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TwistOneUp

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8. I started out...

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 09:58 AM

Sep 2018

Plugging and unplugging patch cords on unit record equipment like card sorters, etc. Back in '67. Then IBM 1130's, where I learned how to code Fortran. And i used both an 024 and an 029, too!

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Before control, alt, del... [View all] pbmus Sep 2018 OP

In 1969 I took PL/I at UNC and we had to enter our programs on cards using... CurtEastPoint Sep 2018 #1

I learned on one of those! unblock Sep 2018 #2

Shoot, that's a 029. I started key punching on an 024. There was no printing sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #3

I started on 026. I'm impressed that CurtEastPoint had the 029 in 1969. Jim Lane Sep 2018 #7

We are contemporaries. I used a similar model to write very simple program Atticus Sep 2018 #4

COBOL, RPG, Assembler, Pascal, FORTRAN. ret5hd Sep 2018 #5

I worked on systems that used similar wiring. SeattleVet Sep 2018 #6

I started out... TwistOneUp Sep 2018 #8