https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_tape About 1974-75, I lived with my dad, manager of a Kroger store. At night he would insert various strips of punch film into a reader to report the store's daily transactions.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Frank Swarbrick <frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: > There was a recent episode of the new TV series "Timeless" that involved this > era, and in fact had the Katherine G. > Johnson<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson> "character". In > this show she and the main characters fairly easily got themselves access to > the computer room and "fed a virus" in to the mainframe using paper tape! > I'm guessing the TV show was a bit less realistic than the movie...! :-) > > Frank > > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of > David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 9:38 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Hidden Figures > > It's interesting to note that this mailing list indirectly contributed to the > movie. The directors contacted several people on this list whose experience > goes back to the days when 7090s walked the earth, and we were able to > correct a number of issues about what would have been possible or permitted > with such a machine. > > It's really weird to see how personal computers have influenced people's > assumptions about what is and is not possible. NASA's 7090 was strictly > access-controlled, and there would have been no ability to touch the > hardware, certainly not by applications programmers. The directors had a hard > time comprehending the idea of leased machines and charging by the CPU meter > -- they didn't believe it until I was able to show them paperwork from that > era that laid out IBM's expectations of customer and FE responsibilities and > the charging model. > > So, pat yourselves on the back -- we kept things accurate. The movie's worth > seeing. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
