I had a teacher in college who could program the machine by flipping
the switches on the front.
We had paper tape, a step up from the plugs :)
- אדר_יחיאל <adary_at_mehish.co.il> wrote:
> 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
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > 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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