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

["David L. Wasley" <dlwasley () EARTHLINK NET>]

Just like radio stations shutting down at midnight or 1AM ... ;-)

Anyone recall the META-4 computer?  It had a CPU clock speed dial! 
As I recall, it was because some hardware I/O devices required code 
execution to be synchronized with the physical operation of the 
device.

        David

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At 9:04 PM +0000 on 8/20/10, Kieper, David wrote:

>  > David L. Wasley wrote:
> >  As to radio interference, I recall someone
> >  writing a program for a Data General Nova that
> >  would "play music" on a nearby radio by executing
> >  different algorithms to effect different tones.
> >  "Music" was stretching it a bit; amusing would be
> >  more accurate.
>
> As for music, Xerox Sigma's running CP-V OS played the star spangled 
> banner over their alarm speaker when you did a shutdown on them. 
> Needless to say, there was no power off feature as part of 
> shutdown...
>
> David