Re: Installing Linux on an ACER Aspire 3681

bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

........ but I started my career with
computers toggling in the 14-word RIM loader to get my PDP-8 in a state
to read the regular loader off paper tape, and I've gotten used to
cranky interfaces.

Gosh! That brought back some memories! I learned my early programming skills
(such as they are!) on a PDP-8 at college. Yes, I remember loading in the
bootloader on the switch register on the front panel (by hand) before it would
even look at the paper tape reader! We had 4 teletypes time sharing on it, and
if anyone typed "go?" to do a FOCAL program trace, everything came to a
grinding halt!

<Sigh!>

Nostalgia's not what it used to be.......

;-)

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Pete
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