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From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng)
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Subject: Re: LA and the IBM 1130
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Date: Sun, 18-Jan-87 17:26:39 EST
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In article <284@van-bc.UUCP>, sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes:
[edited old stuff about IBM 1130]
> No, but one day after school, after the teacher had left I did try diverting
> all input / output to the console (a selectric type). Only problem was while
> there was a way to do this, there was apparently no way to go back to using
> the card reader, printer. 
Sounds like when I made the console typewriter go from black to red, and
I couldn't figure out how to get it back to black.

> That DID need an IBM CE to come and reload the disk pack! Took him about
> two hours as I remember, and several boxes of punch cards.

Yup, it takes about 2 hours, about 20 minutes to load the first couple of
trays in, and about 1.5 hours or so to load all the library routines with
the @#%#^ console typing the name for each and every module.  I used to
play around with the 1130 quite a bit, blowing away the OS about once a
week or so.  Therefore the instructor showed me how to reload the OS
from cards.

I'm curious, did anyone ever substitute that cold start card with a
card that makes the console lights blink "TILT" on some unsuspecting
student?

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