My dad started on an UNIVAC system, programming by moving wires on a breadboard...
My first exposure, a Leading Edge Model D 8088.. and the damn thing still runs. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC 27616 (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 -----Original Message----- From: Ras Tafari [mailto:rastaf...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:41 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: End of an era? 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." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299506 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
