Re: Floppies available

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 11/11/12 11:26 AM, Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
On 11/11/2012 05:51 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:



I am sure someone else must have punch cards too
FC




Actually I do. For nostalgia reasons, an IBM 1401 Autocoder Q two pass assembler in brown Hollerith cards. No blank cards tho. They used to make great note cards since they fit nicely in a shirt pocket.

Oh yes! I remember punched cards; my neighbors made very fine Christmas wreathes out of them when I was a kid. I started my programming career in 1981 just as the more modern shops were getting out of punched cards. The experienced programmers in my first shop kept their card decks in boxes. One of them demonstrated what a dropped deck was and then showed me how to use an IBM card reader to sort the cards back in order again. We also shared a mutual liking for the TV show The 3 Stooges.

Bob



--
test mailing list
test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To unsubscribe:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test



[Index of Archives]     [Fedora Desktop]     [Fedora SELinux]     [Photo Sharing]     [Yosemite Forum]     [KDE Users]

  Powered by Linux