Larry- ever seen the IBM 400-series "accounting machines" (programmable printer) where you used patch cords to map columns on punch cards to columns on report paper? met one of those as a jr in high school, age 16. then at jr college a "mark sense" machine that turned magnetic pencil marks on cards into punches. -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > When I was an undergrad, I got a part time job with the university > programming an antique pdp (16K machine) that controlled 5 skinner > experiment boxes. You'd program the thing using patch cords. > > It gives you an entirely different perspective on programming > after having > done that a few times. > > larry > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > http://www.pacel.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 4:42 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > > > > "Listen, young feller, when I was your age we had to enter > > programs through > > front-panel switches, and we had to walk three miles through > > the snow to do > > it..." > > <grin> > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:49 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: CF Timeline > > > > > > > > > In the early 80s, a company put out a word processor > > > independent program, called DotWriter, > > > for printing custom fonts and layouts from the TRS-80. They > > > put out a large number of fonts > > > that would rival a lot of the .TTFs out today. All of the > > > layout and font calls were handled > > > though markup using "Dot" tags. > > > > > > > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > > > >>| From: Haggerty, Michael A. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >>| > > > >>| Anyone who ever used Wordstar could TECHNICALLY claim to > > > >>| have experience with markup languages going back to the > > > >>| time they originally used the program. > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
