Re: [Hampshire] old gits/old school: was Recurrent Hardware …

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Author: Jacqui Caren-home
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] old gits/old school: was Recurrent Hardware Problem
Jim Kissel wrote:
> Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
>> I was in a discussion with someone on a spam list about the definition of
>> "old school" and I suggested that anyone who remembers a time before SMTP
>> was de-facto should not be called old school but "old gits" and yes that
>> includes me :-)
>>
> Does that make me a old-old git (used SNA in a time before the Internet
> and Unix)


If you are on the spam-l list then yes - I think the average age (going by
blogs of the most prolofic posters) is between 28 and 35 :-(

Jacqui

FYI I used to use a ASR33 and dumped course work on paper tape :-)