What the heck are all those things you guys are talking about? Mike n6zw > On 04/26/2021 11:18 AM Bill Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > OK, I can't resist any longer. > > On 4/26/21 at 11:33 AM, [email protected] (SteveL) wrote: > > >Who carried around a CRC book of tables of various calculations in lieu of > >an unaffordable scientific calculator? > Yup. > > >Or programming FORTRAN on punch cards? > Yup. At first on a IBM 650 with a 4 pass compiler, intermediate > storage on punch cards. > > >Or PDP-8 on paper tape after toggling in the boot loader through the front > >panel switches? > Sorry, mine was a Varian 620/i (8K of 16 bit words) used for > nodes in a circuit switched data network (Tymnet). :-) > > 73 Bill AE6JV > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Frantz | Re IOT: "How many access control systems > does it take > www.pwpconsult.com | to change a light bulb?" - Dean Tribble > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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