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The Deparment of Nostalgic Digression would like to cross-connect this thread with this one[1] which, by its fourteenth post[2] (out of what looks to be around seven dozen, depending upon how you count), rapidly devolved into a compendious History of Information Technology, 1950-Present. ;-) Happy reminiscing, - -sth [1]http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1008&L=SECURITY&T=0&P=14164 [2]http://listserv.educause.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1008&L=SECURITY&D=0&O=D&T=0&P=26551 sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com "Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen." Harry Turtledove - ----- Original Message ----- > But, what happened to all the pages after 39???? Must be the scanner > broke! > > As for lights, knobs, and switches.... there isn't enough room, the > blasted computers have > gotten too small to even have room to add extraneous doohickeys for > show! :( > > Frank > > On 8/25/10 10:17 AM, Tony Harris wrote: > > Ah, yes. The good old days when computers actually looked and felt > > like computers! I have > > fond memories of days spent working on an IBM 370-135, card punch > > machines, COBOL, RPGII, and > > BAL, doing sysadmin work on DOS/VS and OS/VS1, etc. > > > > We need more cool lights, knobs, and switches on the front of > > today's computers. They're so > > boring now. > > > > > > --On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:04:10 AM -0400 Stanley > > Brinkerhoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> For your viewing pleasure. > >> > >> http://www.cs.virginia.edu/brochure/images/manuals/IBM_704/IBM_704.html > >> > >> Stan > >> > > > > > > -- > Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs > Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE, > University of Vermont | just like everyone else. > "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Use GnuPG with Firefox : http://getfiregpg.org (Version: 0.8) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJMdSp5AAoJEPoh2/xXOP2jADkP/0YJ6yIvQDg56jijt9sejjpW XjqVIiM3MBDXlhmhnIJpMuu7a9Le5/sOh0Cib3nqXa1ufs/T7t6Az1ikS7B9RRY3 9PsOJBHKihrj2nW6YzE/7Y3ROQghLf3tHZdI6coPqe7rSmVsaQAZ3J+6f1fIB5tw 2SZFM0GezJfUrrIwALxKOFosw5QiPILcj5xh2VQAmtWpM+qgS4Vl5fx8/WpA68+U dJCB4xjKHlwwvZi1mF1OtACNOKOb7g78G83ybxpQ4hZmkDStTupHJC1giMstm+BI mFG6EZ1kRCs/IxlouDyoYl0kZijeKyh9ydi+IHMYRsNjuwRfXw6l/Q9AdZeUDv9H fMYNG35RQ4dradn4to3swqIMKVGWgvwumR3HLx/J2/blyvD9caJ4zcd9I7tokqRJ MlNRLPCchqcdVUuPDpOIXUGJUdOnK+uH7jCT7vQRm+nALg161/N1k4Vgvf3kljLz st7Cz3ICtg0qICuyIj/a4b5clh/U/mdWGyP6eWxdr4eaXglV82DT17NnQUwldStc FzfmLM7QnpzmugcO/zlykzbVZ0Wn1MD3pBRmNR76X3PoT1YPSlVTGVCYuVSBBBA9 iJnIXzr2yPavkp7uWkdwlMBOEA2mvkIxDk5LyNyphoroaGyKi7JL6Lz6y7LSKdVU 5pJNCmu5dTJplD/gqVxi =SuPs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
