On 16-8-2009 19:34, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> It appears I had the right pins, they're just not numbered in the 
>>> order I was expecting.
>>
>> That /might/ lead to incorrectly wired circuitry :-P
> 
> The point being, it *is* the two corner pins, as I expected. It's just 
> that those corners aren't numbered 1 and 14 for some reason.

Let me guess: valves

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On 16-8-2009 17:27, Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:55:46 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> A popular one afrom the beginning of mainframe computers was core memory 
>> (see e.g. http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/core.html).
> 
> Just wandering down memory lane I looked up the Honeywell H316 as it was the
> first computer that I worked on. At one time marketed as "The Honeywell Kitchen
> Computer" LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_316

Seems you are a few years before into computers. I started programming 
on (I think) a TRS80 in 1978 or 1979. Although I might have encountered 
a computer before that at my summer holiday job, which had something to 
do with punched cards. My first serious mainframe was a CDC Cyber 
stationed at SARA, the computer facility in Amsterdam in 1982.
I just found some stuff from that era. Yip does bring back memories.

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:55:11 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Seems you are a few years before into computers.

My first real job was with Honeywell, in 1969. Where I tested PCBs for the H-416
and H-316. The first computer I ever saw was a valve analog one at Glasgow
University a couple of years earlier. I spent about 10 years working in computer
maintenance in factories before working offshore. Which was a very different
life :)
Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
Service modules.
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     Stephen

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On 16-8-2009 22:24, Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:55:11 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> Seems you are a few years before into computers.
> 
> My first real job was with Honeywell, in 1969. Where I tested PCBs for the H-416
> and H-316. The first computer I ever saw was a valve analog one at Glasgow
> University a couple of years earlier. I spent about 10 years working in computer
> maintenance in factories before working offshore. Which was a very different
> life :)

Hey, another off-shore guy. Coincidence? I guess so.

> Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
> Service modules.

Off to Google... Ok, SAP is that sort of company. Having plant and sap 
in one sentence might suggest something else. Just kidding, I simply had 
not heard of it. And I assume skive means something with a lot of 
travelling.

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:34:00 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:


>Hey, another off-shore guy. Coincidence? I guess so.
>

You too?

Shay works offshore in the Mexican Gulf IIRC

>> Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
>> Service modules.
>
>Off to Google... Ok, SAP is that sort of company. Having plant and sap 
>in one sentence might suggest something else. Just kidding, 

LOL

>I simply had 
>not heard of it. And I assume skive means something with a lot of 
>travelling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skive

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     Stephen

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On 16-8-2009 22:45, Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:34:00 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hey, another off-shore guy. Coincidence? I guess so.
>>
> 
> You too?

No, referring to the Shay of the line below.

> Shay works offshore in the Mexican Gulf IIRC

I think he is grounded again.

> 
>>> Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
>>> Service modules.
>> And I assume skive means something with a lot of 
>> travelling.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skive

Ok, I have to work on my Brittish slang.

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:56:56 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>No, referring to the Shay of the line below.
>
>> Shay works offshore in the Mexican Gulf IIRC
>
>I think he is grounded again.
>

???

>> 
>>>> Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
>>>> Service modules.
>>> And I assume skive means something with a lot of 
>>> travelling.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skive
>
>Ok, I have to work on my Brittish slang.

I'll help where I can :P
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     Stephen

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On 16-8-2009 23:02, Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:56:56 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> No, referring to the Shay of the line below.
>>
>>> Shay works offshore in the Mexican Gulf IIRC
>> I think he is grounded again.
>>
> 
> ???

To show of my lack of knowledge I decided to use an expression that 
probably would not mean 'he has a job on land now' not even for offshore 
people. I think I succeeded.

>>>>> Now I skive around working in SAP configuring the Plant Maintenance and Customer
>>>>> Service modules.
>>>> And I assume skive means something with a lot of 
>>>> travelling.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skive
>> Ok, I have to work on my Brittish slang.
> 
> I'll help where I can :P

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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:34:57 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>>>> Shay works offshore in the Mexican Gulf IIRC
>>> I think he is grounded again.
>>>
>> 
>> ???
>
>To show of my lack of knowledge I decided to use an expression that 
>probably would not mean 'he has a job on land now' not even for offshore 
>people. I think I succeeded.

"Grounded" specifically means not allowed to by an authority, amongst other
things. A pilot or plane can be grounded by weather or for safety reasons. A
child may be grounded by its parents as a punishment.   
If Shay were working onshore, in Britain, we would say that he is "on the
beach". But I'm sure he will let us know when he next pops in.
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Regards
     Stephen

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