Yea can you imagine surfing the internet using a FRACKING PUNCH CARD and having to write your own code for every webpage you wanted to INTERPRET PUNCHES TO READ? That would be the SHIZNIT.
"Okay you can call the men in white coats for me now, cause I HAVE LOST IT!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Colbert "Recent Ubuntu Convert" YIM: cmptrgeeknshermantx ICQ: 14466429 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of henrypuryear Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:51 PM To: iMac List Subject: what about What about, BASIC, FORTRAN IV and FORTRAN TS? How about a Card puncher and card reader? Those were the days, you wanted something, and one had to write your own code... ahhhhh Shop on-line for Fuller Brush Products at http://FullerDirect.com/9400885 -----Original Message----- From: iMac List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 3:02 PM To: iMac List Subject: Re: Intel Mac Review At 11:30 AM -0800 01/23/2006, Max wrote: >yeah I'll take a hit for this one, As i've >got a preference for say, PL/1 variations for >development systems in lieu of anything else, and >would prefer my own binaries. And the kids I teach >think that I'm old, and should use C, and I won't. oh >well, back to the retirement home. lol PL/1 on CMS 0.8 was a blast. Every abend dumped the 16MB vm core to the real printer, and the computer center automatically routed the boxes via USPS. PL/C was decent tho. Wrote quite a bit of it. Us oldtimers gotta stick together. FORTRAN II, LISP, APL, ALGOL, ITS-Teco, POPM, MUDL, SNOBOL, SPITBOL, ... Those were the days. Pascal, C++, Java, ... pah. - Dan. (with a bottle of real core on me desk). -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
