On Wed 10 Jan 01, 3:07 PM, Cliff Sarginson said... > I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :) > Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say... in which case you should join the united states air force. computer operators are still being trained on papertape / card drives and drum storage. i'm having an awfully difficult time trying to understand why linus would write this code into the kernel. was it a private walk down nostalgia lane or is there actually a use for it? pete -- Just upgraded to Woody? Don't have permission to run X? linux In Xwrapper.config, change allowed_users from root to console. - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ._. "Coffee...I've conquered the Borg on coffee." p@belial.ucdavis.edu /v\ --Kathryn Janeway on the virtues of coffee http://www.dirac.org // \\ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ^^ ^^ GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D rules
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