RE: Fun on Friday.....For all the older programmers on the list -- MIDRANGE-L

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I too did the unit record equipment.  But I learned FORTRAN programming
for this puppy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1401 

Bruce Barrett

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Hart
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 3:24 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Fun on Friday.....For all the older programmers on the list

 
38 years ago I worked on these
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_record_equipment .
My 1st computer was an IBM 360/20, can't remember if it had any disk.
My 1st language was Basic Assembler Language (BAL) and then Fortran.
First RPG didn't have any Roman numerals or arrays or direct file
processing.

1st mainframe was from Burrows and used that oily yellow punched paper
tape.

And I know I'm not the oldest on this list.

--
Doug Hart

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