Comments on: Caption Contest Winners http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/caption_contest_winners-314/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: rodney dill http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/caption_contest_winners-314/comment-page-1/#comment-488725 rodney dill Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:00:38 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=24700#comment-488725 Never touched a PDP-8, but I did have to toggle in patches and data into a 32K Modcomp computer. They still had 'core' memory so they retained memory even when switched them off. Which doesn't sound so impressive anymore with the advent of flash drives. Never touched a PDP-8, but I did have to toggle in patches and data into a 32K Modcomp computer. They still had 'core' memory so they retained memory even when switched them off. Which doesn't sound so impressive anymore with the advent of flash drives.

]]> By: William d'Inger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/caption_contest_winners-314/comment-page-1/#comment-488681 William d'Inger Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:44:25 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=24700#comment-488681 Woo hoo, third. Is it permissible to gloat? OK, so third rhymes with turd and I hate to do worse than first, but at least I got on the board. Speaking of punch cards and toggle switches, Rodney, did you ever have to toggle in the RIM loader on a PDP-8I? If I remember correctly, it went ... 7756 LoadAddr 6032 Deposit 6031 Deposit 5357 Deposit etc. One of my old high school classmates was on the Computer Science faculty in Wisconsin although I don't know the specific campus. His name was Meyer or Meyers. Actually, I knew his wife Barbara from junior high school. Woo hoo, third. Is it permissible to gloat? OK, so third rhymes with turd and I hate to do worse than first, but at least I got on the board.

Speaking of punch cards and toggle switches, Rodney, did you ever have to toggle in the RIM loader on a PDP-8I? If I remember correctly, it went ...
7756 LoadAddr
6032 Deposit
6031 Deposit
5357 Deposit
etc.

One of my old high school classmates was on the Computer Science faculty in Wisconsin although I don't know the specific campus. His name was Meyer or Meyers. Actually, I knew his wife Barbara from junior high school.

]]> By: elliot http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/caption_contest_winners-314/comment-page-1/#comment-488680 elliot Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:25:21 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=24700#comment-488680 Thanks for the HM - Elliot Thanks for the HM - Elliot

]]>