[TUHS] "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic?

Clem Cole clemc at ccc.com
Fri Jul 1 01:35:03 AEST 2022


a few more ...

   - the sounds of an ASR 33 - why bang, and splat are called that
   - the sounds of terminal room
   - running 'system' diagnostics
   - what 'dumping core' refers too
   - rolling an unspooled DECtape up after dropping it and stepping on it,
   and it still reading
   - the concept/use of PPT
   - entering the RIM loader for the PDP-8 from the front panel, so you
   could load the rest of the boot from PPT
   - entering the board program into a PDP-8 11/45 without an M792 diode
   'ROM' board.
   - Watching the idle pattern on the lights


Note the last 3 can be re-lived with a PiDP-8
<https://streaklinks.com/BGyDfuK4ePmLFWSPRwRm6v_o/https%3A%2F%2Fobsolescence.wixsite.com%2Fobsolescence%2Fpidp-8>
or PiDP-11
<https://streaklinks.com/BGyDfuWMjBQsSqgHCA6qh56Y/https%3A%2F%2Fobsolescence.wixsite.com%2Fobsolescence%2Fpidp-11>

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On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:23 AM Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:

>
>
>    - that goes with >>dialing<< the phone and putting it in the rubber
>    cups after you hear the tone from the FSK modem at that other end.
>    - putting your deck into run queue and waiting for your turn to get 5
>    seconds of compile and 3 seconds of CPU time for a student job
>    - being limited to > .5M of storage (if you had any at all)
>    - If you were an operator
>       - handing a tape change request
>       - starting/stopping the batch system to let students' jobs run
>       - changing the print train
>       - moving a plot tape from the computer to the plotter for output
>       - changing disks
>    - what a disk crash actually sounds like (and looks like on the
>    platters)
>
>>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:41 AM Marc Donner <marc.donner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Programming an 026 skip card.  Inserting the skip card.
>> Using ed in kernel safe mode to fix a broken config file.
>> Threading a half-inch tape in a tape drive.  Remembering to insert or
>> remove the write ring.
>> Cleaning floppy disk heads.
>> Manually keying a boot program into an SDS-930.
>> =====
>> nygeek.net
>> mindthegapdialogs.com/home <https://www.mindthegapdialogs.com/home>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM steve jenkin <sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What are the 1970’s & 1980’s Computing / IT skills “our grandkids won’t
>>> have”?
>>>
>>> Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because your
>>> keyboard has a stuck key
>>>          - something I absolutely don’t miss.
>>>
>>> Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime &
>>> wondering how a reboot might go?
>>>
>>> steve j
>>>
>>> =========
>>>
>>> 9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have
>>>         <
>>> https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-have/
>>> >
>>>
>>>         1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and VCRs
>>>         2: Using analog phones
>>>         [ or an Analog Clock ]
>>>         3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them
>>>         4. Reading and writing in cursive
>>>         5. Using manual research methods
>>> [ this is a Genealogy site ]
>>>         6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way
>>>         7. Creating and mending clothing
>>>         8. Building furniture from scratch
>>>         9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design
>>> 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
>>> PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA
>>>
>>> mailto:sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin
>>>
>>>
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