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Title: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:03:19 PM I'm just curious. How many of us are above 40? This isn't an age-exclusive thread but I'm curious how many coiners are old enough to remember UUCP.
Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: CIYAM on March 07, 2013, 04:04:56 PM Interesting I am 45+ but had forgotten the Unix to Unix "copy" abbreviation (was that from the usenet days?).
:) Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Vod on March 07, 2013, 04:08:41 PM 42. BEST AGE IN THE UNIVERSE!
Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:10:59 PM Interesting I am 45+ but had forgotten the Unix to Unix "copy" abbreviation (was that from the usenet days?).:) NNTP across UUCP. Those were the days... Maybe we can be the first and send a bitcoin across UUCP somehow. : ) Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: lowlevel on March 07, 2013, 04:11:45 PM I'm just curious. How many of us are above 40? This isn't an age-exclusive thread but I'm curious how many coiners are old enough to remember UUCP. I'm 36 and old enough to remember UUCP... and CompuServe. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:11:59 PM 42. BEST AGE IN THE UNIVERSE! Hate to break it to you: Nothing to look forward to until 69. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:13:10 PM I'm 36 That's almost 40. :) Compuserv....jeez, you bring back memories. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: CIYAM on March 07, 2013, 04:13:48 PM I'm 36 and old enough to remember UUCP... and CompuServe. Shit - I remember using CompuServe also (and the sounds of my original 1200 baud modem)! Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:23:13 PM Taught by Unix guru John Lions (author of the annotated Unix source code book) Lucky dog, you. Quote Never could find a Bitcoin client that ran well on the PDP-11 though. The 16-bit satoshi client is due out any day now. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: lowlevel on March 07, 2013, 04:24:24 PM I'm 36 and old enough to remember UUCP... and CompuServe. Shit - I remember using CompuServe also (and the sounds of my original 1200 baud modem)! I had 300baud... direct coupled thankfully... there used to be public x.25 dialups in most cities here called 'datapac' .. and you would dial up to that and enter an address to get to compuserve... the best thing on there was the CB simulator. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: CIYAM on March 07, 2013, 04:27:58 PM Any of you guys ever heard of Bill Budge?
I actually was sent 6502 assembly source code from him back in the 80's when I was hoping to become the next "him" writing arcade games for the Apple ][. :D Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: Severian on March 07, 2013, 04:44:03 PM Any of you guys ever heard of Bill Budge? I haven't heard his name since then. I used to play around with his pinball software. Title: Re: 40+ years old... Post by: CIYAM on March 07, 2013, 04:45:13 PM I haven't heard his name since then. I used to play around with his pinball software. Yeah - his "Pinball Construction Set" actually pre-dated the Mac (not sure if he visited Palo Alto like Apple did)! |