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At a summer job in 1973, we used carved wood sticks to quickly set the toggle switches for the bootloader.

• allenrb 5y ago
  As in, you had a series of sticks, each with one word somehow carved in, and pressed each one against the switches, entered it, and grabbed the next stick? If so, that is amazing.
  • jshprentz 5y ago
    Yes, you described it very well. As I recall, at least two words were carved on each stick, maybe four.
    • allenrb 5y ago
      Hah! I’m old enough for 8-bit “home computers” but missed this sort of thing by a few years. That’s lovely to imagine. Thanks for confirming!