UNIX funny, classic computing relevant

[Tony Duell]

> 
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A mere Nerd. Ah well - better than I'd more than half-expected. I may

0xE4 -> Hacker... Still got a long way to go... Still, given that it was 
primarily a software-related test and I'm a hardware person, I guess I 
did better than expected.. 

'Do you own a TTL handook?' No, I've got at least 5 of them different 
versions), I refer to one almost every day.

'Do you know how to use a voltmeter?' To measure what? Supply voltages? 
Determine logic levels? Estimate a mark-space ratio? (I've done all three)

And so on...

-tony

> > be a grizzled 41, but I cut my teeth on 8-bit home micros, so no

So did I, but then I found larger machines were more fun.

> > punched cards, paper tape or obscure minis for me. :=AC(

I've got all of those at home :-)

-tony