How about compiling a fortran program on an Apple IIe and going for coffee, then a half hour later coming back to see your first syntax error.
I had a TRS-80 too. And the Timex Sinclair Z80. From: Ken Hohhof Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise I remember submitting punchcard decks and waiting a couple hours for the printout off the mainframe (CDC 6400). From: David Milholen Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 7:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise Got me by a few years in 1979 was my first :) On 7/9/2016 12:13 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: But that is not very long... I wrote my first program in something like 1968. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 7:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise I've been running VMs for ten years. :-p ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Chuck McCown" mailto:[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 8:17:05 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise It is astounding to be witness to such an acceleration of technology. I remember when VMs were scary experimental. And it was not all that long ago from my perspective. From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise You run it as a VM on your platform of choice, though mine is VMWare. It auto sets up the whole environment, OS and all. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "Chuck McCown" mailto:[email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 8:07:42 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise I am not much of a VM or linux guy, so please forgive my ignorance. But does this mean you have to run it on an Ubuntu machine? From: Mike Hammett Sent: Friday, July 08, 2016 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] cnMaestro On-Premise It's very easy to install, comes as an OVA built on Ubuntu 14.04. It has a nice TUI for the console to do things like changing IPs, console password, etc. The web UI has an 8 - 16 character password requirement. #shittypasswords ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP --
