Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

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
>
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> 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
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>
> 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...



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