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Dual boot in Windows7

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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On 1/28/10, relic posted:
> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
> news:u9c3m59925nj5rr1v2f8u7p4ve8t3gjoao@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:38:39 -0800, Gene E. Bloch
>> <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/27/10, Ken Blake, MVP posted:
>>> > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:22:38 -0800, "Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> >> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
>>> >> news:eek:to1m5d8dm1pb3l842cvdofb9l2vrmloub@4ax.com...
>>> >>
>>> >>> BCD goes back to way before the 70s. My first use of it was in 1962,
>>> >>> when I started programming the IBM 1401.
>>> >>
>>> >> Whoa, you must be even older than I! ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> > I'm 72.
>>>
>>>
>>> >> Wasn't that IBM 1401 used
>>> >> primarily by banks to run reader-sorters?
>>>
>>>
>>> > No. It was a very low-end, but general purpose, computer. It ranged
>>> > from 1.4 to 16KB or RAM. In its day it was far and away the computer
>>> > that sold the most.
>>>
>>> When I first started in computers, Fall '61,

>>
>>
>> That's almost exactly one year before me.


> Kids! 1959.


You have earned your netname, then :)

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
 
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Dabbler

Flightless Bird
"Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
> that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and
> later got the cards and my printout back.


That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
paper tapes on GE timesharing system.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On 1/28/10, Dabbler posted:
> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing that.
>> Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and later got the
>> cards and my printout back.


> That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
> paper tapes on GE timesharing system.


That sort of stuff was later for me, when I switched to being a real
programmer. There were even, eventually, some machines where I had
memorized the boot loader (for paper tape) that had to be keyed in on
the console switches.

Luckily, not only have I forgotten the boot loaders, but I had almost
forgotten that I ever even did that. You had to go and remind me :)

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
 
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Dabbler

Flightless Bird
"Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
news:hjvmf0$o6$1@news.albasani.net...
> Luckily, not only have I forgotten the boot loaders, but I had almost
> forgotten that I ever even did that. You had to go and remind me :)


That's strange 'cause I tend to remember better what I did decades ago
than 5 minutes ago. :-(
 
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johnbee

Flightless Bird
"Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:hjtpuk$c49$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
>> that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and later
>> got the cards and my printout back.

>
> That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
> paper tapes on GE timesharing system.


Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay tablets
with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only allowed to
put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman cut our
throats.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On 1/29/10, Dabbler posted:
> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjvmf0$o6$1@news.albasani.net...
>> Luckily, not only have I forgotten the boot loaders, but I had almost
>> forgotten that I ever even did that. You had to go and remind me :)


> That's strange 'cause I tend to remember better what I did decades ago than 5
> minutes ago. :-(


We don't talk about that phenomenon here :)

If I close my eyes, will the phenomenon disappear?

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Flightless Bird
On 1/30/10, johnbee posted:
> "Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjtpuk$c49$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
>>> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
>>> that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and later
>>> got the cards and my printout back.

>>
>> That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
>> paper tapes on GE timesharing system.


> Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay tablets
> with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only allowed to
> put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman cut our
> throats.


And you also had to compute in sexagesimal notation, IIRC. Things were
really harsh back then.

--
Gene Bloch 650.366.4267 lettersatblochg.com
 
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Lord Vetinari

Flightless Bird
"johnbee" <wagley@screaming.net> wrote in message
news:hk22jk$d35$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hjtpuk$c49$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
>>> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
>>> that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and
>>> later got the cards and my printout back.

>>
>> That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
>> paper tapes on GE timesharing system.

>
> Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay
> tablets with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only
> allowed to put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the foreman
> cut our throats.


If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song called
'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called 'S-100'. Those
are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and I'd just bought it
because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on Fire'
 
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johnbee

Flightless Bird
"Lord Vetinari" <ghod@att.net> wrote in message
news:hkc874$7k6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> "johnbee" <wagley@screaming.net> wrote in message
> news:hk22jk$d35$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>> "Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hjtpuk$c49$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>>> "Gene E. Bloch" <letters@someplace.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:hjtfhr$a8r$1@news.albasani.net...
>>>> Of course. But initially, I was not exposed to places that were doing
>>>> that. Basically, I handed a box of cards to someone at a window and
>>>> later got the cards and my printout back.
>>>
>>> That was pretty advanced stuff compared to dealing with rolls of punched
>>> paper tapes on GE timesharing system.

>>
>> Punched tape? Luxury. We used to have to press triangles into clay
>> tablets with straws and then bake them down our trousers and we were only
>> allowed to put them in one day a year and if we made a mistake the
>> foreman cut our throats.

>
> If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song called
> 'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called 'S-100'. Those
> are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and I'd just bought it
> because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on Fire'
>


Sounds as though he will suit me, thanks for the recommendation.
 
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Dabbler

Flightless Bird
"Lord Vetinari" <ghod@att.net> wrote in message
news:hkc874$7k6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song
> called 'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called
> 'S-100'. Those are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and
> I'd just bought it because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on
> Fire'


He invented the Hayes modem and AT command set?
 
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R. C. White

Flightless Bird
Hi, Dabbler.

No. That was Dennis Hayes. Also known widely as D. C. Hayes. Maker of the
1200 baud and the superfast 2400 baud SmartModems. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Dabbler" <dabbler@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:hkfroo$osk$1@speranza.aioe.org...
> "Lord Vetinari" <ghod@att.net> wrote in message
> news:hkc874$7k6$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> If you aren't a fan of Frank Hayes, you should be. He did a song called
>> 'When I Was Young', and another, on the same album, called 'S-100'.
>> Those are the songs I play the most, by Frank. Heh...and I'd just bought
>> it because the album is called 'Never Set the Cat on Fire'

>
> He invented the Hayes modem and AT command set?
 
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Steve Pearce

Flightless Bird
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:51 -0500, KG <kgsAT@msbx.net> wrote:
>>


There is something wrong with your date/time setting, unless you are
really posting from the future.
 
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