Paul Webster wrote: > For my first professional work we wrote on coding sheets and then about > a week later we received punched paper tapes with the result of our > scrawl. > After loading them into the mini computer, the paper tapes went into the > fire safe for backup.
Paper tape - and an ASR33 - the agony of standing on the tape, tearing it, knowing how long it would to make a new one. Automatic Punch Card sorter which used to do an impression of a riffle shuffle and send cards into the air - which then needed to be sorted by hand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113437 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
