[ale] Us Old Fossils :)

[Jeff Hubbs]

Hey, Danny - you must have been there at about the same time David Corbin and I
were.  I was in one of the last FORTRAN classes to use punch cards.

- Jeff

Danny Cox wrote:

> All,
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Kenneth W Cochran wrote:
> > Heh, not so fast there, bro'  :)
> > I'll see that & raise you: 110 (with Fast option to 300 :), acoustic
> > coupler...
>
>         Actually, my first programming course at Tech involved FORTAN IV
> and punch cards (024 AND 026).  This wasn't programming on the bare metal,
> but it was pretty primitive by today's standards.
>
>         The first time I flubbed a key at an interactive terminal, and
> the OS responded with "ILLEGAL CONTROL CARD" (yes, they all yelled in
> that day), I just *knew* that someone was about to come and arrest me....
> Ah, the Cyber.
>
> Danny
>
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