Yeah, I did that too. In fact, after several dozen times of switching in the boot loader in octal, I had most of it memorized. Smile. I remember using my audio light probe to read the hex readout on an IBM 1130 console while debugging an assembly language program too. All the sighted programmers really wondered what the blind guy was doing with the high and low pitched tones. Jim -----Original Message----- From: raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Chase Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2014 9:09 PM To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: Now my Linux life is complete... Importance: Low On January 19, 2014, Jim Kutsch, KY2D wrote: > New fangled 9-track tape? No way. You should find a punched paper tape > reader for your Pi. Bah, you kids and your fancy "punched paper tape readers". Real programmers code by using switches to jump the GPIO pins. (grins) -tim =========================================================== The raspberry-vi mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------------------------------------------------------- Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of the Foundation. Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013 =========================================================== The raspberry-vi mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------------------------------------------------------- Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of the Foundation. Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013