[ale] Us Old Fossils :)

[Kenneth W Cochran]

Yup, I remember that thing, too...  I was at Auburn in those
days & I would get 1/2" tapes from that machine from time to
time to load onto the local IBM Iron...

Heh, kids today...  <sigh...>  Just Don't Know How Easy They Have It...  :)

-kc

>From danny at compgen.com  Wed Jun 28 14:07:14 2000
>Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:06:16 -0400 (EDT)
>cc: Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com>, ale at ale.org
>Subject: Re: [ale] Us Old Fossils :)
>
>All,
>
>On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
>> Heh, not so fast there, bro'  :)
>> I'll see that & raise you: 110 (with Fast option to 300 :), acoustic
>> coupler...
>
>	Actually, my first programming course at Tech involved FORTAN IV
>and punch cards (024 AND 026).  This wasn't programming on the bare metal,
>but it was pretty primitive by today's standards.
>
>	The first time I flubbed a key at an interactive terminal, and
>the OS responded with "ILLEGAL CONTROL CARD" (yes, they all yelled in
>that day), I just *knew* that someone was about to come and arrest me....
>Ah, the Cyber.
>
>Danny
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