De-unplug USB device?

[Tom Lake]

Lord help you if you lost a card or someone accidentally misplaced one.
We had a program that we ran once a quarter and we had to make
substantial changes to some of the data input. I learned quick to count
cards before and after.

When I worked at the Army's Quartermaster Center in Petersburg, VA
we had two IBM mainframes. One ran OS, the other ran DOS (Not the
PC kind!) In order to tell the keypunch operators which JCL cards to
punch, we were supposed to write either OS or DOS at the top of our
coding forms. Whenever I submitted a job to run on OS, everything
was fine. When I submitted one to run on DOS, however, I'd get two
decks back from the new typist. It turns out she was Hispanic and thought
the DOS at the top meant we wanted two decks! I don't know what
she thought OS meant!

Tom L

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Lord help you if you lost a card or someone accidentally misplaced one. We
had a program that we ran once a quarter and we had to make substantial
changes to some of the data input. I learned quick to count cards before and
after.

When I worked at the Army's Quartermaster Center in Petersburg, VA
we had two IBM mainframes. One ran OS, the other ran DOS (Not the PC kind!)
In order to tell the keypunch operators which JCL cards to punch, we were
supposed to write either OS or DOS at the top of our coding forms. Whenever I
submitted a job to run on OS, everything was fine. When I submitted one to
run on DOS, however, I'd get two decks back from the new typist. It turns out
she was Hispanic and thought the DOS at the top meant we wanted two decks! I
don't know what she thought OS meant!

Tom L

"Os" is the definite article (masculine plural) in Portuguese.

Do I get a prize for the most helpful answer of the day?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Lord help you if you lost a card or someone accidentally misplaced one.
We had a program that we ran once a quarter and we had to make
substantial changes to some of the data input. I learned quick to count
cards before and after.

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Which has little to do with the process of typing them...

Anyway, Paul has covered the situation you mention in his reply.

Although I do realize that it is possible that your data cards lacked
that possibility. Which becomes scary...

 

[Paul]

I remember slogging through the snow to the data center, deck in hand,
(no rubber band)
and slipping on the bottom step and watching several days of work go flying
through the air.... National Bureau of Standards, 1963... *sigh* A
learning experience.

Chris

I've dropped small jobs (300-400 cards) on the floor, never a whole box.
That's how you learn the importance of sequence numbers. Or, the importance
of not dropping them.

If you want comparative misery, try regularly loading info into a computer
via a teletype with paper tape reader. Having a read error, and having to
back up the tape "one record", and attempt a re-read. That'll have you
pining for punch cards, in no time. I only had the occasional "pin hole"
on a punch card. But could never get the techniques down, for using
paper tape. Should I oil it ? Should I clean it ? Can I hit it
with a hammer ?

Paul

 

[Char Jackson]

"Os" is the definite article (masculine plural) in Portuguese.

Do I get a prize for the most helpful answer of the day?

I enjoy your posts and if it were up to me there'd be a cupcake
waiting for you every day just for showing up.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:52:07 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

I enjoy your posts and if it were up to me there'd be a cupcake
waiting for you every day just for showing up.

(Blush) Thanks...

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:52:07 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

[snip]

"Os" is the definite article (masculine plural) in Portuguese.

Do I get a prize for the most helpful answer of the day?

I decline to answer. My answer might be more helpful than yours.

It would not be so bad if I replied "No", but if I were to reply
"Yes", it could get messy.

Unless I wait until tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:52:07 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

[snip]

"Os" is the definite article (masculine plural) in Portuguese.

Do I get a prize for the most helpful answer of the day?

I decline to answer. My answer might be more helpful than yours.

It would not be so bad if I replied "No", but if I were to reply
"Yes", it could get messy.

Unless I wait until tomorrow.

Gene Wirchenko

Since your answer was on a different day, you actually had license to
do anything. Yes, *anything*

Except break the law of the excluded middle...

 

[Gene Wirchenko]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:52:07 -0700, Gene E. Bloch

[snip]

"Os" is the definite article (masculine plural) in Portuguese.

Do I get a prize for the most helpful answer of the day?

I decline to answer. My answer might be more helpful than yours.

It would not be so bad if I replied "No", but if I were to reply
"Yes", it could get messy.

Unless I wait until tomorrow.

Since your answer was on a different day, you actually had license to
do anything. Yes, *anything*

Including, it would seem, missing that I was replying to a post
from another day. It was Monday, I was worrying about my income tax
return (due April 30 here in Canada), other lame excuse. Check one or
more.

Except break the law of the excluded middle...

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

 

[BillW50]

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That isn't how I see it. They are exactly the same except Zentimo has
five extra features that USBSR doesn't have. Here are the differences.

Zentimo vs. USB Safely Remove
http://zentimo.com/zentimovsusbsr.htm

I noticed that USB Safely Remove is on sale once again for 30% off for
the next three days if anybody cares.

http://safelyremove.com/order.htm?30poff

 

[BillW50]

In

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I noticed that USB Safely Remove is on sale once again for 30% off for
the next three days if anybody cares.

http://safelyremove.com/order.htm?30poff

Oh dang, so is Zentimo.

http://zentimo.com/order.htm?spec