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To: AdmSmith

I learned FORTRAN II (that’s 2 not 11) in college in ‘64. Ran it on an IBM 1620. You had to load the compiler deck of several hundred cards through the card reader. A guy in the class dropped the compiler more than once. He got very proficient at operating the card sorter.


27 posted on 04/18/2016 4:59:32 AM PDT by MisterArtery
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To: MisterArtery

Ah, the 1620. Checkstop!


34 posted on 04/18/2016 5:08:33 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("When judges act like whores, they can hardly expect to be treated like nuns.")
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