And after a series of 360s, 370s and B5000s I graduated to HP minis and , gaak!, paper tape. Discovered the value of transparent Scotch tape.
Doug, W6JD -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > But when you dropped that deck on the floor and became a > true beliver in sequence numbers! > > One who cut his teeth on IBM-650s. > > Doug, W6JD > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: "Bill W5WVO" > > > G4ILO wrote: > > > > > not quite as bad as when I learned to program, when you had to get > > > the code punched up on cards, then take the deck down to the computer > > > room and put it in the "in" tray, then wait a couple of hours until > > > they had time to run it. > > > > And then when you went back down to the computer to pick up your job, you > > find > > out that some trifling typo in your input deck had caused the whole > > mainframe > > to abort and do a core dump, and not only is your job not done, everybody > > down > > there is livid at you. :-) Good luck getting them to run your next job at > > all! Ah, the not-so-good old days... > > > > Bill W5WVO > > > > > > > > ----- > > > Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 > > > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > > > Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Post to: [email protected] > > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
