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lapfog_1

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5. paper tape... or punch cards on a "reel" of paper... (actually usually fanfold.

Reply to question everything (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:46 PM

Sep 2018

commonly used on DEC 10s and some of DEC's earlier PDP systems.

there were other examples of paper tape with punch holes, usually associated with teletype machine

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And the language was Basic... gosub <line number>

10 PRINT "Hello, World!"
20 END

Bill Gates sold IBM his Basic interpreter AND an OS named "Disk Operating System" that he purchased for peanuts ($75K) from Tim Paterson. The rest, they say, is history. Oh, the story goes that Bill sold DOS to IBM on spec... meaning he hadn't yet acquired the rights to it.

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Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You. [View all] question everything Sep 2018 OP

It's been years, but I have done Cobol programming. CentralMass Sep 2018 #1

yes, I used to teach COBOL in college... hated it lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #2

Interesting. My first courses in College involved using... tapes question everything Sep 2018 #3

paper tape... or punch cards on a "reel" of paper... (actually usually fanfold. lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #5

I took two semesters of COBOL in college in 1991-92 padfun Sep 2018 #4

actually it was intended to be as far away from Assembly as possible lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #7

Languages padfun Sep 2018 #10

There was a call for COBOL programmers back around Y2K TlalocW Sep 2018 #6

yes, it would be hard to have someone current with Python or something lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #8

Someday take a look at an IBM Z14. sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #12

oh, and there is still another "Y2K" issue coming up lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #9

Yes, I do, but retired. My 48 year old son is a programmer, who sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #11