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Re: University credentials used by third parties
From: "Bristol, Gary L." <gbristol () OU EDU>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:29:53 +0000
Oh and I didn't mention that those Switches and the Lighted push button switches were a Univac 642b computer. 64kb memory boards the size of pizza boxes, water cooled running on 400hz power (Naval) And yes this is quite a contrast and all in a 38 span of years. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Guy Pace Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:53 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties OK, Gary gives us the ultimate contrast here: ==== STONE AGE ==== Connecting to different systems meant throwing big two or three position switches to change which system talked to other systems. Plugging in the bootstrap program either push buttoned lighted indicators or toggle switches on the front of the data general nova or eclipse computers. +++ TODAY +++ Sent from my iPad - Gary Guy L. Pace, CISSP Security Administrator Information Technology Division WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) 3101 Northup Way, Suite 100 Bellevue, WA 98004 425-803-9724 gpace () sbctc edu "Great art is a practice. Turn it into a process and the result is a paint-by-numbers system." Bob Lewis -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Bristol, Gary L. Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:49 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties Here, you mean where you could actually see the wires wrapped around the core with the sense, and x, y wires going thru them. Connecting to different systems meant throwing big two or three position switches to change which system talked to other systems. Plugging in the bootstrap program either push buttoned lighted indicators or toggle switches on the front of the data general nova or eclipse computers. Sent from my iPad - Gary On Aug 18, 2010, at 4:43 PM, "Eric Case" <eric () ERICCASE COM> wrote:
Know about or use front panel switches? I never got to use them, but I know about them. While we are in the way back machine, how many know about core memory? -Eric Eric Case, CISSP eric (at) ericcase (dot) com http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericcase (520) 344-CISO (2476)-----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Russell Fulton Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:26 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties On 19/08/2010, at 4:02 AM, Guy Pace wrote:COBOL!?!?! COBOL is for people who love to type and write code in streamof consciousness mode.It's front panel switches for me!OK, how many folk on the list know about front panel switches? ;-) or 80 column boot straps? Russell PS. since I'm wasting bandwidth advertising my age ;)Stephen BradleyI'll bet not as much as I miss working on the card punches and readers.:-)don't forget card sorters for when you drop your deck of 500 cards an hour before the assignment is due...
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- Re: University credentials used by third parties Pete Hickey (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Lundy (Aug 18)
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- Re: University credentials used by third parties Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Jones, Dan (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Jeff Kell (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Paul Kendall (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Eric Case (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Bristol, Gary L. (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Guy Pace (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Bristol, Gary L. (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Pollock, Joseph (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Pete Hickey (Aug 18)
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