Security & Theft Securing tractor from theft

   / Securing tractor from theft #171  
This thread started out about securing tractors from theft and now it's moved to floppy drives? Next it will be IBM selectrics and Royal typewriters----------creatively used as front weights.
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #172  
You mean like REAL floppy disks which were 8 inch?

Note for youthful readers: 5 1/4 inch floppy diskettes started out with about 360K single sided single density.

REAL floppy disks (8 inch IBM 3740 format) had 251K storage and were single sided single density.

Probably more obsolete than button hooks for high button shoes.

Pat

I still got one of them old 8"floppy's somewhere, PDP11
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #173  
And from the peanut gallery::D:D:D:D

The performer again leaps upon the boards. His cloak of many sides swirls about his ankles. As he strides forth dispensing "My opinion only is allowed" the cloak of many sides inadvertently grasps his prancing feet and deposits him face down in front of the lowly peanut gallery audience. Slowly, slowly he recovers his limited facilities and makes haste to the curtains for shelter from the diatribes of the lowly he rails against.:p:p

Being a duly relegated member of the peanut gallery can be interesting and does have benefits.:D:D:D

EXCELLENT

Yes, being in the PG has benefits, low risk and high upside for entertainment opportunities.

PG, er ahh, I mean Pat_G
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #175  
This thread started out about securing tractors from theft and now it's moved to floppy drives? Next it will be IBM selectrics and Royal typewriters----------creatively used as front weights.


Great Idea i am sure they can be bought cheaper than front end weights and probably about the same weight.
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #176  
I got a couple setting in our office supply shed.. and yep.. they are some good dead weight.

soundguy
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #177  
I'll see your 8" floppy and raise you two complete boxes of 80 column punched cards (er.. actually unpunched cards:D):eek:

OK... who's got punched tape??
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #178  
Hey now.. food for a card walloper!

soundguy
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #179  
I'll see your 8" floppy and raise you two complete boxes of 80 column punched cards (er.. actually unpunched cards:D):eek:

OK... who's got punched tape??

Got you covered. Contains a program to compute electric bills on an IBM 1620. 1620 was cabled to an IBM 1401 for meter read card I/O and mag tapes.

In the late '70s, I did a payroll system for a remote site on a 3741 with those giant disks. Dialup connection to mainframe to upload results.

GS
 
   / Securing tractor from theft #180  
Well, bless my little BCD heart.... there's a fellow who knows how to

1 read a card (from 100 to 179 on a 1401)
2 punch a card (from 200 to 279 on a 1401)

with a little word mark here and word mark there
an early card read here and early card write there
he knows how to get the best thruput anywhere

If some of y'all don't understand the above, it's OK... GS and I are in our own little world:eek:
 

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