> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:22 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Do Hardcore Programmers Really Use Notepad? > > To add to the insanity of old geeks... > > Did you ever copycon to the LPT port to clear a printer, or to a COM > port to reset the modem?
I do, I do! I used to work at one of the first public access internet centers in Boston. It was during the heyday of the 486 but we were refurbing old 286 and 386 systems for use by the public. We must have had 100 IBM Mod 80's chassis at one time - stripped down we got maybe 10 working systems from the bunch. We also had 15 of the first monochrome NeXT cubes - now those bastards were sweet... each system cube could house four independent motherboards with a shared optical drive. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:158549 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
