From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120D91383D3 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 14:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9867C141FE; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 14:19:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD11F14208 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 2015 14:19:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZWmPd-000Ext-Rc for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:19:49 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [OT] Was re: [gentoo-user] system uptime Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2015 15:19:49 +0100 Message-ID: <3249197.iJfJjE2SZK@wstn> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.8 (Linux/4.0.5-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <55E4671E.5050604@gmail.com> References: <20150830040443.GA1081@ca.inter.net> <4288619.Y3CmtWJjyg@wstn> <55E4671E.5050604@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] X-Archives-Salt: 1ee7a865-ffd7-4582-b6a4-9af060ae34e7 X-Archives-Hash: d3c041dabebf249335ba9426ce4556e5 On Monday 31 August 2015 16:39:26 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 31/08/2015 15:41, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I won't tell you what systems used a 24-bit processor and 12 or 16 KB of > > 2us core store backed by a 2MB disk (three feet in diameter), for fear of > > frightening you. ;-) > > Nah, I have some experience with such things. I thought I'd be misunderstood. I meant the purposes the computer systems were put to. In one case it was the closed-loop control of a nuclear power reactor (AGR); in the other the analysis and control of the national power grid. And the lights stayed on! > Remember the old horror stories about not smoking in the computer room, > because smoke particles are much bigger than fly height of the disk > heads? The young 'uns here never had to deal with that. Yes, of course. Them was the days - when we was young. Miles of 8-hole tape flying around the room. Entering boot code manually on key-switches. Two-day course in maintenance of ASR-33 and KSR-35. Back injury from manhandling a power supply into position. Aye...hmm... > We understand each other perfectly; Well, that must be a novelty :-) -- Rgds Peter