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Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2

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On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.1523.1368160434.3114.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 20MB in the space of a
>> 5.25" slot (plus its associated ISA controller card).
>
> Heh.  The first hard disk I ever worked with stored 2.4 MB in 6U of rack
> space (plus 4 Unibus cards worth of controller).  That's not actually
> the first hard disk I ever used.  Just the first one I ever got to touch
> with my own hands.
>
> Did I mention that the air filters had to be changed a few times a year?
>
> Uphill both ways, in the snow, while beating off the dinosaurs with
> sticks.

Yeah, I'm pretty young. First computer I ever broke (the same one that
had the aforementioned 20MB drive) addressed a whole megabyte of
memory, 640KB of which was OK (we're left wondering whether anyone
would notice if ROM developed a fault), and I got to play around with
64KB of it in DEBUG.EXE. And yeah, I wrote code straight in DEBUG and
saved it and crashed the system. (Tip: If you want to write a device
driver, make sure you start with your dad happy with you.) Was good
fun. I heartily recommend the exercise, but... uhh... do consider
setting up a virtual machine first :)

ChrisA

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Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 14:51 -0700
  Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 16:58 -0700
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-05-09 20:08 -0700
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-10 13:07 +1000
      Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2013-05-11 15:23 -0700
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-10 14:33 +1000
      Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-10 00:55 -0400
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-10 17:37 +1000
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2013-05-10 07:49 -0400
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-05-10 08:58 -0400
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-11 15:34 -0400
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-11 15:32 -0400
      Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-05-12 12:50 +1200
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-12 11:10 +1000
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-12 08:41 +1000
      Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-05-12 13:02 +1200
        Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-12 11:19 +1000
    Re: Message passing syntax for objects | OOPv2 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-12 12:53 -0400

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