Posted on 04/05/2004 5:35:14 PM PDT by NCjim
Edited on 04/05/2004 5:40:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Some still refer to the raised floor area as the "glass house". However the blinking lights are pretty much a thing of the past. I did read of a guy who bought the front panel of a 360/75 and hooked it up to some electronics to make the lights flash in random patterns.
And speaking of looking through the windows, I always found it interesting that in movies and other video clips, the "computer" they showed was always 2401 tape drives at work!
Anyone who feels nostalgic for those days can recreate the experience by uninstalling the compilers and debuggers from your own computer, and then whenever you make a program change, email your source code to a co-worker who will then compile and run it (whenever he gets around to it), and email you the results (or compiler errors)... Rinse, repeat, until you finally get a good run.
*shudder*
I'm not sure how to best simulate dropping your card deck, though...
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