[TUHS] Re: "9 skills our grandkids won't have" - Is this a TUHS topic?

Programming an 026 skip card.  Inserting the skip card. Using ed in kernel safe mode to fix a broken config file. Threading a half-inch tape in a tape drive.  Remembering to insert or remove the write ring. Cleaning floppy disk heads. Manually keying a boot program into an SDS-930. ===== nygeek.net <http://nygeek.net> mindthegapdialogs.com/home <https://www.mindthegapdialogs.com/home> On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM steve jenkin &lt;sjenkin(a)canb.auug.org.au&gt; wrote: What are the 1970’s & 1980’s Computing / IT skills “our grandkids won’t have”? Whistling into a telephone while the modem is attached, because your keyboard has a stuck key          - something I absolutely don’t miss. Having a computer in a grimy wharehouse with 400 days of uptime & wondering how a reboot might go? steve j ========= 9 Skills Our Grandkids Will Never Have         <https://blog.myheritage.com/2022/06/9-skills-our-grandkids-will-never-have/>         1: Using record players, audio cassettes, and VCRs         2: Using analog phones                   [ or an Analog Clock ]         3. Writing letters by hand and mailing them         4. Reading and writing in cursive         5. Using manual research methods           [ this is a Genealogy site ]         6. Preparing food the old-fashioned way         7. Creating and mending clothing         8. Building furniture from scratch         9. Speaking the languages of their ancestors -- Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin