Hi, another aspect of computing in the early eighties - not related to heat (even if it had some potential to heat up the atmosphere) - were the competing interests for the (sole) TV set in the house.
Kids of today can't really understand that..... Cheers, Tobias -----Original-Nachricht----- Von: fernando gonzalez <ferng...@gmail.com> An: ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com Betreff: [Ql-Users] the heat! Datum: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:56:11 +0200 hi all little reminiscence last week while we had rather more seasonal temperatures (ie it was warm), one of the most annoying aspects of computing in the 80s rapidly re-asserted itself: 1) QL would last about 15 minutes and then crash badly. 2) quickly check all the chips were seated properly. 3) wait 20 minutes for it to cool down 4) quickly rush to do the next bit of coding before it got too hot again. 5) back to step 3 i think i need to get a little noisy desk fan pointing at the heat sinks to complete the full 80s feel. any one got any tales of annoying little things which in retrospect are quite charming? cheers fern _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
