Jean & Roger Brickey
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1970s dumb machines
Dumb terminals allowed Roger and his team to move away from the slower coding sheets.
Dial-up internet
Roger talks about the excitement of hooking up to the internet for the first time at home.
PC broken cup holder
Roger learns that the new PCs have cup holders.
Student registration system
Using a COBOL program Roger and team made it so students no longer had to wait in a long line to schedule classes.
Adding and dropping classes back in the day
The process for adding and dropping a class used to be an in-person process.
ROLM phone switchover
Switching over to ROLM on the first day of classes led to some challenges.
Jean's last project
Jean's last project was installing an internet phone system in Newman Library.