Thanks to Spotify, I am... spotify:album:2n8DmRJMWH9Y3UmnCzMtho 2009/8/6 Richard Lockwood <[email protected]>
> In those days, of course, everything cost sixpence, was made of wood > and lasted forever. > > (Cue Dvorak's "Symphony for the New World" in the background) > > :-) > > R. > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Nico Morrison<[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey - I sent my then girlfriend a loveletter on paper punchtape, ASR-33 > > Teletype controlling a PDP-11 that ran a Motorola satnav receiver on the > > survey boat I was on in Papua New Guinea in 1971, it was probably an > 11-23 > > and we booted it manually with switches until it could see the paper > tape. > > > > She got someone in the Singapore office to dump out the paper tape and it > > must have worked as we married and had kids. > > > > I am of the blase camp as well in this respect - 'plus ca change, plus > c'est > > la meme chose' - try that in Google translate. > > > > Nico Morrison > > > > 2009/8/6 Brian Butterworth <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> 2009/8/6 Tim Dobson <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> Brian Butterworth wrote: > >>>> > >>>> The first version of Unix I used was on a PDP11! When I started doing > >>>> system admin for Unix I learnt both System V and BSD. I used XWindows > on > >>>> Sparcstations! So, I have a rather blaze attitude to "new" versions of > >>>> something I have known for a more than a few decades. Sorry... > >>> > >>> Gah. I always feel young round here. > >>> I can hardly ever join in discussions on vintage computing :( > >> > >> [snip] > >>> > >>> I agree with your points, but dispute that it's not nearly there. > >>> I dislike this article for several reasons but > >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/06/linux_ubuntu_blog.html > >>> if the catalyst has to be the publicity from claiming the UK has 400 > >>> linux users, so be it! ;) > >> > >> LOL. And we all know where AH is now. And what he spent his BBC > expenses > >> on. > >> > >>> > >>> Now there are certainly issues encountered there, but he still makes > some > >>> good points. > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> How about a BBC Micro 2012 Edition...? FM&T need another impossible > >>>> tech project. Be more exciting than "Bang Goes The Theory". > >>> > >>> If exciting means "more likely to cause flame wars on backstage than > >>> iplayer" then "yes". :P > >>> > >>> The world does not need new gnu/linux distros IMHO. > >> > >> Yes, consumers probably like stability over endless choice in this > >> department. > >> > >>> > >>> Tim :) > >>> > >>> - > >>> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > >>> please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > >>> Unofficial list archive: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Brian Butterworth > >> > >> follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > >> web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and > switchover > >> advice, since 2002 > > > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
