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Rwolf
At 07:53 PM 1/2/2010, you wrote:
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>Bill,
>
>I first learned computers on paper tape and punch cards.
>My first computer job, in the us army, was paper tape and teletypes.
>(at 110 baud). tons of time on card sorters, accounting machines,
>almost all were programed via jumper cables, the IBM model 26 card
>punch, teletype terminals with paper tape (we actually used milar
>tape, which tended to 'eat' the punches).
>
>My first job out of college was converting a system from
>transportation system from paper tape and punch cards to IBM 16x64
>terminals under the Westi network software.
>
>Those were some interesting days.
>The instant access to detailed interface information and
>communication protocols that we have today would have been godsends back then.
>
>R. Williams
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