Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

We had a BOM (Byte Oriented Memory) tester that ran all of the time in our machine room .. it tested a frame of Core for our IBM 360/91 .. one day, it caught 
fire .. talk about your Halt and Burn instruction :-)

Joel

--On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:42 PM -0700 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...



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