Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Guy Pace <gpace () SBCTC EDU>]

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 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 Bradley
> >
> > > I'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...