An age test???
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Fixed typos: Where's config, sis?
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I started that way -- with punched tape, a teletype and remote GE time-share system using some flavor of BASIC.
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We had three teletypes in high school. Connected to a PDP-8 and PDP-12 at the university across town via acoustic coupler. One day someone dumped the hopper full of the holes from the punched tape all over the floor.
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I started that way -- with punched tape, a teletype and remote GE time-share system using some flavor of BASIC.
Part of my first job - machine code programming a DEC LSI-11 (4K core memory + 16k RAM) to control a tomographic medical scanner and reconstruct the images (using de-convolution and back-projection). Teletype was only for development - working machine just had the core memory.
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Richard Deeming wrote:
5¼" floppy
Huh! Nothing! Back in my days, we used 8" floppy disks! AND we had cold gravel for dinner! :laugh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Check out the Q&A from the last week or so. There is someone in there doing development in MS-DOS and can't seem to be able to find various pieces of software that will work with it. Apparently he found a functional floppy disk drive though.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
Rick York wrote:
Apparently he found a functional floppy disk drive though.
My last 2 or 3 motherboards lacked a floppy drive connector, so I couldn't install a non-USB drive if I wanted to. First time it happened I was disappointed -- I had a floppy drive that included a 8-in-1 card reader (drive had USB cable as well as EIDE), and I wanted to install it for the card reader. But stick-type SD-card readers are so common these days -- I have 5 or 6 sitting on my desk at home. I have an unopened box of 3.5" floppy disks on my desk -- found it in the back of a supply cabinet. It's a novelty. It's bizarre to think of 1.44 MB of storage compared to the the idea that 16 to 64 GB flash drives are so inexpensive.
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When one of my friends married, we used stuff as a replacement for rice. (The groom was also a computer guy.)
That wasn't a good idea. Those little paper discs were actually quite dangerous. We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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Cool - I love bats. But at 2 am I guess you have other plans... :laugh:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark TwainBack when my daughter lived at home, it was great fun having two women shrieking at me at 2:00 a.m.
Software Zen:
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain"You need to move your mouse driver into XMS "
Where there's smoke, there's a Blue Screen of death.
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark TwainBat your sweet donkey I am.
If you're lucky one day you will get old too.
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] :~
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twainmade me smirk
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Luxury! We used to dream of having cold gravel for dinner! :-D
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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That wasn't a good idea. Those little paper discs were actually quite dangerous. We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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Yea, well, that's nothin'. Back in my day, before the 1 was discovered, we had to write all our programs using only 0s!! :-O
Ah, the original Ghost script. :-D 👻 000000000000000! 👻
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Rick York wrote:
Apparently he found a functional floppy disk drive though.
My last 2 or 3 motherboards lacked a floppy drive connector, so I couldn't install a non-USB drive if I wanted to. First time it happened I was disappointed -- I had a floppy drive that included a 8-in-1 card reader (drive had USB cable as well as EIDE), and I wanted to install it for the card reader. But stick-type SD-card readers are so common these days -- I have 5 or 6 sitting on my desk at home. I have an unopened box of 3.5" floppy disks on my desk -- found it in the back of a supply cabinet. It's a novelty. It's bizarre to think of 1.44 MB of storage compared to the the idea that 16 to 64 GB flash drives are so inexpensive.
