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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.

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Dial-up internet

Roger talks about the excitement of hooking up to the internet for the first time at home.

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PC broken cup holder

Roger learns that the new PCs have cup holders.

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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.

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Adding and dropping classes back in the day

The process for adding and dropping a class used to be an in-person process.

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ROLM phone switchover

Switching over to ROLM on the first day of classes led to some challenges. 

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Jean's last project

Jean's last project was installing an internet phone system in Newman Library. 

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