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To: SeekAndFind

Fortran can’t be far behind. Hey, didn’t you just love punching those cards?


3 posted on 02/27/2014 7:59:27 AM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity

My college was still using a DEC 10 for computer classes in the mid-1980’s.

I talk about running around with my stack of punchcards, and people look at me like “you’re not old enough to have ever worked with one of THOSE.”


5 posted on 02/27/2014 8:02:42 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: circlecity

And waiting for the results of the job to show up on the line printer.


10 posted on 02/27/2014 8:06:46 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: circlecity

I forgot about punch cards for COBOL on a IBM Mainframe. That was in college. Saw my first Apple II there.


11 posted on 02/27/2014 8:09:30 AM PST by McGruff (Every night has it's dawn.)
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To: circlecity

Hey! Don’t knock FORTRAN. I worked for a NASA contractor during the Apollo Program. We sent some guys to the moon with punched cards and FORTRAN programs.


45 posted on 02/27/2014 9:02:18 AM PST by MisterArtery
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To: circlecity

COBOL ALL THE WAY!

I still use an abicus too.


60 posted on 02/27/2014 10:26:29 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: circlecity

PL1 - and God help you if you slipped in the snow and dropped em.


81 posted on 02/27/2014 3:42:50 PM PST by eldoradude (GOP - stands for Gay Obama Posse. "John" Roberts with a Boehner...need I say more?)
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