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EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7061 More actions · Answer 1

Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)

djj (8/25/2014)
TomThomson (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
Sean Lange (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
TomThomson (8/22/2014)
crookj (8/22/2014)
djj (8/22/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
Reaper
Vision (The Grim Reaper's Brother)
Wonder Man
Wonder Woman
Diana
Charles
William
Burroughs
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
PDP (Programmable Data Processor)
1123 (I am old)
8088 (Middle age)

VAX-11/780 (Guess :-))

"El" Jerry.

"A watt of Ottawa" - Gerardo Galvan

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 2

EL Jerry (8/25/2014)

Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
TomThomson (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
Sean Lange (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
TomThomson (8/22/2014)
crookj (8/22/2014)
djj (8/22/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
Reaper
Vision (The Grim Reaper's Brother)
Wonder Man
Wonder Woman
Diana
Charles
William
Burroughs
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
PDP (Programmable Data Processor)
1123 (I am old)
8088 (Middle age)
VAX-11/780 (Guess :-))

OpenVMS

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

crookj SSChampion Points: 14055 More actions · Answer 3

Ed Wagner (8/26/2014)

EL Jerry (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
TomThomson (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
Sean Lange (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
TomThomson (8/22/2014)
crookj (8/22/2014)
djj (8/22/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
Reaper
Vision (The Grim Reaper's Brother)
Wonder Man
Wonder Woman
Diana
Charles
William
Burroughs
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
PDP (Programmable Data Processor)
1123 (I am old)
8088 (Middle age)
VAX-11/780 (Guess :-))
OpenVMS

8 inch floppy disks

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 4

crookj (8/26/2014)

Ed Wagner (8/26/2014)
EL Jerry (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
TomThomson (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
Sean Lange (8/25/2014)
djj (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/25/2014)
SQLRNNR (8/25/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
TomThomson (8/22/2014)
crookj (8/22/2014)
djj (8/22/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/22/2014)
Reaper
Vision (The Grim Reaper's Brother)
Wonder Man
Wonder Woman
Diana
Charles
William
Burroughs
DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
PDP (Programmable Data Processor)
1123 (I am old)
8088 (Middle age)
VAX-11/780 (Guess :-))
OpenVMS
8 inch floppy disks

5.25 inch disks

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22920 More actions · Answer 5

Punched tape

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 6

BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape

Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

crookj SSChampion Points: 14055 More actions · Answer 7

Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)

Chad

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 8

crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad

Election

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 9

BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape

5-bit punched tape

edit: I used both 5-bit an 8-bit in the distant past; can't remember whether Orion II used 6-bit or 8-bit, so may have used 6-bit too but not sure.

Tom

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 10

Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election

Florida

Tom

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22920 More actions · Answer 11

TomThomson (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election
Florida

Keys

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

How to post a question to get the most help http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 12

BWFC (8/28/2014)
TomThomson (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election
Florida
Keys

Alligators

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 13

Ed Wagner (8/28/2014)
BWFC (8/28/2014)
TomThomson (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election
Florida
Keys
Alligators

Everglades

Tom

ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 14

TomThomson (8/28/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/28/2014)
BWFC (8/28/2014)
TomThomson (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election
Florida
Keys
Alligators
Everglades

Aviator shades

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287024 More actions · Answer 15

ChrisM@Work (8/28/2014)
TomThomson (8/28/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/28/2014)
BWFC (8/28/2014)
TomThomson (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
crookj (8/27/2014)
Ed Wagner (8/27/2014)
BWFC (8/27/2014)
Punched tape
Cards (remember the stack that got dropped?)
Chad
Election
Florida
Keys
Alligators
Everglades
Aviator shades

Fighter Pilot

Tally Tables - Performance Personified
String Splitting with True Performance
Best practices on how to ask questions