editing /etc/inittab 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 > 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 >         > > >         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 >