Vince: The only plus to the punch card machine was that it made incredible confetti! At the end of the session I would dump the tiny punches into a bag and take them to the football game at Carter Stadium and toss it in the air when the Wolfpack scored. Good stuff! I have a Moore forms ruler that I still use and it has a *card scale* on it. It appears to be 140 cards per inch. The forms ruler has all kinds of great scales on it...1/10", tractor perf template, metric, green bar punch template, 1/12 and 1/6" and a regular 1/16" scale. A prized possession for sure! Having a terminal meant you could easily play Star Trek! Every play that in Fortran? It could be done with cards but not much fun waiting for the turn-around! Regards,
Jack Vince Teachout wrote: > Jack Skelley wrote: > >>Vince: >>I don't know about fun... >>Back in the day when I took Fortran IV (1972 @ NC State) on an IBM 360 we >>punched cards and handed them to a student >>operator. > > > Ah, that's probably what made the difference. When I started college, > my semester was the first semester they used terminals instead of punch > cards. I bet Punch Cards would take the joy out of anything, not just > Fortran. :-) > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
