On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 21:59:10 +0000 Lisi <hants...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 04 March 2010 18:16:19 Victor Churchill wrote: > > On 4 March 2010 17:18, Bob Dunlop <bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk> wrote: > > >> That would be a 'yes' I think, or perhaps a grand old git > > >> (paving the way for great grand old gits later in the thread who > > >> would need to demonstrate their skills in hand-punching paper > > >> tape bootstrap programs) > > > > > > Not a bootstrap but I can remember splicing paper tapes to make > > > corrections in the middle of an image rather than repunching the > > > whole thing, and that was paid for work not a university project. > > > > > > At uni I used teletypes on a regular basis and punch card > > > machines on occasion (they were phased out in my second year). > > > > First job at IBM had punch cards. > > Mine too - tho' not at IBM. I do _just about_ remember, Victor. > Tho' I'm not too sure that I remember what happened yesterday. ;-) > > We had to carry data in Securicor vans on the motorway from the > various sites to HQ, so that the punch card room could punch the data > up and computer operators could feed it into the one enormous > machine ..... and my first job ca1948/9 involved me with feeding punch cards into a mechanical sorter. I had to set the sorter up to extract data from the cards which was a primitive kind of programming I guess. -- John Lewis using Debian sid -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
