Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

This story of Carole Ely and Lore Harp reminded me a little of the (fictional) women in Halt and Catch Fire. Fantastic show. I wonder if Vector Graphic was an inspiration for the writers.

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by buovjaga » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 4:49 PM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #2

Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley [0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

Recent discussion on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39585527

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by rsynnott » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 4:57 PM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #2

Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley [0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

Wait, how did remote first work in the 60s? Did they post in punchcards? TTYs weren't really much of a thing at that stage, were they?

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by dws » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 5:07 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #6

KingOfCoders wrote: post #2

Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley [0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

Wait, how did remote first work in the 60s? Did they post in punchcards? TTYs weren't really much of a thing at that stage, were they?

Coding forms, accumulated until someone had access to a keypunch.

Turnaround time could be days, which encouraged being very scrupulous when coding.

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by blacklion » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 5:10 PM UTC

KingOfCoders wrote: post #2

Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley [0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

Until Act which (supposedly) was approved to help fight sexism stops this "women only".

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by josephd79 » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 5:26 PM UTC

gary_0 wrote: post #4

This story of Carole Ely and Lore Harp reminded me a little of the (fictional) women in Halt and Catch Fire . Fantastic show. I wonder if Vector Graphic was an inspiration for the writers.

It’s a great show.

Re: Lore Harp McGovern built a microcomputer empire from her suburban home

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Post by 5555624 » Mon, Apr 08, 2024, 5:29 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #6

KingOfCoders wrote: post #2

Also see “Steve" Shirley, she build a company of coders, women only [0], from the '60s on with remote first :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Shirley [0] She hired all the female IBM coders who couldn't make a career at IBM

Wait, how did remote first work in the 60s? Did they post in punchcards? TTYs weren't really much of a thing at that stage, were they?

Write the program down on paper, then type it in or punch cards.

Since I'm old, I remember writing FORTRAN -- it was all caps back then -- programs in my dorm room and then going down to the computer "room" and accessing the Dartmouth Time Sharing System to type it in and run it.