Re: RDi Birthday Celebration

I used punched cards for the first couple weeks of a Fortran (WATFIV) class
in 1980, but then the instructor gave us access to the HP3000, then in '83
or '84 I took a PL/I class where we had to use the mainframe, and only had
access via punch cards. Fortunately I didn't have to take my COBOL class on
punch cards.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What befuddles me (among a long list if things) is .. where did these guys
see punch cards? I am 79 years old and punch cards were in my rear view
mirror. I x-punched cards in the military but that was pretty much it. My
first computer was in 1971 and had no punch cards, although a reader was
available.

1971 was 46 years ago. If someone working today used punch cards it has
to have been for a very few years and very early in their career. Those
were the days of telex, telegrams, air mail, and carbon paper.

On 12/11/2017 7:08 AM, Ken Killian wrote:

I often running into developers who LOVE PUNCH-Cards. And for some
strange reason have "fond memories" of using them...

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