Card punch, yes. Paper tape, no. Our PDP/08 had that fancy 8" floppy disk -- the big one that was actually floppy!
-Jeff On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:42 PM Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Paper tape on a PDP/08 and PDP/11! Whee! Watch your bootloader unspooling > all over the floor…. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Buff > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2015 9:54 AM > *To:* ntsysadm > > > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Not to stir the pot, or anything... > > > > I do - along with IBM 360 assembler, Fortran, COBOL, RPG III and Apple > Pascal. > > Not paper tape, though, as some here have... > > Kurt > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Kent, Mark <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Do you guys have punch card experience? > > > > Mark Kent (MCP) > > Sr. Desktop Systems Engineer > > Computing & Technology Services - SUNY Buffalo State > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Buff > *Sent:* Friday, October 9, 2015 9:43 AM > *To:* ntsysadm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Not to stir the pot, or anything... > > > > You and I *are* the same age... > > Kurt > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > > exactly 40 years ago when i started college for music performance major on > tuba, my profs were trying to tell us about the fallacy of "doing too many > things at once". no one had a computer yet. > > webster > > Sent using OWA for iPad > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, October 8, 2015 8:40:23 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Not to stir the pot, or anything... > > > > It’s been a LOT more than 5 years ago. I remember hearing about it in > college, 30+ years ago… > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Thursday, October 8, 2015 9:28 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Not to stir the pot, or anything... > > > > Great quote about users: > > > > "They're suckers for irrelevancy," > > > > Wasn't multitasking identified as an issue 5+ years ago? Or are we now > just getting around to scientific confirmation of previous observations? > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.computerworld.com/article/2989987/it-management/out-of-focus-the-multitasking-dilemma.html > > Kurt > > > > > > >
