Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Lin - Article 54877 - go-pugleaf

Article View: aus.computers.linux

Article #54877

Back to aus.computers.linux Previous Next

Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Lin

#54877

From: Tony Langdon
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 1997 00:00

24 lines
2261 bytes

It's 20 Aug 97  10:24,
We'll return to daveb@iinet.net.au and All's
discussion of Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Lin

 da> To really push the envelope, try an even older machine, the Singer
 da> System-10. Late 1960's: 74xx gates and ferrite core memory. That beast
 da> did 20 users multi-tasking, with the multi-task control built right
 da> into a minimal set of hardware. A true education in getting a quart
 da> into a pint pot.

Now this would have been something! :-)  In some ways, older machines
and programming were more spectacular than today's 200+ MHz processors
and accompanying bloatware.  It's amazing what you could do with an old
system and an assembler.

... Someone's dogma keeps chasing my karma
--
| Fidonet:  Tony Langdon 3:632/367.2
| Internet: tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au
|
| Freeway Internet Gateway, Melbourne, Australia.  For information about
| our services and conditions of use, e-mail:
| info@freeway.DIALix.oz.au, to receive a copy of the FAQ.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <a91_9708220707@freeway.DIALix.oz.au>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<rgw-ya023080002907971402460001@newshost.unimelb.edu.au> <33DDABF0.7EAE@era-a.ericsson.se> <33E00096.DCAE3E@execulink.com> <YSUOqAAEQP4zEwG7@hayton.demon.co.uk> <5rtj10$q5l$1@news.campus.mci.net> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970803121200.15672A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> <5s70aj$ifg$1@banzai.apana.org.au> <5s7gi1$9e1$1@joe.rice.edu> <33EA2438.7549@pobox.srl.ford.com> <33F89727.D9D46AA6@le.klever.net> <a70_9708200709@freeway.DIALix.oz.au> <33fa2937.1177955004@news.m.iinet.net.au>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 102983,42462d786437a1a1
X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public
X-Google-Thread: faa64,42462d786437a1a1
X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa64,public
X-Google-Thread: f4bda,42462d786437a1a1
X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public
X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,42462d786437a1a1
X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public
From: tlang@freeway.DIALix.oz.au (Tony Langdon)
Subject: Conned by progress - was Re: Suggestions please - Office for Lin
Date: 1997/08/21
Message-ID: <a91_9708220707@freeway.DIALix.oz.au>
X-Deja-AN: 265800938
References: <rgw-ya023080002907971402460001@newshost.unimelb.edu.au> <33DDABF0.7EAE@era-a.ericsson.se> <33E00096.DCAE3E@execulink.com> <YSUOqAAEQP4zEwG7@hayton.demon.co.uk> <5rtj10$q5l$1@news.campus.mci.net> <Pine.OSF.3.96.970803121200.15672A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> <5s70aj$ifg$1@banzai.apana.org.au> <5s7gi1$9e1$1@joe.rice.edu> <33EA2438.7549@pobox.srl.ford.com> <33F89727.D9D46AA6@le.klever.net> <a70_9708200709@freeway.DIALix.oz.au> <33fa2937.1177955004@news.m.iinet.net.au>
Organization: Fidonet: Freeway Usenet <=> FTN gateway 
X-FTN-To: daveb@iinet.net.au
Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x

Reply to Parent Message