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To: Dr. Sivana

I used both an 8” and 10” Floppy, plus I programmed using punch cards and key punch machine.


29 posted on 12/09/2025 10:45:53 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
I used both an 8” and 10” Floppy, plus I programmed using punch cards and key punch machine.

I did oversee the spare Priam 14” hard drives for Rolm/IBM. Uses papertape on a PDP 8 instead of cards.
43 posted on 12/09/2025 10:50:42 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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“...I programmed using punch cards...”

Ha... Ha... reminds me when the old Bridgeport milling machines use punch cards to run programs.


45 posted on 12/09/2025 10:51:43 AM PST by LastDayz (A Blunt and Brazen Texan. I Will Not Be Assimilated.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Yes, the punch cards. Remember them.

I don’t recaallect. PL1, PL0?

This is fun.


229 posted on 12/09/2025 2:38:20 PM PST by ReganFan4ever (Need a tagline)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Fortan 77 for the win!


262 posted on 12/09/2025 5:35:40 PM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting here you're aiming!))
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I used both an 8” and 10” Floppy, plus I programmed using punch cards and key punch machine.

Same, and I learned how to program Assembler language on a Radio Shack TRS-80 with a whopping 64k of memory.

I hope you remembered to number your punch cards in case you dropped them, so you could put them back in order.

264 posted on 12/09/2025 5:45:24 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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