Re: University credentials used by third parties

[David Gillett <gillettdavid () FHDA EDU>]

  I chuckle when people call my netbook a "mini computer" because I remember
when "mini" meant "only as big as ONE refrigerator"....

David Gillett


-----Original Message-----
From: John Ladwig [mailto:John.Ladwig () CSU MNSCU EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 15:01
To: SECURITY () listserv educause edu
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties

No wire-in-core in my history, but I do recall the baffled looks on CS grad
students in 1989 when I scrapped a long-dead PDP-8 (I think) and showed off
the wire-wrap motherboard.

   -jml

-----Original Message-----
From: Bristol, Gary L.
Sent: 2010-08-18 16:50:06
To: Bristol, Gary L.;The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
Cc:
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...