On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 14:38 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > taharka wrote: > > Just to clarify, the entire m0n0wall system is a little over 5 MB & will > > fit (with room to spare) on a 8 MB CF. However, 32 MB is the smallest CF > > that my local drug store caries & probably cheaper than going on a turd > > hunt for 8 MB CF ;-) Gee!!, "Why when I were a lad" we wouldn't be > > having this discussion ;-) > > Pardon my ignorance, but what is a CF? That would be Compact Flash ;-) What's great is, you can get an IDE > CF adaptor & boot the computer from CF :-) > The first computer I programmed was an IBM 1401. We used machine > language (as in hold down "multi-punch" on the card punch machine, > and type enough characters to get exactly the bits needed punched > out of the card). That was in, umm, 1969 or so. The first actual > machine I programmed used plugboards. Of course, it wasn't a > "computer". Yep, I come from the punch card era (circa 1968) myself ;-) Had loads of fun punching out cards to print out ASCII art on Greenbar paper :-) taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
