All things Linux

[Free]

Command prompt always gets added to my start menu

What, no run automatically at startup?

 

[Knutz Scorpio]

Pulls up old-guy pants, "I remember when command prompt was all we had, and we were thankful for it!"

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

May I remind you that JCL is still a thing.

Basic JCL concepts

Job control language (JCL) is a set of statements that you code to tell the z/OS operating system about the work you want it to perform. Although this set of statements is quite large, most jobs can be run using a very small subset. Learn about essential and most frequently used JCL statements...

www.ibm.com

 

[Noodles]

Pulls up old-guy pants, "I remember when command prompt was all we had, and we were thankful for it!"

Me too.

My dad had this Franklin PC with a black and green screen and I would play SimCity on it.

Very similar of not the same as this one.

https://inanis.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/franklin8000_system.jpg

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Our first x86 PC had Windows installed, but launching programs from DOS was faster.

 

[Essence Lumin]

When I was (not so) young I had a dos prompt and also a couple of games. I didn't have color or higher res like this guy though.

 

[Khamon]

Khamon's first command prompt

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Khamon's first command prompt

I took a programming class in high school on those.

 

[Free]

Khamon's first command prompt

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Pulls up old-guy pants, "I remember when command prompt was all we had, and we were thankful for it!"

Well punch card guys predate you then.

 

[Khamon]

We had punch cards too but could use the DECWriters instead so usually did to get immediate output.

 

[Knutz Scorpio]

Well punch card guys predate you then.

Definitely not jealous
When I entered college they had just pushed all the punch card ... things against the walls to make room for VT100 terminals.

 

[Monica Dream]

Pulls up old-guy pants, "I remember when command prompt was all we had, and we were thankful for it!"

Khamon's first command prompt

Well punch card guys predate you then.

 

[Khamon]

We need an editor poll. Will we mark all that apply or choose a single one? I'm asking the wrong question.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Emacs is for people who can't handle raw TECO.

 

[Noodles]

We need an editor poll. Will we mark all that apply or choose a single one? I'm asking the wrong question.

Notepad++ or Nano. But I am seriously trying to push myself to use VS Code more.

There is a really neat online version at vscode.dev now too, I just wish I could connect it to my OneDrive, since I have a folder with all my code there. Also plug in support isn't 100% yet but I feel like that will get there.

 

[Essence Lumin]

We need an editor poll. Will we mark all that apply or choose a single one? I'm asking the wrong question.

Toni Morrison was an editor before she became famous.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

We need an editor poll.

I like to go old school.

 

[Free]

I like to go old school.

Is an iClay better than an iPad when it comes to tablets?

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Is an iClay better than an iPad when it comes to tablets?

The manual says not to repeatedly poke your iPad with a stick. That's why I went with the iClay.