Stumbled across a Cambridge University computing service newsletter from 1994 and it’s both an instant flashback to my undergraduate days *and* like reading runic inscriptions about Odin: webtools.csx.cam.ac.uk/cs/newsletter/…
“The Power Macintosh, offering up to four times the power of the fastest 68040 machine (up to ten times for applications that use floating point calculations), is now available. … Apple are holding a Roadshow at the University Arms Hotel on 4, 5 and 6 May.”
“Magnetic Tapes have formed an integral and essential part of the storage and movement of data for users of Phoenix for many years, but … today, networks are commonly used to move data between computers,
which makes the transfer both easier and swifter.”
“It is regretted that, despite previous requests for restraint, complaints about noise caused by people playing computer games have continued. Accordingly, the use of the Public Workstation Facility (PWF) for recreational purposes is no longer permitted.”
“At the moment Pine is the recommended Mail User Agent on both the Central Unix System and Hermes. If you are still using the mail command on the CUS to compose, send or receive electronic messages you might want to change to Pine, which is menu driven and easy to use.”
(I miss PINE).
Originally posted as a thread of 6 tweets on Twitter on 13 May 2021. View the original thread.