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

I know a person in the Cleveland area that has one in his basement that he uses for a print server (and it basically replaced his furnace, too).

April Wells wrote:

> 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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> 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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> 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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