Adding to the younger-but-older stories. I was born in the mid-70's. I remember the punch cards, cradle modems, and line printers where my father went to school. In fact, I actually used the punch cards myself (for bookmarks :-D )
-- William Sutton On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'll add to the young guy stories. > > I was born in 1979 :). My first computer was a Commodore 64. In high > school I had a 486/66DX. My first experience on dialup was with a 14.4k > modem on Compuserve when they gave you a obnixious address like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:26 PM > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: [TriLUG] Old Guy Stories > > I can't top the old guy stories, but I can provide the dot at the end of > the sentence: > > The "ADDS 4" terminals replaced/supplemented the card readers at NCSU, > sometime in the late 80's. Through a crook of fate, I had to take the > last semester of the last IBM 360 assembly language class at NCSU. That > was in 1990, the year Paul mentions. The ADDS terminals in the bottom of > Daniels were the common access mode at the time, (I think the Rainbows > arrived in 1991?) and there were still long lines, even on Friday night, > to get to the terminals. The two remaining cardpunch terminals/readers > were always empty. So I bummed a box of cards from a roommate and used > the keypunch terminals. I never had to wait in line for a terminal, and > the assembly language programs we wrote were small enough that using > cards was no big deal. > > The following semester, I felt the irony of happening by just as those > keypunch terminals were being wheeled out of Daniels by the physical > plant, displaced by the impending renovations. It was one of those rare > and bittersweet moments when one got to witness the actual turning of > the technology. > > By that time, I was screaming along on a C-64/80 Column Card and using > the dial-in modems. Working at home, HiU (Homework in Underwear) mode > became de rigeur. Nary a moment of nostalgia for the old days. > > JKB > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thursday, February 8, 2007 4:11 pm > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] visiting Red Hat HQ > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[email protected]> > > > we're playing the old guy game now. ....... > > i came to unc in 1977 the 360/75 was still there. so was tucc. > > until 1990. > ... > > http://www.lib.duke.edu/archives/holdings/campus/tucc.html > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
