On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 12:42 +0100, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 at 12:28, Maciej W. Rozycki <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Well, I guess for some anything that does not require you to > > toggle inthe boot loader or doesn't have a teletype console > > terminal is surely toomodern to even consider. > > :-D > One of the things I enjoy about this group is that some of > thediscussions and the memories make me feel young...
The first computer I was paid to write software for didn't require me to toggle in a boot loader: The IBM 1401 in 1966. All I had to do was push the load key on the card reader, or the tape load key on the operator console. And it didn't even have a teletype console.
