Dual boot in Windows7

[Gene E. Bloch]

Kids! 1959.

You have earned your netname, then

 

[Dabbler]

Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and
later got the cards and my printout back.

That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
paper tapes on GE timesharing system.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
paper tapes on GE timesharing system.

That sort of stuff was later for me, when I switched to being a real
programmer. There were even, eventually, some machines where I had
memorized the boot loader (for paper tape) that had to be keyed in on
the console switches.

Luckily, not only have I forgotten the boot loaders, but I had almost
forgotten that I ever even did that. You had to go and remind me

 

[Dabbler]

Luckily, not only have I forgotten the boot loaders, but I had almost
forgotten that I ever even did that. You had to go and remind me

That's strange 'cause I tend to remember better what I did decades ago
than 5 minutes ago. :-(

 

[johnbee]

That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
paper tapes on GE timesharing system.

Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay tablets
with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only allowed to
put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman cut our
throats.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

That's strange 'cause I tend to remember better what I did decades ago than 5
minutes ago. :-(

We don't talk about that phenomenon here

If I close my eyes, will the phenomenon disappear?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay tablets
with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only allowed to
put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman cut our
throats.

And you also had to compute in sexagesimal notation, IIRC. Things were
really harsh back then.

 

[Lord Vetinari]

Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay
tablets with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only
allowed to put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman
cut our throats.

If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song called
'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called 'S-100'. Those
are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and I'd just bought it
because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on Fire'

 

[johnbee]

If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song called
'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called 'S-100'. Those
are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and I'd just bought it
because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on Fire'

Sounds as though he will suit me, thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Dabbler]

If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song
called 'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called
'S-100'. Those are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and
I'd just bought it because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on
Fire'

He invented the Hayes modem and AT command set?

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Dabbler.

No. That was Dennis Hayes. Also known widely as D. C. Hayes. Maker of the
1200 baud and the superfast 2400 baud SmartModems. ;<)

RC
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[Steve Pearce]

There is something wrong with your date/time setting, unless you are
really posting from the future.

 

[KG]

Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and
later got the cards and my printout back.

...I had no (well, very little) idea what they were doing behind my
back ;-)

BCD goes back much further than that, back to the late 1800 when Hollerith invented and used the
system in the US Census with the punched card system. His company went on to be come IBM.

An old retired IBMer.
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