Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Bob Kalal <kalal.1 () OSU EDU>]

We once had four Xerox mainframes sharing a portion of main memory - if you toggled the wrong address, all four crashed 
and a police car gumball on top of the memory cabinet lit up along with a siren. There was also a clock margin switch 
that let you run hot, but the manual specifically disclaimed mathematical accuracy with a fast clock.

Bob Kalal
Director (Retired), Information Technology Policy
THE Ohio State University

On Aug 18, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Joel Rosenblatt wrote:

> Not only do I know about them, I've used them :-)
>
> Joel
>
> --On Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:25 AM +1200 Russell Fulton <r.fulton () AUCKLAND AC NZ> wrote:
>
> > 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