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after punch cards.... it was ,8,1 that stands out for me
I'm from the punch card era (and paper tape, which probably means I should be carbon dated) - but what do you mean by 8.1? -
8 data bits, one stop bit?
I remember FORTRAN had rules about which column to start a line of code, but I don't remember any more what that was? Maybe column 5?
Unfortunately, old also can mean forgetful.
PS I think I still have an RS-232 breakout box around here someplace.
(from back in the days when one often had to MacGyver one's own serial cable configuration for any given pairing of a 'pute and a peripheral)
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,8,1 is from the days of Commodore 64 and 128.
In order to boot the floppy disk we had to type something like load (*),8,1 then hit return
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In about 1986 I bought a Televideo 950 (dumb terminal) used for $50.00.
I paired it with a DAK 1200 baud modem and a used IBM serial printer.
I used it to access the MLS at home. Cat's pajama's!
Talk about having to learn how to use the Televideo with no manual, no internet, lots of
dip switches.... But as a determined 30 yo, I finally made it work very well.
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I can't say that... because in those days I understood all of that "tech"!aprazer402 wrote: »
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Glad that tech era is over.
Nowadays, I am a babe in the woods.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Nowadays, I am a babe.
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You haven't seen me flailing at some modern configuration issue in Windows...
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FORTRAN on a DEC pdp-8 in college. Then nothing until some work with FORTH on Sun SPARC stuff. Bleagh.
Got smart & became a sysadmin instead.
Learned just enough perl & python to be dangerous.
Retired with a winning record ;-)
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,8,1 is from the days of Commodore 64 and 128.
In order to boot the floppy disk we had to type something like load (*),8,1 then hit return
By the time PCs were coming into mainstream business use, I was leaving my mainframe tech roles and veering/lurching into management. Always thought my timing probably sucked as folks I knew in tech roles in the PC world always seemed to be having a whole hell of a lot more fun than I ever did on the big iron kit. -
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"Basic Computer Terms (1976)"
That was almost the total content of the first computer course I took in 1980, except for the program we had to write on punch cards. I said then it was so boring that I'd never deal with computers again.
I've now been in computers professionally for 38 years. Turns out there was more to it. LOLExpect that there will be bumps in the road. Choose to not let them rattle you.
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Getting the mail. It's either medicare advantage, retirement homes
or replacement windows."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
sucks2beme wrote: »Getting the mail. It's either medicare advantage, retirement homes
or replacement knees, hearing aids and other body parts.
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sucks2beme wrote: »Getting the mail. It's either medicare advantage, retirement homes
or replacement windows.
Last year, had a Anderson salesman show up 3 months after having all windows replaced. Yeah, walk away, dude. -
How many times a week do you get invitations to free dinner
to listen to a sales pitch? That happens every week now too.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
^ Bahahahaaaaa
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On the other hand:
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That's a great song! Randy Travis...
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You know you are really OLD when you are 114 years OLD and it takes a car to kill you!
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
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Post of the year.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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motorstereo wrote: »
Around Dallas, that is about 6 months. Whole towns pop up when you're not looking.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
And they wonder why we're having so many floods recently.
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"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Harry / Marietta GA -
I know I'm (getting) old when I read yet another thread about another piece of my early years has just died ...and all too often I'm older than they were. Yep, my name really is Bob.
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