I hope I don't get others mad at me for this reply-in-kind. I took my first assembly language course using punch cards. Later I got an IBM punch card reader and tore it down to re-purpose. Wow, impressive machinery. Same with a large teletype; the dot matrix printer with large stepper motor and power supply were re-purposed. As you know, I've been most active in climate related agriculture. Recently I saw a BBC story how urbanites now also blame food for climate. Of course they are right, but it is also clear having no energy and no food is suicide. Too many kids have no skills to improve anything and they want to throw out everything. My guess is that Goodwill worker was throwing out stuff so people went to a retailer for Christmas. A huge store full of actual junk and they gut audio electronics? I simply like how Unix and Linux work. And am delighted to learn, and appreciate the artistic core engineering. And I need love and kindness and beauty and wisdom in my life. Most kids have never seen wildflowers in spring or heard songbirds, either. Iznogoud wrote: > Some people much much younger than you and I have never used a CD for music, > or anything. Do not ask them if they have used a floppy. My first Linux > distro install was out of 2 floppies (the days of RAWRITE.EXE for those who > remember). > > I also have a punch card, which I show to students, as it predates me too. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >