Paul Rogers wrote:

* I feel so fortunate to have discovered LFS over a decade ago!  Having
   taught myself to program in college on an early 2nd generation (mini)
   computer, IBM 1620, ...

Yes, but did you learn how to code in machine language and punch binary cards? Or did you wimp out and load that deck that was labelled 'Fortran Compiler'.

BTW, it really wasn't very 'mini' compared to PDP machines of the same time frame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620

  -- Bruce


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