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RBOS
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September 3, 2011
You probably don’t know the Red Baron Operating System, “R-Boss” (RBOS).
Back when 300 baud dial-up was new – yeah, that’s a long time ago, all right – we had a “guest” login to a mainframe where a friend worked.
Steel and Steam
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March 11, 2011
I was a terrible student. I rarely did homework but somehow slid by with Cs and just barely advanced from grade to grade.
On Saturdays, Dad would sometimes go to the hospital to see a couple of his patients.
The Wiring
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March 11, 2011
East encompassed kindergarten through senior high school. The elementary, East Elementary School, had the right half of the building while the high schools, junior and senior collectively referred to as East High School, had the left.
The near-wealthy lived in Chickasaw Gardens just a few blocks from Picardy.
Calling The Line
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February 26, 2011
"Attention! Attention on the line! Your three minute preparation time begins .
My first programming job was for the American Express Space Bank at the end of the 1960s.

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