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Re: Re; QUSRTOOL (was IP PRINTING)

  • Subject: Re: Re; QUSRTOOL (was IP PRINTING)
  • From: neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 17:56:36 -0500

Yes - we had to keep records because of the large inventory files on all the computer cards we were consuming.
Also, during the fossil fuel crisis in the 70's we would generate elecricity to power the computer by burning the card chips punched out of the 80 column cards.  When IBM introduced the 96 column cardw with the little tiny round holes/chips, we could no longer generate enough electricity to pay for the cost of the off duty fireman hired as a precation to stand between the burning card chips and the computer with a fire hose (this was the first generation "firewall") so the practice was eventually phased out.

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Neil Palmer wrote:

>
> OK - sorry, maybe my definition of "very old stuff" and your
> definition differ a little.  I guess my definition is influenced by
> age (I'm not saying, but I have been working on Rochester "midrange"
> products since 1972).  

Gosh Neil, that was way back before electricity. I assume this means
you are much older than previously believed. According to the younger
list members, computers during the Jurasic period(70's) used fossil
fuel and actually consumed paper products(cards)....... Did people
actually keep records back then ????

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