[TUHS] Re: "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic?

[Marc Donner <marc.donner@gmail.com>]

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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
>
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