Well it was punched cards but ...
we also had a machine that was programmed (almost beads)
by using plugs connected by wire and inserted in various holes
on the control panel.
We had some control panels that make "spaghetti" look like
a set of straight lines.
Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
adary_at_mehish.co.il
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cupp [SMTP:michaelcupp_at_SHONAC.com]
> Sent: Fri, March 01, 2002 3:08 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Manager decrees "his" data warehouse design. Help!
>
> 30 years? Wasn't that involved in sliding wooden beads on a metal stick?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 7:33 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> >-BTW It so happens that this month is the month that
> >-30 years ago (1972) I started to learn computers
>
> Punch cards perhaps!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 2:18 AM
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>
> Hello Don
>
> You will be suprised but the folks around here usually
> come to the dba before, after and during designing .
> They know the value of an experienced dba (> 20 years).
>
> BTW It so happens that this month is the month that
> 30 years ago (1972) I started to learn computers
> and am doing damage since then.
>
>
>
> Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
> adary_at_mehish.co.il
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bill thater [SMTP:bthater2_at_netscape.net]
> > Sent: Thu, February 28, 2002 6:13 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: Manager decrees "his" data warehouse design. Help!
> >
> > dgoulet_at_vicr.com wrote:
> >
> > >A very true set of statements on all sides. I've done as much & am
> > >in
> > the
> > >process once again. I just wish that once in my life as a DBA I did
> > >not
> > have to
> > >cleanup someone else's mess. Now if you all don't mind, I'm off to
> > >the
> > hardware
> > >store for a new shovel!! :-)
> > >
> > you mean they would actually consult you when the application was
> > being
> > designed, so you could help provide a design that was efficient and easy
>
> > to maintain?
> >
> > yea, right. not even in my dreams.;-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA
> > bthater2_at_netscape.net
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > You gotta program like you don't need the money,
> > You gotta compile like you'll never get hurt,
> > You gotta run like there's nobody watching,
> > It's gotta come from the heart if you want it to work.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [Unix] is not necessarily evil, like OS/2. - Peter Norton
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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