I guess I'm old then, because I've actually done that. On my first co-op I used an ancient HP 2100 mini computer (with 8K 16 bit words) of *core* memory (that was when memory was really memory - it didn't go away when you turned the machine off).
That machine didn't have any sort of boot rom built in. You had to toggle in a bootstrap on the front panel. There was a switch on the front that would write protect the upper 200 words or so where the bootstrap lived, but if your application needed ALL the machine's memory, you flipped the switch off, and resigned yourself to toggling the boot loader on the next reload. Then I graduated to HP 1000 computers which still had the good old front panel, you just seldom ever used it. It was handy for debugging device drivers, I stepped through many via the front panel. As far as I know, the 1000 E&F series was the last mini produced with actual switches and lights. I've got the front panel from one in my closet at home. Sometimes, looking at that front panel, I start thinking about the good old days, then I thank God for things like gigahertz CPUs, virtual memory and perl! -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Dorey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:41 PM Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Perl editors REAL (old) men use the toggle switches on the front of the box! Peter Guzis wrote: > Real men use EDLIN *chuckle* Cameron -- Cameron Dorey Editor, Analytical Sciences Digital Library http://www.asdlib.org Associate Professor of Chemistry University of Central Arkansas Phone: 501-450-5938 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
