At the risk of going off-topic (Linux and 90's/00's) I'll play too:
1)remembering to set ftp type to binary (that one bit me more than once, at
least)
2)learning what a "winmodem" is and avoiding it like the plague!
3)Splitting a partition with FIPS
4)Writing an image to floppy
5)doing anything at all with a floppy, come to think of it
6)Setting jumpers on sound cards and drives
7)learning how to configure XFree86 so that it doesn't blow out your
monitor! (never happened to me, but I remember the scary warnings about it:
https://www.xfree86.org/4.0.3/chips7.html )
8)configuring PPP internet


On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 5:14 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
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