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Re: University credentials used by third parties
From: David Gillett <gillettdavid () FHDA EDU>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:19:07 -0700
The Computer History Museum has a 1620, or perhaps it's a 1710 (enhanced successor). Or rather, it has the shell of one. Somewhere inside the cabinet, a Mac II is running a simulator program that allows it to execute actual code. I could tell there was something fishy about it when I saw the CPU/console unit but no accompanying freezer-chest-sized memory units.... Oh, while we're gazing deeply into our rear-view mirrors: I first learned to program on a desktop machine -- an Olivetti Programma 101. It could store about 100 instruction steps on a magnetic card that was about 4" long by 1.5" wide. The year was 1969, and I was 12. My Dad got his local Olivetti salesman to bring one to our school so I could demonstrate it to my classmates -- first time I ever had a demo crash on me in front of a live audience.... David Gillett -----Original Message----- From: Joel Rosenblatt [mailto:joel () columbia edu] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 16:02 To: SECURITY () listserv educause edu Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties For your trip down memory lane ... <http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/1620.html> Joel --On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:43 PM -0700 "Pollock, Joseph" <PollockJ () EVERGREEN EDU> wrote:
Well, I started out on an IBM 1620. Still have the programming book around the office somewhere (it's fun to pull out for visiting students). BTW - my recollection of the 1620 is that it had magnetic core memory, and was the first commercial solid state computer. Moved on to the PDP-8 and PDP-11, complete with front panel switches. There was a tech in the lab where I worked who thought he could fix any programming error by randomly changing memory contents... Success usually eluded him. Speaking of switches, when I came to Evergreen in 1985 they were still running an HP-1000/2000, with lots of lights and switches :-) And a paper tape boot/diagnostic loader. I still have a 16KB core memory stack from it. Anyone remember when an 8KB core memory board for a PDP-8 was nearly $10,000? For me, that really puts things in perspective. Joe Pollock Network Services The Evergreen State College -----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, butI knowabout 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 instreamof 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 BradleyI'll bet not as much as I miss working on the card punches andreaders.:-)don't forget card sorters for when you drop your deck of 500 cards anhourbefore 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
Current thread:
- Re: University credentials used by third parties, (continued)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Joel Rosenblatt (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Cal Frye (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Ullman, Catherine (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Nate johnson (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Brad Miller (Aug 19)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Jeff Kell (Aug 19)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Gillett (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Ozzie Paez (Aug 21)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties David Gillett (Aug 18)
- Re: University credentials used by third parties Paul Kendall (Aug 18)