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Re:3270font: A Font for the Nostalgic
on Thursday October 01, 2020 @04:41AM (#24648781)
Long ago when I was first trying to understand how web servers worked, that was my first "light bulb" moment. "Oh...it's CICS but with IP addresses instead of port numbers."
Re:How to Find Consulting Clients
on Thursday November 07, 2019 @12:12PM (#21475018)
If you hire a consultant, you ask them what you should do. If you hire a contractor, you tell them what they should do.
Re:Ask HN: What is the most beautiful piece of code you've ever read?
on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:49PM (#21378673)
class Universe(void):
def __init__():
eval("Fiat Lux")
Re:Saving the World from Spreadsheets [video]
on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @07:40AM (#20505934)
Thank you for posting this. I know that your taking a few moments to offer this bit of help to the community is appreciated by many more people than will ever reply to you.
Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers standardized on...
on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:39PM (#18974902)
It wasn't unique to them. In the early 80's I worked at an OEM minicomputer company that now would be called a startup. (I don't recall the term existing then.) We built systems from DEC 8-bit processors and Control Data disk drives. The drives were 40MB, 80MB, and (I think; it's been a while) 150MB. We sold an entry-level system with a 20MB drive. It was a 40MB drive with a hardware switch to disable addressing half the platters. When the customers would pony up the proportionately significant fee for a "upgrade", the hardware guy would go in, make a show of disassembling and polishing things, and when no one was looking, flip the switch to enable addressing the entire drive.