Quote Originally Posted by nihil
You have never lived sonny............. PDP11.......... one of the great "classic" machines of all time you could use them for all sorts.............. they hadn't invented the BSOD back then (I don't think that Billygoat Windoze has today? anyway he was still getting busted for dope back then)

OK mainframe, but we used IBM 360's ICL MEs and the like as well.

As for your arrogance........... anything you learn will be outdated 10 minutes after.....if you get it at school or college then it is already 3+++ years out of date.

Take my advice mate and learn to extract the PRINCIPLES from the detail..... they never go out of date
I think that in your concluding statement you verified that although I haven't experienced the love of these antiquated systems, I can still learn the same principles from a tape drive or a toaster right?