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Re: Dedicated console

Not quite, but I had a boss (Hoffman Motors) who "programmed" EAMs (Electronic Accounting Machines?) by wiring boards with jumper cables (not the kind you use to jump start a car).

I remember writing 1-card (80 columns) programs for the IBM 1401. So I guess my "editor" was a keypunch (3741?).


On 5/28/2021 1:23 AM, Patrik Schindler wrote:
Hello James,

Am 28.05.2021 um 00:31 schrieb James H. H. Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Oh that was painful!!!
In high school and college, I used to code entirely without benefit of full-screen editors. On a 300 Baud line.
Anyone can top this?

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19990508

:-D

(For the joke to be more meaningful to the less unix-fluent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inode)

:wq! PoC



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