !
Well, good luck. I guess that the expectations of instant gratification by a smartphone that costs so little is the issue. This old fart left teaching - per se - about 40 years ago. When I started, a Sinclair Scientific was the most advanced technology students had. I well remember the amazement of one owner when I could look up a tangent faster than it could calculate it (about 15 seconds). I placated the owner by explaining that my result was from 4-figure tables, whereas his gizmo had produces a 5-figure result !
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They need to be it;s no longer just emptying bedpans lots of tech equipment and medical theory need nowerdays.
I was referring to those in the engineering departments
First computer in my lab early 1979 was a PDP11/34 costing £7,700 about 40K in todays money
Not exaclty sure what the foirst one in our univ was as it was put in the maths building in the 60s about 20 years before I worked for the univ. Think you might have seen the vid before great music and news reproting of the time.
The only reason I know the cost is because I'm going through the order book from 1979 some interesting stuff
10 lbs of triple distilled mercury for £46 in early 1960s. that's 4.5KG and the same size of a can of cola at 330ml. Sheets of asbestos for 6 shillings. 12kva 3 phase vairiac 0.01 ohm standard resistor £33 in 1962 Model 8 AVOs £20 about £450 in todays money.
We were still using wirewrap into the 80s, it worked well for the time. I did quite a few boards , still have some DIL sockets in the lab which occasionally still have their uses if if not for WW.
I didn;t need to do any of that I was more involved in electronics in the teaching labs.
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