Humor: Cargo Cult Programming

[Tom Buskey]

John Abreau said:
>
>My first connection was via an old thermal-print teletype with a built-in 
>110/300 baud acoustic coupler, dialed into a Vax/VMS system at Northeastern
>University. Took about four seconds to print a single line. Now *that* 
>was painful!

A TI Silent 700?  I used to use one to dial into Dartmouth's DTSS.  
Birthplace of BASIC, named pipes (unix made 'em easier).  I eventually 
bought an external acoustic coupler for $90 (300 baud, no dialing) and 
hooked up to my Z100.  No more paper!  Tektronix emulation.  
Downloading!  Uploading!
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Tom Buskey