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birnim

@thomasfricke @ids1024 fair, but changing a file in batch mode and editing it interactively is different. sed is not an interactive editor, despite still having an EDitor in its name

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Thomas Fricke (he/him)

@birnim @ids1024

Interactivity? I am not sure, if this has come to stay in the time of automation.

😂

echopapa ☑️

@thomasfricke @birnim @ids1024

I think ed is enough. Works interactive and in batch mode, no bloatware like ex.

:-)

Chris Bohn

@echopapa @thomasfricke @birnim @ids1024
Bah! A magnetized needle was more than adequate until flash memory came along.
xkcd.com/378/

Chris Bohn

@thomasfricke @echopapa @birnim @ids1024
Obviously "editing a file with a magnetized needle" is a joke, but I recently noticed this core memory kit that includes a magnetized stylus to edit the memory contents.
core64.io/

Greg

@DocBohn @thomasfricke @echopapa @birnim @ids1024
In our tech museum at IBM Hursley, we have an example of early memory produced by French lacemakers, who had the rare ability to accurately thread the tiny ferrite(?) beads.

The museum's an incredible walk down memory lane, however old you are.

birnim

@thomasfricke @DocBohn @echopapa @ids1024 all I remember about punch cards is their hard paper. they made great whips, a nice addition to DIY wooden swords

Chris Bohn

@birnim @thomasfricke @echopapa @ids1024 Yeah, I got into computing as paper was on its way out -- I learned to program on a Heathkit H89, and in my undergrad days we used VT102 and Wyse-50 terminals. My freshman textbooks straddled the eras.

I once used a roll of punchtape as a source of bookmarks that lasted for *years*.

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