My first experience was on a pdp-8i with 32K of RAM which was shared between
5 users. We did have a 1 meg Winchester drive. If the power went off then
we had to punch in 12 pairs of binary numbers (instructions and the address)
which was the program to read the High speed paper tape to load the OS.
Ahh, those were the days.
Jim
"Ed Prochak" <edprochak_at_adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:3E990B2A.6080600_at_adelphia.net...
> Thomas T wrote:
> []
> >
> > Ed, thanks for the info! I know about the online manuals, but I prefer
> > paper.
>
> So do I.
>
> > .. guess it's because way back when, there was no internet or cdroms,
> > and software came with big books instead of a big empty box, and
CocaCola
> > Classic was just "Coca Cola", and I had three dual-density floppy drives
on
> > my 8088, one with a "utilties" 5 1/4 that held ANSI.SYS and LIST.EXE and
> > BASICA.COM and ... oh, for the old days... where are those 360K disks,
> > anyway?
>
> HA, Floppies? you're a spoiled youngster! I started on terminals with
paper
> tape or punch cards. Editting programs by rearranging cards, what a hoot!
>
> Don't get me started on nostalgia. I remember how after the demo I begged
the
> manager to get the 10mega byte hard drive. But I could justify the time
> savings on my build process (the dual floopy system could not compile my
> program and produce both executable and listing in hte same run!)
>
> [nostalgia mode off]
> Thank goodness. 8^)
>
> > But if they're the best, I guess I'll give it
> > a go. Maybe I'll just find the chapters I need, and send 'em to the
high
> > speed laser. Is the "Oracle 9i PL/SQL Programming" book any good, or
just
> > an absolute beginner's guide (how to use conversion functions, how to
use
> > if/else/endif, etc)?
>
> Sorry, I haven't checked that version out. I've just been learning the
> differences from each release, so I haven't gotten new hardcover docs
since
> version 8.
>
> <others covered the encoded question well so I'll close here.>
>
>
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Thomas
>
> You are welcome.
>
> --
> Ed Prochak
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> --
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> I took the one less travelled by
> and that has made all the difference."
> robert frost
>
Received on Sun Apr 13 2003 - 10:31:50 CDT
