Thus spake Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 13:42, Narins, Josh wrote: > > Yeah, I remember when we just had rocks and sticks. > > Don't be snide, you young whippersnapper! I'm not even 40... A former > boss of mine worked on the IBM 1403, which had hard disks, but only the > most minimal OS. Thus, one had to remember which cylinder/sector that > your file started on.
I don't go back to the 1403, although the first program I ever wrote was for an IBM 7090, but even the 370 "lite" OS, DOS, sometimes required this knowledge - for temporary files IIRC (it's been 25 years). -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
