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To: Scott Crumley who wrote (4469)8/24/1997 8:47:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson   of 213177
 
Scott; The term 'appliance operator' first came into use for amateur radio operators who bought their radios instead of making then from small parts. When I started we made computers from small parts, and the buyers of ready made computers were called appliance operators, as the dawn of computers and computer shows sprang from the amateur radio shows(called hamfests), and the appliance operator moniker carried over. It has fallen out of use since around 1975-80 as the kit builts went away, and now we are all appliance operators.
Part of it referred to a person who used a machine he did not understand and could not build. Now none(few) of us can build a machine from raw parts, but the term has continued as a general derogatory term for anyone using a machine of any kind, when he/she knows nothing but the ability to turn it on and let it run. But that is true, as Marx says, let the state(operators manual) fade away.
And what machine runs best with no operators manual??
Bill
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