mom is a teacher, we had univ. of maryland access wayyyy back.
like i always say, i started with netscape .99 on a 386.  howevr, i really
got my start on a trs80 (i know, youngn)

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 10:27 PM, Gruss Gott<grussg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> JJ wrote:
>>
>> I spent my time on punch cards. I will never forget the need for the ; in
>> the 72nd column of each row. Or the high cost of a typo. Or of dropping the
>> card stack.
>>
>
> I took a punch card class in college - they wanted us to understand
> the technology so we had to write a program using them.
>
> The prof was this Asian guy with a thick accent and I remember one of
> the students being baffled by the whole concept.  He just wasn't
> getting it.  He kept asking questions on how it worked.
>
> When the professor explained the importance of keeping the cards in
> order the kid blurted out, "WHAT???  What if I drop the cards???"
>
> In his thick accent the prof said, "wull ... zen yoo ur scrooed."
>
> 

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