02-10-2008, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by GlynMeek
I remember writing the whole of an operating system in Assembler code for one of my postgraduate degree theses. Ah these computer softies today with their C++ and Java Scripts  . I also remember walking to school barefoot in the snow, uphill...there AND back!!!
I see this thread has now become a reminisce for all us old f@rt computer guys!!
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I rode the bus to school and back. But it looked like it was uphill both ways: ( YouTube - drag bus )
Just Kidding. Walked or rode bicycle.
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Another acronym for FRED: Federal Rear End Device. Takes the place of the caboose on the end of trains and sends radio info forward regarding rear brakeline pressure. Also allows remote tripping an emergency brake application by wire from the head end Locomotive cab (when they work). The corresponding head end device is called a MARY, not an acronym that I know of.
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The CRT monitor in front of me is a Triniton leftover from a 166Mhz Gateway. The package cost my wife about $4000 when it was new and state-of-the-art. 
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