[B5JMS] EEP!

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: Hank Tiffany <davidt at cet.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:46:12 +0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Dirk A. Loedding wrote:

> In article <galley-5508EF.23275904122003 at newsr3.texas.rr.com>,
> "Gordon B. Alley" <galley at texas.net> wrote:
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> >The company I worked for purchased a TI 960 minicomputer back in the 
> >'70s, and it had a paper tape reader for loading software. But before it 
> >would start reading the tape, I had to manually enter and execute a 
> >series of instructions in RAM using a bunch of front-panel toggle 
> >switches to set the address and instruction words in binary.
> 
> And I think that takes home the "I've used the most antiquated computer 
> system" award.  :)

Actually, that sounds a lot like the 1st computer I ever fooled 
around with. Belonged to a ISU compsci student I used to know,
pieced together out of stuff the uni threw out, back in the
mid 70's. When I went to college a few years later I couldn't
believe all the wusses complaing about how hard it was to program
Basic on a pdp1170, I thought I was in heaven, not a toggle in
sight! 

Hank, another compsci refugee

-- 
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Himmler, was very simmlar/But poor old Goebbels had no balls at all



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 06:08:57 +0000 (UTC)
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Since this discussion has turned into a tech discussion (and my first computer
was a Kaypro II), I have a question for the computer savvy amongst us:

I just purchased a new monitor (the other one committed suicide), and it has
both a regular analog plug and a digital plub.  Now, the analog is working
fine...and I've plugged in the digital plug to the correct part of the monitor,
and I *think* I've plugged the other end into the right part of the computer. 
But I'm not absolutely 100% sure (insert laughter here).

Now, the computer settings allows me to now change it to digital...but my
question is this: if I change it to digital, and for whatever reason this thing
*ain't* hooked up right...how do I change it back again if I can't see the
monitor because it's going into a non-effective cable?

(Yes, I have windows XP.)

 jms

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