RE: OT -- suggestions to ensure nerdiness in potential IT staff

> e.g. one should know what Heathkit was (not that A+ stuff) , and the
> Sinclair, not to mention a few other things:

Heathkit! The S-100 bus! 8.5" floppies. I remember drooling over those catalogs. But I always thought that the Timex Sinclair was a toy. Timex? Makes a computer?

> How many boot disks did computers require before 1982?
Paper tape!

> Bonus points: What figurines appear on PC Magazine Vol 1., Issue 1's
cover?
> (I notice PC Magazine has gone back to the thickness it had for issue 1,
vol
> 1... heh heh I wonder what happened).

I don't know this, but I do have a BYTE magazine from 1984. Don't remember exactly why I kept it, but now it's a classic! 10MB Winchester hard drives are $5,000. Ohio Scientific is the next big thing!

Now...what did I have for breakfast?

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