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 FIPS4)Writing an image to floppy5)doing anything at all with a floppy, come to think of it
6)Setting jumpers on sound cards and drives7)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
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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
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