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To: ShadowAce

When I wanna feel old I remember punch cards.


6 posted on 10/22/2024 10:21:40 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla
When I wanna feel old I remember punch cards.

Fortran

8 posted on 10/22/2024 10:23:15 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: mewzilla
Fer the young'uns...

Punch card

9 posted on 10/22/2024 10:24:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To even get to that point, had to deal with the ‘Cold Start Deck’.


20 posted on 10/22/2024 10:53:59 AM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: mewzilla
When I wanna feel old I remember punch cards.

When I was young, I put a heathkit together.

You reprogrammed it by re-wiring it.

34 posted on 10/22/2024 11:18:54 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: mewzilla
"When I wanna feel old I remember punch cards."

Old? I remember flipping switches back in 1965!


36 posted on 10/22/2024 11:23:10 AM PDT by TexasGator (FIXED! I. I I l I l l "l I l / .I)
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To: mewzilla

We had to do one project on cards when I was in college. No thanks.

It was kind of a rite of passage for the CS students. Everyone walking around with their little trays for two weeks.


49 posted on 10/22/2024 11:57:37 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: mewzilla

Ah, rich guy, YOU had punch cards and not just paper tape!


59 posted on 10/22/2024 1:20:52 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: mewzilla

Haha...me too...at Blue Cross...and I ran a telegraph machine occasionally too.


60 posted on 10/22/2024 1:56:23 PM PDT by goodnesswins (DEI....Divide, Enslave, Indoctrinate.....OR ......Didn't Earn It)
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To: mewzilla

And two-hour waits to run your deck…


64 posted on 10/22/2024 3:39:00 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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