RE: OT -- suggestions to ensure nerdiness in potential IT staff

my last company still used pdp-11s

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It was a magical box to a middle-aged me as well and looked much better than my ugly metallic Kaypro.

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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:42 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

yeah, my father still try's to impress me with stories of punch cards and such. It's pretty funny. The oldest computer I know of and still have is a compaq "portable" computer. It has the old 5 1/4" "floppy" drives and a little tiny screen. It's basically a suitcase, weighs about 40 pounds, the bottom is the keyboard. Kinda cool, I remember playing games on it as a kid and thinking it was the most amazing thing. Now it makes a good foot rest, but that's about it:)
kk

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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:52 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

And just think about the PC being an advanced system for some of us.

Wait until we again start talking about using paper tapes and having to use scotch tape to put them back together to run them through. Or even the older guys that talk about switch boards. I am not as old as them. My computer days just go back to the mid 70's.

> I love this stuff(being a nerd wannabe), but I don't have a
> frickin clue
> what any of you are talking about:)

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