toth@tellabs.com (Joseph G. Toth Jr.) (05/14/91)
In article <15727@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: [stuff on DOS3.3 and FID deleted] > Oh, you say there are people who started using the computer after > ProDOS was invented? > > You younguns really have it easy... When I was little, we > had to boot DOS 3.3 off of piddly little 140K disks.. in the snow.. > in our bare feet... Oh.. ugg.. that's a different story... > > heh heh hehh.. > > (Now someone's going to reply and talk about using punch cards, huh??) God no... Bu you must be somewhat of a teenster then. Owners of original Apples ][ and ][+ might (probably) have saved programs to and loaded programs from standard cassette tape recorders. Upgrading from that to those 'piddly little 140k disks' was a major step foreward. Punch cards? Only Big Blue would be so archaic (I do believe that there was one available for use on am original PC [ Pile of C*$# ;^) ] 'Course maybe they wanted it to stand for 'Punched Card machine'. But no computer user in their right mind is that crazy (I hope). g -- ------------------------------------------------+--------------------- Maybe I shouldn't have done it, sarcasm is so | Joseph G. Toth Jr. seldom understood. Don't FLAME on me, please. | uunet!tellab5!toth
mcgurrin@MWUNIX.MITRE.ORG (05/15/91)
Punch cards? The epitomy of high tech. Paper tape on tty mechanical readers is how I started programming.
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (05/16/91)
In article <9105141955.AA05330@mwunix.mitre.org> mcgurrin@MWUNIX.MITRE.ORG writes: >Punch cards? The epitomy of high tech. Paper tape on tty mechanical >readers is how I started programming. Well, I was trying to resist chiming in, but... Punched (Hollerith) cards offered advantages in sorting and pattern matching that are hard to replicate using "today's technology". Perforated paper tape had a long history of use in telecommunications; it also played an essential role in the optical sensing method used by British cryptanalysts to decipher German GeheimSchreiber messages. "Use the right tool for the job."
matthew@pro-nka.cts.com (Matthew McGehrin) (05/17/91)
In-Reply-To: message from mcgurrin@MWUNIX.MITRE.ORG > Punch cards? The epitomy of high tech. Paper tape on tty mechanical > readers is how I started programming. Our bank use 'punch' cards for their mortages. Its a simple, but effective way to put them thru the machine. They havent found a more effecient or cheaper way yet. Anyhow I would think they would maybe use barcodes which would be easier to get data from -- mathew _______________________________________________________________________________ Internet : matthew@pro-nka.cts.com / Bitnet : ???? "I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." -- Steve Wright _______________________________________________________________________________