1: System administrator
2: Developer
3: User
4: Scientist
On 6/29/24 2:32 PM, Amessyroom wrote:
1: System administrator
2: Developer
3: User
4: Scientist
Professionally, I'm a UNIX / Linux Sr. SysAdmin. HPUX 11.23-11.31, AIX 7.3, Solaris 8-10, and RHEL 4-<current>.
Post Script:
I've been doing this a long time, and I'm still learning stuff on a daily basis.
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Gandalf
I've been doing this a long time, and I'm still learning stuff on a daily basis.
Re: Re: How do you use unix?Wild. I never did punch cards. But in high school we had to enter our code RPG II/COBOL onto 8-inch disks , then the disks were loaded into our IBM System 34 or something similar. And the jobs were ran in batch as you expressed. Wow I remember the waiting, like you said to see if it was going to run or not.
By: Gandolf to Amessyroom on Mon Sep 02 2024 10:11 pm
I've been doing this a long time, and I'm still learning stuff on a daily
basis.
I started my IT carrer since HS. (1980)
Cut my teeth on our timesharing system using a 300baud dialup connection from Kearny NJ to Perth Amboy NJ.
On Tue and Wed a group of us (5) went to the VoTech in Jersey City NJ and we spent 4 hours learning RPG II on punched cards and 8 1/2 inch floppies.
On Tuesday, we prgrammed our cards and they were stored in a box. On Thursday, we would have our print outs waiting for us, hoping the program didn't bomb and we had to spend the time manually debugging errors with each other.
I still have one of the 5 disc CDI discpacks given to me as a momento and a floppy with nothing on the label save for the name of my IBM AS/400 name : "AMPLIBR". We all named our libraries (LIBR) prefixed with our initials.
Wild. I never did punch cards. But in high school we had to enter our code RPG II/COBOL onto 8-inch disks , then the disks were loaded into our IBM System 34 or something similar. And the jobs were ran in batch as you expressed. Wow I remember the waiting, like you said to see if it was going to run or not.
Rixter wrote to KnightMare <=-
I worked at university data center in the 80s and we used the 80 punch cards for student data storage. It was loud and slow.
I started off with Commodore CBM 4032s (similar to a PET) with a
cassette drive in high school, but our teacher brought in an old punch
card data processing system for us all to play with, enter a job on
punch cards and see it run.
We wondered why, he asked us to trust him. Now, I get to say, "When I
started out on Punched Cards..." :)
Smart man, he was.
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...CBM 4032s (similar to a PET)...
Mortar wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
...CBM 4032s (similar to a PET)...
4032s /were/ PETs. The name change was a marketing move to appeal to
the business market, same strategy Tandy used for their TRS-80 Model
III onward.
I worked at university data center in the 80s and we used the 80 punch cards for student data storage. It was loud and slow.
I worked at university data center in the 80s and we used the 80 punch cards for student data storage. It was loud and slow.
In my high school computer class, we took a break from Commodore CBM systems to work on a WANG computer feeding batch jobs on punch cards. When we asked why we had to do it, my teacher said "Trust me, you'll understand some day".
When I was in school, they had typing classes in jr. high and high school, and there was also a programming class in high school as an elective. I too
Looking back, the two classes I wish I took were typing and auto shop.
Looking back, the two classes I wish I took were typing and auto shop.
I still benefit from taking typing in HS. That said, I'm sure you can learn using any of the online typing tutors today. The *main* thing is: don't look at the keyboard, no matter what. This'll slow you down at first, but in the end, you'll be a much faster typist, even with the inevitable mistakes.
In my high school computer class, we took a break from Commodore CBM systems to work on a WANG computer feeding batch jobs
on punch cards. When we asked why we had to do it, my teacher said "Trust me, you'll understand some day".
Now, I get to say "WHY YOU KIDS HAVE IT SO EASY - WHEN I STARTED OUT WE HAD TO FEED BATCHES OF CARDS INTO THE COMPUTER TO
SEE YOUR PROGRAM OUTPUT!"
Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Tue Dec 17 2024 01:00 pm
Looking back, the two classes I wish I took were typing and auto shop.
I still benefit from taking typing in HS. That said, I'm sure you can
learn
using any of the online typing tutors today. The *main* thing is: don't look at the keyboard, no matter what. This'll slow you down at first, but in the end, you'll be a much faster typist, even with the inevitable mistakes.
I took typing in the 7th or 8th grade. It's probably one of the few
Anyways, I learned on electric typewriters.
The most useful class I ever took was Typing 1a from Mrs. Jean Welch during my first semester in high school. I use what she taught me every single day.
Anyways, I learned on electric typewriters.
A room full of IBM Selectrics. Go old school or go home.
A room full of IBM Selectrics. Go old school or go home....
classroom full of Mac Classics.
Aaron Goldblatt wrote to Nightfox <=-
The newspaper staff raised thousands of dollars for Classics, but the principal stole the money to repaint lockers instead. But I'm not still bitter, over 30 years later. :-)
Is it weird that I remember my high school locker number and combination all these years later?
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