[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