[AccessD] [OT] OMG!!!!!!

You're talking big iron!  I was talking about PCs. ;o}

Charlotte Foust 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:07 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] [OT] OMG!!!!!!

I started in the dark ages,  did an IPL ( Boot or Initial Program Load)
from a series of 16 toggle switches, you had a cheat sheet on the
console as you had to enter 3 sequences of these switches on an IBM 360
-50 to get the thing started. Old IBMers never say boot but instead
re-IPL.

I think it was similar on a IBM 1610 but my memory gets foggy.

I do remember working on a CDC mainframe with no disks You read your
card deck to tape then by running against a  tape compiler created a
load go tape that you eventually executed from.

Charlotte Foust wrote:

>DOS??  Newcomer!  I started with CP/M and loaded the bootstrap from a 
>tape recorder! LOL
>
>Charlotte Foust
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan 
>Harkins
>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:05 AM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OMG!!!!!!
>
>I remember loading DOS because there WAS no hard drive -- do I win? :)
>
>Susan H. 
>
>My first box had a 20 mb drive and I remember being told I could run a 
>small business on that.
>  
>

--
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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