Pj wrote:
>
> Well, I don't know how you define "ol' timer." I hated keypunch and hated
> typewriters so much that I didn't touch either one for 30-years. And now I'm
> trying to learn Linux. I think I heard someone say something about "going
> from the frying pan to the fire." Hehehehe.
>
> Pj
Sorry... :^) I was using the term as I do verbally when slurring
"alzheimers"(sp?)...
Pierre
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 11:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback
>
> >Pj wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, ya all make me ashamed to admit to learning keypunch-- compliments
> of
> >> IBM-- for Caterpillar. The mainframe, I believe, was in its infancy at
> then.
> >>
> >> Pj
> >
> >The 026 or 029 punch? :^) Wow... I've forgotten the sorter and card
> >interpretter (080?) models... "ol'timers" setting in...
> >
> >Pierre
