The ettiquette of Windows XP on a centerpunch, was Re:OT: picking locks

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 10:57:37 -0800 (PST) Tom Jennings <tomj at wps.com> wrote: I use a center punch to mark for drilling holes for switch mounting on electronic cabinets. I am thinking of using one to punch a row of holes for a switch panel. These switches I would then use as the input to enter instructions in a small rudimentary single board computer based on the IM6100 microprocessor. (there would also be a row or two above the switches for LEDs) I kinda miss bootstrapping the PDP-8, which I did to bootstrap FOCAL, to complete my 'Intro to computer programming' course at Hamline University in 1978. I don't have high ambitions for said switch panel (made by punching markers to drill holes with the center punch being discussed earlier in the thread) being a 'high level' machine, but think it would be cool to duplicate (not perfectly, just functionally) the front Panel of a PDP-8 to run machine code on. (I hope my topic drift, from center punches, to building a SBC PDP-8 [I have a large quantity of IM6100s if anybody wants to join the project] isn't viewed badly by list members)