Ah!!! Nostalgia!!! :c) You guys reminded me of one of my favourite tools I had in my toolkit for editing.... - a steam iron. Twas great for getting you punch cards read by the punch card reader. No self respecting support analyst would be found without one.... :c)
Cheers, /Luiz George Ramsey Para: Cameron Dorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado Por: Assunto: Re: Perl editors [EMAIL PROTECTED] e.com 23/09/2003 08:11 EST $Bill Luebkert wrote: > Cameron Dorey wrote: > > >>REAL (old) men use the toggle switches on the front of the box! > > > A fellow operator and myself used to clear core on IBM 360's - > simultaneously reaching and flipping toggles and pushing buttons > (memorized and choreographed to perfection - arms crossing each > other back and forth). We had every person that walked in and saw > us do it totally amazed, but once you learned the moves, it was all > a breeze. Fun to do and a great way to show off to the non-operators > that transgressed into our realm. :) > You got me beat, I was just a student then, and fed input to the campus 360 on punch cards (ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk, ka-chunk). I was actually only thinking of the PDP-8a (was it 1777 first to boot up? Can't remember, don't care.). Cameron -- Cameron Dorey Editor, Analytical Sciences Digital Library http://www.asdlib.org Associate Professor of Chemistry University of Central Arkansas Phone: 501-450-5938 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs