Yeah - times have changed ... I remember back then when folks said I had a hot baud too ... :(
Chris Hoelscher Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology Solution Services : humana.com 123 East Main Street Louisville, KY 40202 Humana.com (502) 714-8615, (502) 476-2538 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Linda > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2016 2:31 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Ancient History (OS's) - was : IBM Destination z - > What the Heck Is JCL and Why Does It Look So Funny? > > Hi Chris, > > No call waiting. My Apple had its own phone. I spent lots of time logged in > to > the Univac at school coding and reading listings, first at 110 baud, later at > 300 > baud. > > Linda > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 6, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Chris Hoelscher <choelsc...@humana.com> > wrote: > > > > Linda - did you have call waiting? If you forgot to disable it before > > "hooking up" that little click/beep indicator of an incoming call > > would throw me offline (Apple ][+) > > > > Chris Hoelscher > > Technology Architect, Database Infrastructure Services Technology > > Solution Services > > : humana.com > > 123 East Main Street > > Louisville, KY 40202 > > Humana.com > > (502) 714-8615, (502) 476-2538 > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM- > m...@listserv.ua.edu] > >> On Behalf Of Linda > >> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 12:53 AM > >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > >> Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Ancient History (OS's) - was : IBM > >> Destination z - What the Heck Is JCL and Why Does It Look So Funny? > >> > >> I had an Apple ][ with an acoustic coupler. It auto dialed over a > >> regular telco dial tone line using a program loaded from a cassette > >> player, or if one could afford it, from an early floppy drive. The > >> college I went to had a Univac 90/70d. The were 4 student dialup > >> numbers. I could get into one of those much like the scene from War > Games. It was fun. > >> > >> Linda > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>>> On Feb 5, 2016, at 11:19 AM, John McKown > >>> <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Lester, Bob <bles...@ofiglobal.com> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi John, > >>>> > >>>> Commodore 64 anyone? :-) > >>>> > >>>> Do you know what OS it ran? > >>> > >>> Some variant of Microsoft BASIC, in ROM. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Was the HW an x86? Motorola? Apple? > >>> > >>> Motorola 8 bit 6510 CPU. > >>> > >>> Apple ][ was the 6502(?). And don't forget the Atari 800 (and lesser > >>> 400), which was 6502 based. Or, the one that I had: Tandy / Radio > >>> Shack's TRS-80 (affectionately known as the "trash-80") which was > >>> Zilog Z-80 (superset of Intel 8080) based. Oh, and the grandfather > >>> of them all (immortalized in "War Games" - how did they get an > >>> acoustic coupled modem to autodial?????) was the Imsai 8080. Not to > >>> mention many other CP/M-80 machines, such as Comemco and Altair > >>> 8800. These latter two had the "feature" of being able to toggle > >>> individual bytes into memory via switches on the box. Damn, I'm old. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> I had a buddy (years ago, of course), that did strange and > >>>> wonderful (at the time) things with several of them connected > >>>> together. No cases, wires everywhere, but pretty cool anyhow for > >>>> the > >> time. > >>>> > >>>> TGIF, else I'd be in trouble. :-) > >>>> > >>>> BobL > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer > >>> pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how > >>> fast you were going?" > >>> "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." > >>> > >>> Computer Science is the only discipline in which we view adding a > >>> new wing to a building as being maintenance -- Jim Horning > >>> > >>> Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a > >>> restore is attempted. > >>> > >>> He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > >>> > >>> Maranatha! <>< > >>> John McKown > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > >>> IBM-MAIN > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> - For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO > >> IBM-MAIN > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity > > to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDENTIAL material. 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