17 Aug
2025
17 Aug
'25
2:02 a.m.
On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 06:13:33PM -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/16/25 6:05 PM, Larry McVoy wrote:
Nice to know I didn't make all that story up in my boomer brain. That story
is exactly as I remember it except for this
I still have that switch in my basement. Maybe I'm silly, but I
usually keep it set on "more magic".
I hadn't heard that part.
Thanks for the memories, it's part of the history.
--lm
On Sat, Aug 16, 2025 at 08:21:30PM -0400, Aron
Insinga wrote:
https://github.com/PDP-10/its/issues/1232
the switch still exists The PDP-6 had a sign on it that said something
like "This machine
is old and flaky so don't touch it unless you know what you are doing."
Wasn't there a PDP-<something> at MIT, I think, that had a switch labeled
"magic" and "more magic" that had wires that went nowhere but it only
worked when set to "more magic"? I'm sure I have the details wrong but
I have a pretty strong memory of that. Anyone able to confirm?