Taking floppy disks out of the holders and floating them on the cold air 
updrafts in computer room false floor.

On 6/30/22 9:39 AM, Marc Donner wrote:
> Programming an 026 skip card.  Inserting the skip card.
> Using ed in kernel safe mode to fix a broken config file.
> Threading a half-inch tape in a tape drive.  Remembering to insert or 
> remove the write ring.
> Cleaning floppy disk heads.
> Manually keying a boot program into an SDS-930.
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>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM steve jenkin 
> <sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
>     What are the 1970’s & 1980’s Computing / IT skills “our grandkids
>     won’t have”?
>
>     Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because
>     your keyboard has a stuck key
>              - something I absolutely don’t miss.
>
>     Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime &
>     wondering how a reboot might go?
>
>     steve j
>
>     =========
>
>     9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have
>            
>     <https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-have/>
>
>             1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and VCRs
>             2: Using analog phones                   [ or an Analog
>     Clock ]
>             3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them
>             4. Reading and writing in cursive
>             5. Using manual research methods           [ this is a
>     Genealogy site ]
>             6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way
>             7. Creating and mending clothing
>             8. Building furniture from scratch
>             9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors
>
>     --
>     Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
>     0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
>     PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
>
>     mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
>