Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Ralph Smole
From : Sniper
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 07:28 pm

  To: Ralph Smole
-=> Ralph Smole wrote to Sniper <=-

 RS>   Re: Re: The Documentary...
 RS>   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.

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

:)  Guess that's why we are here... reliving some of the glory days.



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