> -----Original Message----- > From: bruce [mailto:bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:03 PM > > i recall my 1st use of a time share on the local university's machine.. > > my 7th grade math teach was taking colleges courses, in like 1972.. and > she > had access to a tele-type machine with the dialup phone couple hooked to > the > machine... > > the machine created rollup punched out paper spools that we had written > our > "basic" programs on.... > > i thought punch cards were a step up when i got into college later on! > Punch cards were also my introduction to computing in college. All the technology, the lights, the noise... Very exciting, in a dull sense, And then there was the Sinclair Spectrum. > > my god i'm old!!! > I even remember gazing at a computer room with my mouth watering, impressed with all the people wearing white lab coats!! And then there was the geek. Emanuel ---- Emanuel Machado, PhD. Senior Engineer, Project Leader Cytonome, Inc. 27 Drydock Ave Boston, MA 02210 Voice: (617) 330-5030 ext. 237 Fax: (617) 330-5031 Website: www.cytonome.com Email: Emanuel-Machado@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Les > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:10 AM > To: For users of Fedora > Subject: Re: Linux is KING - Couldn't be hacked - Mac, Vista went down > inflames > > > On Tue, 2008-04-01 at 20:36 -0700, Richard England wrote: > > BRUCE STANLEY wrote: > > > > > > > > > */Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: > > > > > > Tim: > > > >> have the CPU op-code cheat sheet in the coat pocket... ;-) > > > > > > Les: > > > > I memorized it and threw it away. Does that mean I fail the > test? > > > > > > If you code in pen and ink before even going near the computer, > that > > > counts. > > > > > > Back when I were a lad, we didn't use no debugger. We'd print the > > > code, > > > and attack the printout with pencils out to mark all the bugs and > > > corrections, then type the changes back in. > > > > > > Tim, waiting for one of the old codgers to tell us a tale of how > they > > > had to make the valves and warm them up before starting... ;-) > > > > > > ========= > > > > > > Type them in? I remember punching them in on Hollerith cards. > > > > > > Dropped a pile of them once. > > > > > > That motivated me to have the punch card machine to put sequence > numbers > > > on the cards so that they could be resorted again. > > > punch card machine > > Try dropping two trays , each about 2.5 feet long. They did that to me > > in the data center when I was in grad school. Luckily I had just > > printed they contents out and resequenced them. The manager of the data > > center had a cow when I told the staff to put the deck back together, > > but my advisor (bless him) stood behind me and insisted that if they had > > taken due care it wouldn't have happened. > > > > Ah cards, loved 'em (not). And drum cards. Boy there was an arcane art! > > > > ~~R > > > Did you have the diagonal line drawn on the top to help? > > If they were Fortran, or COBOL, you could always sort on the line > number. I don't remember the other languages having line numbers. > > Regards, > Les H > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
