029 with no memory, or 129 that would actually let you backspace?
Remember the card sorters with the 500 card feeds, and the additional
1,000 card hopper?
Or the first time you dropped a 1,000 card box and hadn't serialized the
cards?
The dual pass fortran compilers? Had to read the fortran card deck in
twice before it was ready to compile.
Or the 4' tall magnetic drum hard disks. Oh boy!
I've got 15 years yet, depending.
-Don-
On 10/9/2010 1:17 AM, Steve Ringwood wrote:
On 10/8/2010 11:52 PM, Earl Miles wrote:
Yes, Nancy, there are actually a few adults on this list. Though I doubt
many of us are old enough to have actually USED a punch card, since
people who did work on punch cards should be pretty close to retirement
age by now.
Some of have worked with punch cards and while older are a ways
from retirement.
