Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Sniper
From : Ralph Smole
Date : Wed Aug 17 2005 11:43 pm

  Re: Re: The Documentary...
  By: Sniper to Angus McLeod on Wed Aug 17 2005 05:09 pm

 >  AM> Damn, I've USED them punch card systems!  Coding in BASIC, Pascal,
 >  AM> FORTRAN, COBOL, Algol-68, and what-all else I can't rightly remember
 >  AM> now! I was considered a bit of an expert on the IBM 029 card punch,
 >  AM> because I knew how to *program* it as well as just *use* it.

I remember using punch cards back in high school. Also used the teletype 33's
with paper-tape. All our high schools were tied into the HP2000 minicomputer at
the district office via acoustic couplers. Used TimeShare BASIC. That was fun!!
Man, the good ole days!!

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