a few more ... - the sounds of an ASR 33 - why bang, and splat are called that - the sounds of terminal room - running 'system' diagnostics - what 'dumping core' refers too - rolling an unspooled DECtape up after dropping it and stepping on it, and it still reading - the concept/use of PPT - entering the RIM loader for the PDP-8 from the front panel, so you could load the rest of the boot from PPT - entering the board program into a PDP-8 11/45 without an M792 diode 'ROM' board. - Watching the idle pattern on the lights Note the last 3 can be re-lived with a PiDP-8 or PiDP-11 ᐧ ᐧ On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:23 AM Clem Cole wrote: > > > - that goes with >>dialing<< the phone and putting it in the rubber > cups after you hear the tone from the FSK modem at that other end. > - putting your deck into run queue and waiting for your turn to get 5 > seconds of compile and 3 seconds of CPU time for a student job > - being limited to > .5M of storage (if you had any at all) > - If you were an operator > - handing a tape change request > - starting/stopping the batch system to let students' jobs run > - changing the print train > - moving a plot tape from the computer to the plotter for output > - changing disks > - what a disk crash actually sounds like (and looks like on the > platters) > > ᐧ > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:41 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. >> ===== >> nygeek.net >> mindthegapdialogs.com/home >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM steve jenkin >> 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 >>> >>>