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Re: University credentials used by third parties
From: Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:40:09 -0400
I built an Imsai 8080 in high school .. soldered all 16k of memory and wrote an OS for it which I had to toggle into the front panel .. I even wrote a video driver so that I could use the TV80 terminal I built .. good times :-)
Joel --On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:31 PM -0700 David Lundy <dlundy () PACIFIC EDU> wrote:
I do!! I do!! Remember the Altair and Imsai computers and other S-100 bus computers - the computers that inspired Bill Gates to launch Microsoft? For a poor student who built the computer kit and couldn't afford an 8-inch floppy drive, switches were it... Dave ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Russell Fulton Sent: Wed 8/18/2010 2:25 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 stream of 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...
Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security Columbia Information Security Office (CISO) Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033 http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Current thread:
- Re: University credentials used by third parties, (continued)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Paul Kendall (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Gillett (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Nate johnson (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Gillett (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Russell Fulton (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Lundy (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Pete Hickey (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Lundy (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Nate johnson (Aug 18)
- 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)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Bob Kalal (Aug 18)