Re: University credentials used by third parties

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Ah, yes, percussive maintenance on the PDP-8. I remember...

At one point I had the entire bootstrap loader toggle switch sequence
memorized to get the '8 to the point where it would read the OS in from
paper tape, we had to reboot so often.

And on my belt was my trusty Decilog slipstick, too.
--Cal

On 8/18/10 8:15 PM, Pete Hickey wrote:
> Ahhhh.. Our old PDP-8.  Sometimes your program would fail because of hardware
> errors.  One of the boards would not be making good contact.  We had a rubber
> mallot, and we would whack the thing to seat the cards better.
>
> Such satisfaction....
>
> You run your program and it crashes.  Then you whack the machine with a hammer
> and it WORKS!!!!!.
>
> Tried that with an ipod, and only ended up with ipod pieces.
-- 
Best regards
-- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
   Mudd Library, x.56930 -- CIT will NEVER ask you for your password!

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