From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 1053 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2022 13:41:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Jun 2022 13:41:10 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8417140C7D; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:40:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f173.google.com (mail-pf1-f173.google.com [209.85.210.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AD8C40C78 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 23:40:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f173.google.com with SMTP id t21so18206288pfq.1 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 06:40:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=qRc99a+6Hk9koRoTx4p0J4SAb2ms7CX9eyZAlU1idM0=; b=B9MU0b79zjc25zrzXa8ZJ/rMaMqyZtSf+kpUWLfwmcwWMUlnEUG4H8jwGb8K38qo16 feLQidpFvf/dkQFuDNvVjw3il41pSkyTtYdpHKMuyORjKE09hjb8TawEu9tjaKq5PTKG 9rIkb9UzDBDMn/Dw3C5//rpdMMTX39lC+GbuwPoqqJuoSGik2PrhLTSixiXchMC/ecRx UZ4+A7tdrTwIqIMzd/nqnT0TcjXcVaIAHlU2oOGW3kk4SJ+uqAoSO3K9cduIwEbBy0Hh I8CI8yw7pKyv2wnQLjiSPmXdW+ZJ8R6iUeN1TdPM7afddqjfuujCtX2VmOrBGGduPa9F EhbQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=qRc99a+6Hk9koRoTx4p0J4SAb2ms7CX9eyZAlU1idM0=; b=GRfQEA4waS/iD7RQui0vVGUqEHJnUZZU4gXDSke7mtGDT9mJsRl571YeNyJP6WnIp1 E0gpakoheLg6NcX9o5jLV9kZmzFDvuDZHSYXpR6AcAjvF9S1gYVFUMgHXIl86hiAsBQf vRAZKuXMLTh9J6RwJDTKdxAPeFNzMeQaQ1PjkEbq6jxlfDXgSONlNcgg6UKOb9JY1y3x xCO8tTx0U/SleGvkEI7PgSBLKuyMRTMw1O/mFsZRweDBKZ2tbBAgo3g7AwUCPRJrCkjE DjOp2seOJCGWvCQUmswEA2i90VT8W5dT0Je2cVc6C8c4sT+5y7Yw6wgtcD/0PehJ3k0k 7AcQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora8tbNwA5UMNIm3nqKRbSqGhFVVybXsi6E/u+JFqPYES4o5JY/NW v6yX8CtoYuPaQWEwpreMBxF/AaUTP5gpdmhfuCKM4Ne2 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1vPipRtk69Ednb2jQFk+d8EhmNsOqMy3oZK1wVgrg+UaDDwNDpc2BNTzzD0MuRBJJogyS8cknTDlLlk1yLW7ZE= X-Received: by 2002:a63:af1c:0:b0:40c:f9d6:9f07 with SMTP id w28-20020a63af1c000000b0040cf9d69f07mr7551963pge.384.1656596366596; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 06:39:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <180245D1-0DCD-4C2C-A26A-EF68578FD548@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <180245D1-0DCD-4C2C-A26A-EF68578FD548@canb.auug.org.au> From: Marc Donner Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:39:15 -0400 Message-ID: To: steve jenkin Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000f7a08505e2aa6586" Message-ID-Hash: XEJN7LGVGCBJFSLAHYOTXWE6JY737ZZD X-Message-ID-Hash: XEJN7LGVGCBJFSLAHYOTXWE6JY737ZZD X-MailFrom: marc.donner@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --000000000000f7a08505e2aa6586 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D nygeek.net mindthegapdialogs.com/home On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM steve jenkin wrote: > What are the 1970=E2=80=99s & 1980=E2=80=99s Computing / IT skills =E2=80= =9Cour grandkids won=E2=80=99t > have=E2=80=9D? > > Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because your > keyboard has a stuck key > - something I absolutely don=E2=80=99t miss. > > Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime & > wondering how a reboot might go? > > steve j > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > 9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have > < > https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-hav= e/ > > > > 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 > > --000000000000f7a08505e2aa6586 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Programming an 026 skip card.=C2=A0 Inserting t= he skip card.
Using ed in kernel safe mode to fix a broken = config file.
Threading a half-inch tape in a tape drive.=C2= =A0 Remembering to insert or remove the write ring.
Cleanin= g floppy disk heads.
Manually keying a boot program into an= SDS-930.


On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM = steve jenkin <sjenkin@canb.a= uug.org.au> wrote:
What are the 1970=E2=80=99s & 1980=E2=80=99s Computing / IT = skills =E2=80=9Cour grandkids won=E2=80=99t have=E2=80=9D?

Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because your keyboa= rd has a stuck key
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0- something I absolutely don=E2=80=99t mi= ss.

Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime & wonde= ring how a reboot might go?

steve j

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-neve= r-have/>

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and V= CRs
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 2: Using analog phones=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 [ or an Analog Clock ]
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 4. Reading and writing in cursive
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 5. Using manual research methods=C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 [ this is a Genealogy site ]
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 7. Creating and mending clothing
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 8. Building furniture from scratch
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors
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Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA

mailto:sjenki= n@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
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