Thats hard to believe (the forgetting part....Chuck remembers everything). Karl
On Jul 7, 2011, at 3:50 AM, Chuck Hill wrote: > > On 2011-07-06, at 6:10 PM, Patrick Robinson wrote: > >> I remember the first time I saw a DECwriter II, after a couple of years of >> using a Western Union teletype (with paper tape punch!) that used a 110 baud >> modem with acoustic "coupler" for the telephone handset to connect to the >> mainframe. A VT52 would have seemed like magic indeed! :-) > > Wow. I'd forgotten the name of it but I am pretty sure that VT52 is correct! > > > Chuck > > >> >> - Patrick >> >> >> On Jul 6, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: >> >>> I remember the first time I saw a CRT terminal that used a 110 baud modem >>> to connect to the mainframe. All, the unrivalled potential that platform >>> promised! An iPad would have seemed like magic indeed! >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2011-07-06, at 3:52 PM, Alan Ward wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Joel M. Benisch wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh how I miss the well defined structure of the RPG II processing cycle. >>>>> Was so simple and elegant...... >>>>> And easy to learn!! :-) >>>>> >>>>> And being able to pick up a card and read it by interpreting the hole >>>>> punches in your head was the geek's equivalent of winning the Super >>>>> Bowl.... >>>> >>>> Either that or being able to toggle in the boot sequence on a PDP11 >>>> without referring to any manuals. Ah, the good ol' days. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Those were the days.... >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> Joel M. Benisch CPCU, President >>>>> 973-992-6300 x303 >>>>> PaperFree Corporation >>>>> 973-992-6666 FAX >>>>> 909 Regal Boulevard >>>>> j...@paperfree.net >>>>> Livingston, NJ 07039-8249 WE CREATE PRODUCTS WE WOULD WANT TO >>>>> USE! >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 4:25 PM, Chuck Hill wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2011-07-06, at 1:57 PM, Karl wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I see it every day at the airport. Was that a CICS exception or VSAM >>>>>>> issue? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Oh...wow...no it was a ‘RTSO’ exception. (Real time sharing option for >>>>>>> you youngsters...now I am really ageing myself). >>>>>> >>>>>> And bringing back long suppressed memories for some of us. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you believe that they charged $2-3k per year for your terminal to >>>>>>> respond in some semblance of real time? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Karl >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 8:51 PM, Petite Abeille wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jul 6, 2011, at 7:33 PM, Ken Anderson wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To me, just the fact that WebObjects has been around since 1996 (15 >>>>>>>>> years!) means that it has more legs than any other tool I can think >>>>>>>>> of. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rumor has it that COBOL is still going strong in some less travelled >>>>>>>> corner of Elbonia :)) _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. 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