On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:09:46 -0500 Miles Fidelman <mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> > > On 02/28/13 11:31, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> On Thursday 28 February 2013 16:01:03 Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>> as a senior citizen moving from Windows(tm) to > >>>> Debian(tm?), > >>> > >>> Why is your seniority relevant? > >>> > >> > >> Just trying to convey that I've enough real-world experience to > >> have a valid point of reference without heavy handily touting that > >> my intro to computers was when the common input device was an 026 > >> and core memory involved literal iron. I've been chided before ;) > > Pardon me for asking, but what's an "026?" > > I go pretty far back myself, to the days of front panel toggle > switches, paper tape, and ASR33 teletypes (and Frieden Flexowriter's > for that matter) - but "026" is a new one on me. > > Miles > It's a car punch machine: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM26.jpg> Cybe R. Wizard -- Nice computers don't go down. Larry Niven, Steven Barnes "The Barsoom Project" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130228155856.57447f19@wizardstower
