Here we go again <g>.......

I remember using Hollerith punched card machines. They were little
things where you had to punch the zone (10, 11, 12?) and the numeric #
to create coded alpha and numerics on the cards. No IBM 026 or 029 card
punches in those days. If we made a mistake on the Hollerith, we would
put a "chad" back in the incorrectly punched hole and smooth it in with
a fingernail. Those worked OK until they replaced the brush card reader
on the computer itself with optical readers. Then it was hit and miss
with the chads.

Kevin

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From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
John Summerfield
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: Distribution ages, was: Linux version

Mark Perry wrote:
> Evans, Kevin R wrote:
>> This is getting like Monty Python <g>.
>>
>> One guy says "When we were young, we used to eat the leather from our
>> shoes". The other guy says "You had shoes?".
>>
> OS/360 - some of you guys make me feel young, thanks ;-)
>
> You must be around 60, either that or your systems were old at the
time ;-)
>
> I started on 370s (135,138,145,148,158,168 - 3033, 4341, 3081, 3084
etc.)

This didn't seem the time to mention what I used before I was promoted
(public service) to an IBM shop. Operating systems there were SCOPE,
MSOS and MASTER.

>
> We wrote our assembler on punched cards and were happy to do so, And
you
> try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe
you.

I found coding sheets easier, then someone else could punch holes in
cards.



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John

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