[Spridgets] Bloody computers

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Tue Jun 3 15:17:08 MDT 2008


Anybody ever trip over their feet while carrying a program on a 3 foot stack
of punch cards. In 1963 IBM moved me to parts assembly at the Endwell, NY
lab when I had an unfortunate stumble on the way to the mainframe in the
Owego Lab's basement....

Cheers!!
Jim

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Dave G. <dmg at bossig.com> wrote:

> You had SWITCHES ??????
> I had to use a plug-board   !!    <Grin>
>
> On 3 Jun 2008 at 11:48, David Lieb wrote:
>
> >> We used to dream about paper tape! I remember using register switches
> >> to boot up the diagnostics on a DEC PDP8 after setting the power
> >> supply voltage with the reostat on the back of the unit. Aye, those
> >> were the days...
>
>
> --
> Dave G.   KK7SS
> '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA
> "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
>    Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather'
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Cheers!!
Jim - 68 "Spridget" in Dodge City
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