Re: Memories - was (University credentials used by third parties)

["Bradley, Stephen W. Mr." <bradlesw () MUOHIO EDU>]

My first work system was a Varian 622 (18 bit version of the Varian 620 16-bit) in '76 with the Navy.  I spent many an 
hour programming by the front panel switches in Octal.  I still remember 210000base8 is an unconditional jump.  :-)

My first personal computer was a Sphere circa '78-79 with tape and TV RF-Out.  Had a Motorola 6800 and 1k of 8 bit 
memory.

I guess after working 41 actual years with electronics (started with tubes) I'd be classified as either a fossil or an 
oldtimer.

Steve



Stephen W. Bradley SSCP GCIH GCFA CISSP
Network Security Specialist
Miami University
Security Engineering
Business & Infrastructure Services
513-529-8129
bradlesw () muohio edu

 


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Marty 
Hoag
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 11:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] University credentials used by third parties

   That was what I thought of when someone mentioned front panel switches! Only it was on a 360/50 way back in '69 when 
I started. NDSU had gone from an IBM 1620 to an IBM 360/50 with the help of an NSF loan about a year earlier. For a 
while there was such a gap in processing speed we'd actually shut down the computer in the evening. ;-)

   Marty

Jeff Kell wrote:
>   Ahh... we're going pictures now :-)
>
> Some of you with 360 experience may recognize this...
>
> Jeff

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