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
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$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
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Associate Professor of Chemistry
University of Central Arkansas
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