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

[Robert Stanford via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org>]

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On 1/7/22 05:24, Michael Huff wrote:
> 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
>     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
>

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