On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 11:19 -0400, Jim wrote: > Rick Stevens wrote: > > Jim wrote: > >> Rick Stevens wrote: > >>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>>> On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 15:27 +0000, g wrote: > >>>>> Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> ttys > >>>>> 'b-'. you did not answer which model and usage of paper. :) > >>>> > >>>> asr33, paper scroll :-) > >>> > >>> ASR33s also had the paper tape punch and reader. KSR33s did not. I > >>> had both hooked up to my Altair 8800 back in '77 via 110 baud, 20mA > >>> current > >>> loop serial interfaces. > >>> > >>> Ah, memories! > >>> > >> ASR33 on a Altair, that far back, You must be at least 100, > > > > Smart*ss! Nah, I was in college (sophmore). > > > >> I started out on a RCA 1802 8 bit and I still have it. I modified it to > >> work on S100 bus so I could get more memory , 64k , man you were top > >> dog with that kind of memory. > > > > Only had 56K (seven 8KB RAM cards) and a nice 8K EPROM board (had 1702A > > PROMS on it) holding a monitor program. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - > > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > > - - > > - "I understand Windows 2000 has a Y2K problem." - > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > I don't think anything has had a fast pace change like the Computer. > Then you had to really get into the nuts and bolts of a computer to get > one working. > I also still have a dual 8" floppy drive that was big back then. > I can remember when the 3 1/2, 1.4mb floppy first came boy did that make > a big difference. Dear me, all you youngsters prattling on about these new-fangled "microprocessors". The first system I managed was a PDP-11/45. It took up several cabinets and I clearly remember when we got the Head of Department to spring for a 256kb (that's kilobytes, grasshopper) solid-state RAM upgrade from Plessey *which all fit on a single 19" Unibus card* (the DEC support guy wouldn't believe it). It cost 3000 pounds. Our removable media were RK05 disks of 2.4MB (wow!) about a foot across. BTW, this system supported 12 users on video terminals. poc -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
